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Technology
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Calling all Responsible Disruptors in Architecture and Design!
Honoring A&D tech and research that changes the world for the better. Submissions close November 21.
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Viewpoints
We “Designed” Buildings Using an AI Image Generator—Here Are the Bizarre Results
Metropolis associate editor Leilah Stone has been feeding architectural styles and keywords to Midjourney bots. The results highlight the complicated relationship between design, technology, and image-making.
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Three Technologies Are Changing how We Design for Climate
Charged with addressing the global climate crisis, designers around the world are responding to the challenge with innovation.
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The Road to the Metaverse
Metropolis' January/February issue explores the Metaverse, diving into the future of design as the edges between virtual and physical worlds continue to blur.
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The
Design Guide
to the
MetaverseHere's our regularly updated guide to the continually evolving role of design in the metaverse.
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Projects
ETH Zurich’s HiLo Unit Raises the Bar for Sustainable Concrete Design
The two-story addition to the NEST Research Building blends medieval construction techniques with digital fabrication technology.
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Programs
Calling all Responsible Disruptors in Architecture and Design!
Metropolis's Responsible Disruptors program seeks to recognize the best A&D Tech and Research that changes the world for the better.
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Viewpoints
Skylar Tibbits Says Materials Science Will Make Our World Less Digital—and More Wondrous
Things Fall Together: A Guide to the New Materials Revolution is the designer and MIT Self-Assembly Lab Director’s latest investigation into how new materials research will impact design.
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Optimism and Determination in Metropolis‘s 2021 Technology Issue
From blockchain and 3-D printing to surreal rendering, technology is changing how architects and designers design, build, and specify. The January/February 2021 issue of Metropolis dives into groundbreaking dev
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5 Technologies Shaping the Future of Design
How will blockchain, cloud computing, machine learning, spatial computing, and AR/XR technologies transform architecture and design?
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Using VR/AR/MR to Craft the Next Generation of Designed Environments
For Kat Schneider, digital design application specialist at IA Interior Architects, VR and other immersive tech should be seen as more than just presentation tools.
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Building Sentient Environments With Spatial Computing
Gideon D'Arcangelo, associate principal, experience design at Arup explains how spatial computing can help built environments respond to occupants' needs.
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Machine Learning Algorithms Are the Design Tools of the Information Age
The coleader of computational design at SmithGroup explains how machine learning tools can refine data into information, helping designers work smarter.
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Viewpoints
Why Design Firms Are Turning to Cloud-Based Platforms
The chief technology officer of SOM explains how cloud computing can enhance collaboration and help architects be present throughout a building's life.
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Gurus at Five Firms Predict the Good Ways Disruptive Technology Will Change Design
Pros from Gensler, SOM, SmithGroup, Arup, and IA Interior Architects share their views on what practice looks like with the new tools.
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3D-Printing Is Speeding Up the Automation of Construction
As the technology scales up, it’s being tasked with providing robust new solutions—but it’s also running into some of the same old building problems.
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Replacing Design Assumptions with Fact in Today’s Uncertain Environment
Research and analysis show how the interiors industry is prevailing through the current economic downturn.
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Viewpoints
Insight: Decoding Property Technology
How COVID-19 turned a set of real-estate business tech tools, known as proptech, into the industry's top priority.
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Profiles
Game Changers 2020: Itai Palti and Liam Young on the Role of Tech in Creating Responsive Cities
Next in our annual Game Changers series, Itai Palti and Liam Young discuss how tech can help build stronger relationships between cities and their inhabitants, both human and machine.
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Monograph Responds to Need for Effective Record Keeping Online
The San Francisco-based software company provides a catered experience to architecture and design firms for project management and time tracking.