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Technology
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Viewpoints
Can AI Save Us From Designing Ourselves to Extinction?
Sandeep Ahuja and Patrick Chopson of Cove talk climate action, cost optimization, and why technology is our best hope for sustainable building.
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Products
5 Technologies for Material Lovers
Discover the advancements that are helping us appreciate the beauty, capabilities, and sustainability of all elements of the built environment.
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Profiles
For These Students, New Technologies Unlock Ageless Construction Materials
Drawing upon references to indigenous knowledge, history, and nature, the next generation of architects and designers is reimagining how we build and what we build with.
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Products
Four Pieces of Software By Architects, For Architects
These free, open-source technologies were developed by architecture teams to fill gaps in today’s software offerings.
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Tsz Yan Ng is Pushing the Boundaries of Material Innovation
Developed with support from the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Robotic Needle Felting is a novel additive manufacturing technique for nonwoven textiles.
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Profiles
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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Programs
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
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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Viewpoints
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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Viewpoints
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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Viewpoints
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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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.