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Detroit
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8 Women Designing for Belonging in Detroit
Through parks, housing, and reclaimed spaces, a collective of designers called the New School are reshaping Detroit with care and collaboration.
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This New Cultural District is Creating Community on Detroit’s East Side
Little Village, a hub of parks, art galleries, cultural spaces, artist studios, restaurants, and more, is expanding the city’s revitalization beyond downtown.
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3 Adaptive Reuse Projects Prioritize Flexibility for the Future
The bigger challenge in preserving historically significant buildings isn’t in giving them a second life—it’s preparing them for later reincarnations.
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BDG Redesigns a Detroit Power Plant for the World’s Largest Ad Agency
For a new headquarters in Motor City, WPP commissioned its subsidiary architecture firm to reimagine a downtown industrial building.
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In Detroit, Architecture that Stands Out While Also Listening
LOHA's four buildings at a major new Detroit development called City Modern serve as focal points while also carefully reflecting the city's history.
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Following Years of Revitalization, Detroit Still Has a Long Way to Go
Metropolis brought together local policy makers, designers, developers, and activists to discuss the city's uncertain present and contested future.
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Shot on LiDAR, a Short Film Examines the Contradictions of Urban Surveillance
Where the City Can’t See, directed by Liam Young and written by Tim Maughan is a poignant rendering of our dystopic present.
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Detroit’s Caterpillar Residence Marries Landscape and Steel
Located in Motor City’s quiet Core City district, the stretched Quonset hut building is the newest addition from local developer Prince Concepts.
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Ford Unveils Details of its Plans for Detroit’s Corktown
Practice for Architecture and Urbanism and Gensler envision how the Michigan Central mobility innovation district will embrace the past and provide future opportunities for Detroit’s communities.
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From a Complicated Present, Urban Reuse Parks Look to the Future
Metropolis catches up with the High Line Network, a consortium of North American reuse projects that has been sharing notes and best practices through the pandemic.
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Detroit Style is a Love Letter to Car Design in the Motor City
The Detroit Institute of Arts's recent exhibition highlights the city's innovation and craftsmanship in what they describe as an "under-celebrated art form."
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Profiles
Revisiting Ruth Adler Schnee’s Enduringly Modernist Legacy
Gropius and Saarinen taught Adler Schnee—97 next month—whose works microcosmically document the ebb and flow of streams of Modernism.
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This Home for a Detroit Floral Designer Elevates the Everyday
The structure lets materials like plywood and corrugated metal take center stage, complementing its True North neighbors.
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Inclusivity and Economic Development Emerge as Top Themes at Detroit Month of Design
In looking beyond the city’s central business district, the annual design festival staked out new ground for architecture and design.
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In Detroit, Empty Lots Become Parks, Helping to Rebuild Lost Social Equity
An ongoing plan by landscape architects Spackman Mossop Michaels (SMM) is tying together the neighborhood of Fitzgerald, which has been atomized by vacancy and foreclosure.
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New Plan Aims to Revamp Midtown Detroit, the City’s Cultural Hub
A team composed of international and local studios and individuals—Agence Ter, rootoftwo, Akoaki, and Harley Etienne—was recently chosen to revitalize the 83-acre area.
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Shinola Opens the New Shinola Hotel, a Showcase of American Design
The 129-room hotel, opened yesterday, offers fashionable digs in the heart of downtown Detroit.
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7 Can’t-Miss Events and Exhibits from Detroit’s Month of Design
This September, the Motor City is celebrating its arts, culture, and design—past, present, and future—with a diverse array of happenings.
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Metropolis Magazine’s 10 ‘Buzzing’ Design Cities of 2018
From Detroit to Seoul, these cities manage to have global design influence while maintaining a their unique regional identities.
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American Acropolis: The End of an Era in Detroit
Award-winning photographer Camilo Vergara recounts his memories of Detroit, a city that "has lost so much of the mystery and strangeness of its ruins" as to be almost unrecognizable.