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10 Standout Biobased Materials from NeoCon 2026
At METROPOLIS' 2026 Sustainability Lab, biobased materials lead the way for sustainable design—from cork to mycelium.
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Programs
What Happens When Sustainability Drives Design
At the METROPOLIS Sustainability Leadership Summit in Chicago, designers and educators explored how sustainability can move beyond compliance to shape form, beauty, and narrative.
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Viewpoints
NeoCon 2026 Brings New Exhibits, Collaborations, and More
From a new lighting show to dynamic collaborations—and a full lineup of inspiring programming—here’s what to expect at Chicago’s annual commercial interior design show.
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Projects
In Chicago, Adaptive Reuse Projects are Amplifying Local Nonprofits’ Missions
New projects by Future Firm, Lamar Johnson Collaborative, and Canopy all transform existing warehouse and church buildings into meaningful, community-driven spaces.
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Projects
In Chicago, a Shuttered School Becomes a Beacon of Community Design
Lamar Johnson Collaborative turns the former elementary school into the Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation, a hub for career training and community pride.
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Programs
MetropolisLikes Awards 2024 Are Now Open
For the 11th year, Metropolis editors seek the best products being featured at NeoCon and Design Days for the MetropolisLikes Awards program.
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Projects
Two Former USPS Facilities Now Have Massive Rooftop Gardens
The adaptive reuse of Postal Service facilities in Manhattan and Chicago include rooftop gardens bigger than many of these cities’ more famous parks.
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Programs
METROPOLIS Celebrates the Arch30 Chicago Cohort
They city’s most promising emerging architects, affiliated with influential firms, convened for METROPOLIS’s Arch30 event held in November.
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Programs
MetropolisLikes NeoCon Awards 2023 Are Now Open
For the 10th year, Metropolis editors seek the best products being featured at NeoCon for the MetropolisLikes Awards program.
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Viewpoints
An Exhibition Allows Visitors to Experience Long-Demolished Works by Wright and Sullivan
Louis Sullivan’s Garrick Theater and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Larkin Building are recreated in an experiential exhibition at Wrightwood 659 in Chicago.
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Projects
Vladimir Radutny Makes His Mark on Chicago—One Mies Apartment at a Time
With Miesian precision, the architect has renovated a number of apartments in the iconic Lake Shore Drive buildings, prioritizing openness and natural light.
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Projects
An Outpost of the Swiss Government Is Rooted in a Multinational Modernist Legacy
In Chicago’s John Hancock Center, an office of the Swiss Consulate was designed by HHF Architects and Kwong Von Glinow, who took cues from Swiss Modernist Otto Kolb.
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Projects
In Suburban Chicago, Ardmore House Celebrates Contrasts
For their own home, local architects Alison Von Glinow and Lap Chi Kwong put a twist on the traditional gable-roofed house.
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Viewpoints
Ross Hansen’s Objects Span the Playful to the Grotesque
In a new exhibition at Chicago's Volume Gallery, Ross Hansen transposes nature’s excesses to a startling, yet exquisite effect.
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Projects
At Columbia College Chicago, Gensler Turns the Atrium Building Inside Out
The college's new student center reimagines the typically strict delineation between spaces that exist on urban campuses.
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Viewpoints
“Southern Exposure” Uncovers the Proud Architectural Legacy of Chicago’s South Side
In his new book, the journalist and photographer Lee Bey directs readers to some of Chicago's greatest architectural treasures, nearly all of them hiding in plain sight.
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Projects
The Magic of This Duplex Apartment Is in Its Walls
At a Lakeview penthouse in Chicago, clever spatial fixes and a host of rich materials balance the classic and the contemporary.
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Viewpoints
Virgil Abloh’s MCA Exhibition Reveals the Power—and Limits—of Design Disruption
Hemmed in by quotation marks and material double-entendres, the IIT College of Architecture–educated designer can’t break through the brands he uses to define his work.
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Projects
In Chicago, the Luxe Boutique Notre Shakes Up the Retail Typology
Designed by Abigail Chang, Ben Gott, Isabelle Reford, and architecture firm Norman Kelley, the West Loop store features an entryway that doubles as a performance and lecture venue.
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Projects
At the Chicago Botanic Garden, a New Space Helps Kids Deeply Engage With Nature
The Regenstein Learning Campus encourages children’s sensory discovery of the natural world—minus the gaudiness of plastic playgrounds.