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METROPOLIS Celebrates Sustainable Design and Innovation in San Francisco

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3 Projects Strengthening Communities Through Design

From affordable housing to civic spaces and schools, these 2025 Planet Positive Awards winners demonstrate how design can foster connection, expand access, and improve quality of life.

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Enter the 2026 Planet Positive Awards

Applying to the most comprehensive awards for sustainable and healthy design will be easier than ever! Here's everything you need to know.

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The 2025 Planet Positive Awards

Applying to the most comprehensive awards for sustainable and healthy design will be easier than ever! Here's everything you need to know.

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Metropolis Planet Positive Awards

Metropolis's annual Planet Positive Awards are an opportunity to celebrate the progress you are making toward design for a regenerative and equitable future. We have a variety of categories for entries—projects that ar

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3 Projects Transform Urban Life for the Better

The winners of Metropolis’s 2022 Planet Positive Awards in the mixed use and landscape categories combine private amenities and public benefits.

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These Hospitality and Civic Projects Make a Positive Impact

The winners of Metropolis’s 2022 Planet Positive Awards in the hospitality and civic/cultural categories demonstrate how adaptive reuse and high-performance design can reduce carbon while improving occupant ex

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These Workplace and Education Projects Benefit People and Planet

The winners of Metropolis’s 2022 Planet Positive Awards in the workplace and education categories demonstrate how adaptive reuse and high-performance design can reduce carbon while improving occupant experienc

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Announcing the Winners of the 2022 Metropolis Planet Positive Awards

The Metropolis Planet Positive Awards recognize projects and products that make a positive impact on people and planet.

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Four Multifamily Projects Showcase Sustainable Living

The winners of the 2021 Planet Positive Awards in the multifamily category included dwellings for the unhoused, a fully electrified apartment building, and an affordable, passive house development.

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Two Clinics Support the Environment and Patient Health

The winners of the 2021 Planet Positive Awards in the healthcare category included a community-oriented dialysis clinic and a LEED Platinum Orthodontics office.

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Five Cultural Buildings on the Cutting Edge of Green Design

The winners of the 2021 Planet Positive Awards in the cultural and civic buildings category included reimagined architectural icons, and innovative new technologies.

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Five Workplace Projects Putting Sustainable Design into Action

The winners of the 2021 Planet Positive Awards in the workplace category included inventive reuse projects and hyper-efficient, zero energy-designs.

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Three Hospitality Projects Set the Bar for Sustainable Service

The winners of the 2021 Planet Positive Awards in the hospitality category included a mass timber McDonald’s and a passive house cidery.

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Announcing the Winners of the Planet Positive Awards

The Metropolis Planet Positive Awards recognize projects and products that make a positive impact on people and planet. The 2021 winners include 44 top picks across regions, project types, and product categories.