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Equity
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Viewpoints
40 Years of Metropolis and the Future of Architecture and Design
Celebrating 40 years of Metropolis, the July/August issue looks back on decades of groundbreaking ideas and digs in to challenging topics like diversity and equity in the design industry.
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Profiles
How Yale Professor Robert Reed Built Equity in Art and Architecture Classrooms
A former student reflects on her mentor’s celebration of cognitive diversity and the way the late Yale University of Art professor brought design to a broad group of learners, ahead of his time.
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The Case for a Public Design Education
The chair of City Tech's Department of Architectural Technology outlines how public education coupled with direct personal experience is critical to equitable urban development.
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Profiles
Queeries Is Documenting the Experiences of LGBTQIA+ Architects and Designers
The ongoing survey of queer architects, designers, and students aims to challenge the discourse of diversity and inclusion.
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Viewpoints
Landscape Architecture Has a Labor Acknowledgement Problem
To better acknowledge, respect, and compensate laborers, landscape design firm Terremoto calls for a fundamental reimagining of how professional practice is structured.
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Addressing the Intersecting Challenges of Climate Change, Housing, and Social Equity
A partnership between the Rudy Bruner Award and Northeastern University, recent “Inspiring Design” sessions examined how inclusive places and practices build social capital to drive systemic change.
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Projects
A Courthouse by Finegold Alexander Architects Optimizes the Power of Daylighting
In a Massachusetts gateway city, a courthouse pursues the lofty goals of community sensitivity and energy efficiency.
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The Rudy Bruner Award Continues Its Speaker Series: Engaging Communities via Food and Education
A partnership with Northeastern University, "Inspiring Design: Creating Beautiful, Just, and Resilient Places in America" draws on the award organization's national network.
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Profiles
Q&A: Mariana Mogilevich on New York City’s Path to a More Democratic and Diverse Civic Realm
Upon the release of her book The Invention of Public Space, the architectural historian discusses a little-known but pivotal chapter of urban history.
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Projects
The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence Launches a Speaker Series Dedicated to Planning Equity
A partnership with Northeastern University, "Inspiring Design: Creating Beautiful, Just, and Resilient Places in America" draws on the award organization's national network.
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Viewpoints
15 Must-Read Articles to Get You Into the 2021 Mindset
With fresh perspectives, deep expertise, and painstaking reporting, Metropolis contributors give you the design insights you need for the next 12 months.
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Designing for Equity and Well-Being in the COVID-19 Era
Hana Kassem, principal at KPF, and Jonsara Ruth, cofounder of Parsons’ Healthy Materials Lab, outline the effects of the built environment on our well-being.
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NOMA Hosts Its Annual Summer Architecture Camp Virtually
The National Organization of Minority Architects recreates its Project Pipeline summer camp for kids online.
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2020 Graduates: This Is Your Moonshot
A message from Gensler’s global director of design: “We need your imagination, skills, and intellect to transform our cities.”
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In Mexico, Women Architects Join a National Movement
Women at the head of Mexican architecture firms stand in solidarity with the national strike.
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Profiles
Planning For (In)Justice: Toni Griffin’s Mission to Foster Equitable Cities
Griffin founded the consultancy Urban Planning for the American City, which she complements with her pedagogical work at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.
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Profiles
GAME CHANGERS: Rosa Sheng and Equity by Design Are Using Data to Make Architecture More Equitable
Equity by Design’s work—which includes architects like Lilian Asperin, Julia Mandell, and Annelise Pitts—is collaborative and cumulative, rooted in feminist activism and building on work by multiple groups.
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Profiles
One Month Later, the Campaign to Recognize Doriana Fuksas Is Growing
Metropolis interviews key figures from two groups—Voices of Women (VOW) and Rebelarchitette—pushing to have Doriana Fuksas included in an architecture award that only names her partner Massimiliano.
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Year in Review 2018: Architecture’s Gender Reckoning
Mimi Zeiger writes how the hard work of #MeToo is decidedly less swift and less spectacular than any celebrity takedown.
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Year in Review 2018: Whose Resilient Future?
Our contributors comment on an event or a moment from the last year that demanded more of how we should practice, frame, and respond to design.