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Viewpoints
4 Signals of a Systems Shift in Nature-Based Design
The METROPOLIS Interface U.S. Sustainable Design Report 2026 highlights new research nudging climate action toward coordinated strategies linking materials, ecosystems, data, and policy.
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Projects
The Aranyani Pavilion Rethinks Architecture’s Role in Ecological Conservation
Built from Lantana camara, an invasive species found throughout India, the pavilion will be on view at Sunder Nursery in New Delhi from February 4-20, 2026.
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Viewpoints
Designing a Regenerative World with Flax
Contemporary architects, designers, and engineers are transforming the ancient plant into low-carbon building materials and recyclable products.
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Viewpoints
How a Fresh Materials Mindset Can Transform Your Projects
METROPOLIS’s Products 2025 issue explores inspired material alternatives that prevent harm, do good, and expand what’s possible in design.
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Products
8 New Textiles Weave Comfort with Care
With calming tones and sustainable materials, the latest textiles blend beauty, responsibility, and well-being.
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Products
Should Wool Play a Bigger Role in the Built Environment?
As mountains of waste wool pile up around the world, its untapped potential is coming into sharper focus.
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Products
3 European Brands Redefining Waste Materials Reuse
FRONT Materials, a:gain, and Aectual are all transforming waste—from coffee cups to demolition debris—into beautiful, usable building materials.
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Programs
Carnegie Changemakers Tour Europe In Search of Sustainability Insights
The Changemakers trip, hosted by Carnegie and METROPOLIS, brought sustainability champions together for five days of insights and inspiration.
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Profiles
BLDUS Brings a ‘Farm-to-Shelter’ Approach to American Design
The Washington D.C.–based firm BLDUS is imagining a new American vernacular through natural materials and thoughtful placemaking.
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Viewpoints
METROPOLIS Celebrates Earth Day 2025
At METROPOLIS, we believe that buildings can be designed in ways that support both people and the planet—Earth Day and every day.
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Profiles
Ronald Rael’s Solution to the Housing Crisis? Muddy Robots
The Berkeley, California–based architect’s new venture blends ancestral and artificial intelligence to create 3D-printed houses out of earth.
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Profiles
Ken De Cooman Is a New Kind of Architect
BC Architects challenge conventional architecture practice by using local materials and a collaborative approach to reshape the industry.
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Products
This Swedish Startup Turns Paper Back into Wood
PaperShell is transforming plant-based materials into a durable artificial wood that can be used in furniture, building materials, and other applications.
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Products
These Biobased Products Point to a Regenerative Future
Discover seven products that represent a new wave of bio-derived offerings for interior design and architecture.
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Products
4 Exciting New Possibilities for Concrete
The next generation of carbon-neutral and recycled concrete products is bringing foundational change to the world’s most common building material.
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Products
6 Trends for the Future of Textiles from Heimtextil
At the world's biggest fair for textiles, materials and technologies that were once experimental are now mainstream—and that bodes well for the planet.