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Projects
Marriott Autograph Collection Wants Adaptive Reuse to Be Hospitality’s New Normal
Through its Serve360 sustainability platform, the global hospitality company has set ambitious targets across its portfolio, covering everything from certification, transparent supply chains, and human rights.
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Viewpoints
The Shakers: Culture, Craft, Community, and Care
Behind the separatist Christian sect that believed that every tool, object, and design choice should serve a purpose.
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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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Profiles
Spanish Firm ERRE Is Quietly Transforming the City of Valencia
With recent commissions from Marriott and Andreu World, as well as a new arena designed with HOK, ERRE is at the forefront of the city’s development.
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Products
Jesús Llinares on Andreu World’s Path to Circular Design
The CEO of the Spanish furniture manufacturer speaks to METROPOLIS about the company’s history, approach to circularity, and recent research into bio-based materials.
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Products
Feria Hábitat València 2025 Exhibits the Best of Spanish Craft and Sustainable Design
Despite a delayed opening due to weather, the Valencian community's annual furniture show returned with record numbers.
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Viewpoints
The Future is…Fungi?
Mycelium and mycelium composites are sprouting up everywhere lately. But are these biobased beauties really the future of sustainable materials?
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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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Profiles
For Kelly Dix Van, Everyday Architecture Matters
The SCI-Arc architecture graduate explores the complexities of self-building practices and material reuse in Cartagena, Colombia.
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Products
Four Creatives Harnessing the Energy of the Sun
Designers Shani Nahum, Pauline van Dongen, Yvonne Mak, and Mireille Steinhage are imagining a future where solar textiles are the norm.
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Viewpoints
What ICFF Brand Directors are Most Excited About for 2025
Odile Hainaut and Claire Pijoulat give METROPOLIS a preview of this year’s theme, floor plan, and sustainable design highlights.
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Products
4 Manufacturers Lead the Way in Sustainable Surfaces
3form, Corian, Cosentino, and Wilsonart offer some of the most transparent surfacing products on the market.
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Profiles
Alberto Kritzler is at the Forefront of Regenerative Design in Mexico
The Harvard Loeb Fellow is rethinking water scarcity and abundance through his Reserva el Peñón project in in Valle de Bravo, Mexico.
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Viewpoints
How Can Designers Listen to Water?
Funded by architectural nonprofit re:arc institute, Latin and Central American practices are designing with water to create urban spaces for planetary well-being.
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Products
7 Sustainable Furniture Designs from Spain
Explore how Spanish manufacturers are leading the way in environmentally responsible furniture.
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Viewpoints
The Politics of Adobe Architecture
Recent scholarship on earth architecture in America highlights larger issues concerning power, extraction, and Indigenous resistance to the settler state and capitalism.
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Viewpoints
Chairs in Space: When Design History Inspires Science Fiction
Films like Poor Things and Blade Runner rely on design icons and architectural references to imagine different realities.
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Products
The Anthros Chair Goes Beyond Ergonomics
A brand-new task chair comes out of decades-long evidence-based research into wheelchair design and the human body.
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Viewpoints
Laura Guido-Clark Wants Designers to Stop Being Afraid of Color
METROPOLIS sits down with designer and color expert Laura Guido-Clark to learn more about her nonprofit Project Color Corps and color methodology Love Good Color.
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Viewpoints
Put These Timber Architecture Books on Your Shelf
Four recent titles highlight the past and future of timber architecture, from forest to building products.