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Nigel F. Maynard
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Viewpoints
The Past, Present, and Future of Public Outdoor Space
Three recent initiatives in Milwaukee, Baltimore, and Los Angeles imagine an equitable future for public space.
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Profiles
Discover How This Design Alliance Is Working to Reduce Construction Waste
The San Francisco-based movement is led by industry professionals and committed to reducing construction refuse one project at a time.
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Meet Seven Superstars of Salvage
Drawing on breakthrough research, tools, and sourcing systems, these groups are championing building-material reuse.
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Los Angeles Nonprofit ANEW Fosters Stewardship and Circularity
The company works with corporations to procure office furniture, fixtures, equipment, office supplies, and office appliances.
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The CARE Tool Answers the Question: Renovate or Replace?
One of Metropolis's "Salvage Superstars," this tool compares the carbon impact of updating existing buildings versus building new.
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Woodward Throwbacks Transforms Landfill-Bound Goods into Modern Furniture
The Detroit-based manufacturer is one of several groups drawing on breakthrough research, tools, and sourcing systems to change building-material reuse.
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Rheaply Brings Ingenuity to Recycling Building Materials
Drawing on breakthrough research, tools, and sourcing systems, these seven groups are championing building-material reuse.
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Salvage Superstar: Renovation Angel
This Fairfield, New Jersey–based recycler is one of seven groups drawing on breakthrough research, tools, and sourcing systems to change building-material reuse.
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Cornell’s Circular Construction Lab Champions Building-Material Reuse
Drawing on breakthrough research, tools, and sourcing systems, METROPOLIS rounds up seven groups that are championing building-material reuse.
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Salvage Superstar: Doors Unhinged
This Pittsburgh company is one of seven drawing on breakthrough research, tools, and sourcing systems to change building-material reuse.
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Christina Vernon of Steelcase Shares Her Tech-Led Approach
The Steelcase director, who is one of Metropolis's 2023 Specify Hot List, discusses the role of the camera in product development and design.
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Viewpoints
An Italian Yarn Supplier is Helping Solve the U.S. Carpet Waste Problem
Aquafil, widely known for its recycled yarn Econyl, is also investing in diverting one of America's most complicated waste streams—post consumer carpet.
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Products
Exactly How Sustainable are Ceramic Tiles?
Italy's ceramic tile industry eyes a greener future and takes account of its recent progress on operational energy and water conservation.
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Projects
A Behavioral Health Hospital Takes Cues from Nature
CannonDesign incorporated the ideas of 19th century reformer Moses Sheppard to design a new psychiatric hospital.
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Profiles
Specify Hot List: Perkins&Will, D.C.
The firm’s Washington, D.C., team is the first of its U.S. studios set to eliminate embodied carbon in commercial interiors by 2030.
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Specify Hot List: Dayton Schroeter
SmithGroup’s vice president and national design director is helping guide the 169-year-old firm to a diverse and equitable future.
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Projects
A School From the 1860s Is Transformed into a Museum of Language
Beyer Blinder Belle reimagined the Franklin School in Washington, D.C., as Planet Word, the world’s first voice-activated museum of language.
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Profiles
Pearson Lloyd Views Office Furniture Differently
The U.K. design firm is part of Metropolis's Specify Hot List 2021, and its mission is prompting people to create agile and adaptable workspaces.