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sustainability
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Profiles
Meet the 2025 Planet Positive Awards Jurors
METROPOLIS announces the esteemed jurors for the 2025 Planet Positive Awards, honoring excellence in sustainable design.
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Viewpoints
Sustainability News Updates for Q4 2024
“Alignment” is the word of the hour in every sector of the building industry, as different stakeholders come together to tackle climate impacts.
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Viewpoints
METROPOLIS Natural Habitat Video Wins a 2024 Eddie Award
The winning video features a tranquil upstate New York retreat designed with Passive House principles.
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Viewpoints
ThinkLab Shares Insights on the Dynamics of Sustainability in Decision-Making
ThinkLab helps us understand how the realities of product selection can maximize designers’ influence and impact.
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Projects
Forest to Frame: Why Portland’s Airport is a New Milestone for Mass Timber
Beneath a nine-acre prefab wood roof and dozens of skylights, PDX’s tree-lined terminal designed by ZGF Architects is a marvel of material sourcing and construction.
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Projects
Payette’s New EXP Building is Designed for Research and Built to Perform
How Northeastern University is fostering exploration through insightful and transparent design.
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Programs
Inside METROPOLIS’s Sustainability Lab at NeoCon
This year’s hub invites you to relearn, reset, recharge, and leave inspired to redefine design for tomorrow.
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Programs
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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Viewpoints
MoMA Misses the Roots of American Environmentalism
A historical survey of eco-conscious Modernism at MoMA underrepresents both the origins of sustainable architecture and the contemporary dilemmas of architectural discourse.
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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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Programs
Design Pavilion 2023 Will Focus on Sustainability + Social Justice
Design Pavilion 2023 by NYCxDESIGN hopes to inspire discussions regarding sustainability and social justice in a series of bold and reflective installations.
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Products
Explore Crypton’s Latest Stylish and Planet-Friendly Fabrics
From Our Partner: With Crypton, there is no need to compromise performance for aesthetics. Explore the latest stain-resistant barrier fabrics made for people and planet.
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Viewpoints
10 Provocations for Circular Design
METROPOLIS's editor in chief Avinash Rajagopal presents ten takes on the future of design and the circular economy.
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Viewpoints
METROPOLIS Introduces Natural Habitat, a Sustainable Homes Video Series
The series debuts with a tour of a tranquil upstate New York retreat designed with Passive House principles.
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Viewpoints
Charting the History of Environmental Activism Through Posters
The impactful images showcased in Poster House’s upcoming exhibition helped shape public debate on environmental issues, but failed to modify behavior.
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Products
NeoCon Mixtape: 9 Videos Curating Best of 2023 Event
From Our Partner: Tune in to DESIGNTV’s curated playlist of notable brands, products and collabs from NeoCon 2023.
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Products
PROWL Urges Designers to Consider the Afterlife of Products
A response to fast furniture, the studio's hemp-based Peel chair is biodegradable and compostable.
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Programs
Inside Metropolis’s Sustainability Lab at NeoCon
With workshops, programs, and a showcase of sustainable manufacturing, this year’s hub shines a spotlight on circularity and regenerative design.
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Viewpoints
Six Essential Articles for Earth Day 2023
Get inspired for Earth Day 2023 with deep dives into the big ideas shaping sustainable design: from a renaissance in local architecture to scalable climate solutions and buildings that are safer for birds.
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Profiles
Student Designers Practice Radical Regeneration
These members of the Metropolis Future100 take on the earth’s most broken places and dare to heal and fortify them in the face of ecological and social uncertainty.