METROPOLIS Resources for a Better Built Environment
Scroll down to discover our many toolkits and resources, or simply click on any of the topics below to read our best and most topical articles and case studies on the subject.
Toolkits for Practitioners
These three resources—on interior design-related carbon emissions; equity across supply chains, processes, and outcomes; and outdoor amenity spaces—were created through a consultative process involving dozens of experts across architecture, interior design, manufacturing, construction, real estate, and client teams. Each one fills a critical gap in architecture and design practice, and gathers the most up-to-date industry information on the topic.
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The Climate Toolkit for Interior Design
The Climate Toolkit for Interior Design is a comprehensive resource to help interior designers reduce the carbon emissions of their work.
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Design for Equity Primer: 20+ Resources to Help You Design Inclusively and Fairly
This primer is a handy guide to toolkits, manuals, certifications, and indexes that can help you design with justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in mind.
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Outdoor Amenities Resource: 25+ Guides to Designing Better Outdoor Amenities
METROPOLIS gathers tools, guides, and manuals to help landscape architects, architects, and interior designers leverage the holistic benefits of outdoor amenities.
Resources on Design Approaches
These curated resources pages gather METROPOLIS’s best and most topical coverage on a host of topics. Each one contains project or product stories as well as important perspectives and information, linking to dozens of articles. For a full index of topics, scroll to the top of this page.
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How Far Has 3D-Printed Architecture Come?
METROPOLIS tracks the development of 3D-printed buildings, and how they promises to revolutionize speed and sustainability in construction.
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32 Adaptive Reuse Projects for a Better Future
Through decades of coverage, METROPOLIS rounds up the best adaptive reuse stories and projects from around the globe.
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Exploring the Past and Future of Bio-based Materials
METROPOLIS editors round up our most compelling coverage on healthier materials and bio-based product alternatives for the building industry.
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What Is and Is Not Biophilic Design?
If design doesn’t focus on aspects of the natural world that contribute to human health and productivity in the age-old struggle to be fit and survive, it’s not biophilic.
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A Guide to Circularity in Products
METROPOLIS rounds up its most compelling coverage of circular design in products, from rethinking plastic production to salvaging used materials.
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How Construction Materials and Technologies Are Evolving
Follow METROPOLIS’s most compelling coverage of construction materials and technologies, from next-gen concrete to circular design.
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What Architects and Designers Need to Know About Embodied Carbon
From complex topics such as carbon form to advice on how to specify carbon-neutral furniture, METROPOLIS provides a lay of the land for carbon and design.
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Navigating the Path to Net Zero
METROPOLIS mines its archives for pioneering perspectives and projects that prove the possibilities of net zero design.
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Embracing Differences: Understanding and Designing for Neurodiversity
When we design for neurodiversity—be it autism, ADHD, sensory processing disorder—we design for everyone.
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Public Outdoor Spaces: Behind the Design of Powerful Parks
METROPOLIS gathers its top articles that explore how public outdoor spaces can make a significant impact on urban livability, community, and environmental health.