Sustainability
Profiles
Meet the 2026 Net Zero Conference Trailblazer Award Nominees
METROPOLIS announces the 2026 honorees for the Trailblazer Awards, celebrating leaders in climate and community…
Projects
In Barbados, a New School for an Island Future
AMMA Architects’ Oceana Innovation Hub supports a new approach to learning through a flexible, climate-responsive design rooted in local building traditions…
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Perkins&Will Develops an Open-Source Framework for Timber Housing
The Modular Timber Housing prototype is a flexible and accessible design framework to drive economic development on Canada’s West…
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Projects
Waechter Architecture Builds a House in the Dunes
The single-story, cedar-shingled cabin was designe…
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Perkins&Will Develops an Open-Source Framework for Timber Housing
The Modular Timber Housing prototype is a flexible…
Projects
A Concrete Cocoon for the Australian Landscape
Leeton Pointon Architects create a multigeneration…
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A Whole-Systems Approach to Design for Autism: The ASD Design Matrix
A dynamic, multidimensional framework can help des…
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Highlights from the 2026 METROPOLIS Sustainability Lab at NeoCon
The sixth annual Sustainability Lab invited the A&D community to explore how creativity and material innovation can shape a healthier, more sustainable built environment.
Products
Dorothy Cosonas Designs Textiles from the Fiber Up
The creative director carries forward Luum’s legacy of material innovation through close collaboration with mills and an emphasis on fiber-level experimentation.
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33 Articles That Show the Future Is Mass Timber
Mass timber has taken over the architecture industry over the past few years—and METROPOLIS has been paying attention.
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Building New York’s First Passive House Community
The Catskill Project is a 90-acre community of car…
Products
Discover the Winners of the METROPOLISLikes 2026 Awards
This year’s product releases at NeoCon and Desig…
Projects
A New Housing Model for the Missing Middle
In Madison, Wisconsin, 301 Vanilla rethinks middle…
Products
METROPOLIS’s Sustainability Lab Returns to NeoCon
Discover tools, ideas, and inspiration to make tho…
Viewpoints
An A-to-Z Guide to the America We Want to Build
For the United States’ 250th anniversary, METROP…
