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Designing Architecture in Dialogue with Water
METROPOLIS Future100 2026 honoree Kimhour Lor examines Cambodia’s complex and evolving relationship with water amid the climate…
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Meet the 2026 Planet Positive Awards Jurors
METROPOLIS announces the esteemed jurors for the 2026 Planet Positive Awards, honoring excellence in sustainable…
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What Is the True Value of Existing Buildings?
The Built Buildings Lab is helping broaden the pre…
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This Architecture Student Designs Through Productive Friction
METROPOLIS Future100 2026 honoree EmaLee Davidson …
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2 Student Projects Bridging People, Place, and Process
METROPOLIS Future100 2026 honoree Dakota Kalkstein…
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Architecture by, for, and with America’s First Communities
Indigenous architects have methods and perspective…
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Mycelium Moldings: Shaping Space Through Change
METROPOLIS Future100 2026 honoree Julian Camilo Tr…
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Liam Young Is World-Building With Spatial Design
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What Restrooms and Parking Lots Teach Us About Cities
At WXY, a people-first approach is quietly reshaping how New York—and increasingly the country—thinks about public space, sustainability, and civic design.
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Tuckey Design Studio Is Rooted in Reuse
Throughout design and construction, the London-based studio takes a circular, materially sensitive approach to both adaptive reuse and new builds.
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Spanish Firm ERRE Is Quietly Transforming the City of Valencia
With recent commissions from Marriott and Andreu World, as well as a new arena designed with HOK, ERRE is at the forefront of the city’s development.
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Moshe Safdie Is Architecture’s Constant Gardener
At 84, the visionary designer is still evolving architecture’s capacity to build habitats for all living things.
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Emergent Vernacular Architecture Studio Builds for Community Resilience
From Haiti to Lebanon, the London-based studio hel…
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For Studio Saar, Architecture is about Facilitation
For the India- and UK-based studio, regenerative d…
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Rafael Freyre Creates Architecture that can Return to the Land
The Lima, Peru-based design and art studio believe…
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Max Strang Is Advancing Florida’s Architectural Legacy with Environmental Modernism
Strang Design, the 2025 recipient of AIA’s Flori…
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This Studio is Reworking Indian Modernism by Hand
In Bangalore, Phantom Hands builds a model of sust…
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Mexico City’s Locus Blends Vernacular Architecture with Climate Reparations
Sana Frini and Jachen Schleich defined a reinvigor…