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regenerative design
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11 Tools Transforming Sustainable Design
The METROPOLIS Interface U.S. Sustainable Design Report 2026 highlights technologies, systems, and approaches helping teams streamline their work and tackle complexity.
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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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Can We Design Buildings That Give Back?
From low-hanging fruit to high-value visions, Living Future spells out a future for our built environment that’s brimming with social and sustainable impact.
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What’s Next in Biophilic Design?
What began as a movement to “bring the outdoors in” has evolved into a sophisticated discipline that blends neuroscience, sustainability, and multisensory design.
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Profiles
Mexico City’s Locus Blends Vernacular Architecture with Climate Reparations
Sana Frini and Jachen Schleich defined a reinvigorating pathway for thinking about climate repair from the perspective of subtropical regions.
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Projects
Regenerative Design as a Response to the Water Crisis in Mexico
Guided by ancestral knowledge and shaped through collective design, Reserva Peñitas uses a regenerative development model in Valle de Bravo offering a blueprint for ecological healing, resilience, and community governan
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Why Words Matter: The Future of Regenerative Design
As the design world embraces the language of regeneration, we must be clear about what the term means—and what’s at stake when it’s misused.
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How Can We Design Buildings to Heal, Not Harm?
Jason McLennan—regenerative design pioneer and chief sustainability officer at Perkins&Will—on creating buildings that restore, replenish, and revive the natural world.
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Profiles
Future100: Lené Fourie Creates Adaptable Interiors
The University of Houston undergraduate student is inspired by modular design that empowers users to shape their own environments.
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Products
Home Technologies with Promise and Peril
There are three areas where rapid new developments could not only transform how we live today but also help us contribute to a regenerative future.
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Exploring the Past and Future of Bio-based Materials
METROPOLIS editors round up our most compelling coverage on healthier materials and bio-based product alternatives for the building industry.