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Viewpoints
Rediscovering the Joy of Materials
METROPOLIS’s April/May/June 2026 Issue explores how thoughtful choices can transform projects, strengthen communities, and inspire better design.
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Products
4 Architectural Facades Reimagining Contemporary Cladding
Contemporary facades and architectural surfaces are now infrastructure—highly performative, technically ambitious, and also increasingly complex to build.
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Viewpoints
How Can We Celebrate Craft in Architecture Today?
The designers of some of the most beautifully crafted buildings and spaces in New York City convened to discuss the role of artistry in architecture.
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Projects
A New Housing Model for the Missing Middle
In Madison, Wisconsin, 301 Vanilla rethinks middle-income housing through prefabrication, low-carbon construction, and an architecture that prioritizes character over convention.
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Projects
Natural Habitat: Brooklyn’s New Mass Timber Community
The repetition of deceptively simple window bays on a Greenwich Village building conceals deep attention to innovation, craft, and context.
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Viewpoints
The Power of Biophilia: Designing Buildings That Heal People and the Planet
METROPOLIS’s Winter issue explores how biophilic design continues to advance human well-being while evolving into a regenerative framework for buildings, ecosystems, and the planet.
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Projects
A New Airport by Foster + Partners Is a Celebration of Culture and Light
With its innovative modular roof and biophilic interiors, the Techo International Airport is a green gateway to Cambodia.
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Inside Sydney’s State-of-the-Art Home for Seafood
The new Sydney Fish Market, with generous public spaces and a sweeping mass timber roof designed by 3XN and BVN, is set to be the city’s next big tourist destination.
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Projects
Atlas Academy Rethinks the Stadium as a Miniature City
Mexico’s Atlas FC and Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos transform a flat site into a 90,000-square-foot campus, blending athletics and community in one adaptable structure.
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Projects
Under a Steel Canopy, NVIDIA Unveils a New Kind of Tech Campus
Designed by Gensler, the bold triangular campus uses geometry and light to support innovation at scale.
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Projects
Turkey’s Ephesus Experience Museum has Learnt History’s Lessons
With a building designed for disassembly and a cutting-edge virtual experience, this museum is the perfect response to Ephesus’s 3000-year history.
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Projects
In Chile, Monolithic Garden Follies Conceal a Group of Wellness Pavilions
The three interconnected buildings feature a unique glass interior and custom brick skin.
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Viewpoints
Next-Generation Designers Redefine Materials Beyond Convention
Three Future100 students are reshaping how materials interact with nature, climate, and history through innovative fabrication techniques.
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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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Projects
KPF Reimagines the Arch in a Quietly Bold New York Facade
The repetition of deceptively simple window bays on a Greenwich Village building conceals deep attention to innovation, craft, and context.
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Projects
A Sustainable Expansion Revitalizes a Century-Old Quebec Retreat
In its extension to a family’s country residence, Pelletier de Fontenay sought to cohere parts and climate-sensitive approaches, old and new.
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Projects
This Arkansas Institute Brings a Holistic Vision to Health-Care Design
Designed by Marlon Blackwell Architects, Heartland Whole Health Institute weaves together nature, wellness, and architecture to reimagine how we care for the body and mind.
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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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Projects
Study Architects Designs a Water-Saving Desert Retreat in Arizona
The studio’s Tucson home combines Modernist aesthetics with innovative rainwater collection to tackle resource scarcity.
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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.