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Profiles
Bridging the Divide Between the Possible and the Impossible
Michael Maltzan and Deborah Weintraub, leaders of the effort to construct L.A.'s newly-opened Sixth Street Viaduct, talk about its lofty goals, significant challenges, and myriad lessons.
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Viewpoints
Following Years of Revitalization, Detroit Still Has a Long Way to Go
Metropolis brought together local policy makers, designers, developers, and activists to discuss the city's uncertain present and contested future.
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Profiles
A New Orleans Planner Builds Community as an Anti-Highway Activist
A proposal to remove a hated highway is caught in a maelstrom of politicking. But Amy Stelly is standing her ground.
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Projects
Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo Raises Expectations for Public Space
With a new visitor center and entry sequence, Ross Barney Architects created an inviting new face for Chicago’s free zoo.
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Viewpoints
The Bronx Was Built by Transit
Building the Bronx, an exhibition by the New York Transit Museum shows how horsecars, subways, and a monorail helped create the borough we know today.
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Viewpoints
Students Lead the Way to A Post-Industrial Future at the Saint-Étienne Biennale
Exploring everything from automobiles to the COVID-19 lockdowns, the biennale explores the post-industrial possibilities through the theme of “Bifurcation.”
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Viewpoints
Los Angeles Architects and Leaders Take on Their City’s Homeless Crisis
Christopher Hawthorne, L.A.’s chief design officer, discusses how a culture of design innovation is helping tackle a growing calamity and provide dignity, shelter, and gracious interior spaces to thousands.
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Projects
After $400 Million Overhaul, Atlanta’s Mixed-use Colony Square Can Finally Breathe
Courtesy of Beyer Blinder Belle and Lord Aeck Sargent, the new Colony Square makes good on the promises of mixed-use development.
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Viewpoints
You Can’t Lift Up America’s Schools Without Lifting Up the Neighborhoods Where They Operate
Ron Bogle, CEO of the National Design Alliance, promotes revitalizing learning centers and their settings together.
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Projects
In San Francisco, the 5M Development Envisions Public and Private Space for the Future
Completed by SITELAB, KPF, and a host of other firms, 5M reveals a transformed, multi-use downtown site following a decade-long process.
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Projects
Esch 2022 Celebrates One of Europe’s Most Stunning Industrial Turnarounds
With Esch2022, Luxembourg's second city reveals its metamorphosis from a decaying manufacturing center to a European cultural capital.
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Projects
A New Park Introduces Greece to the Post-Industrial Landscape
Doxiadis +'s Ellinikon Experience Park, on the site of Athens' former Ellinikon Airport, takes cues from its aviation past.
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Viewpoints
DeCoding Asian Urbanism Grapples with Asia’s Unprecedented Growth
On view at Helms Design Center in Culver City, a new exhibition and catalog stare down the megalopolis.
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Projects
An Online World That Doesn’t Destroy the Real One
Three groups of student designers took on a near-impossible challenge: low-carbon server farms.
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Projects
Local Designers Collaborate to Revive a Neighborhood Market in Bermondsey
The Blue, an historic street market, gets new facilities courtesy of Hayatsu Architects, Assemble Studio, and an engaged community.
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Projects
Three Technology Projects Represent Change for the Better
Tree Folio NYC, Dwelling Unit for Musicians, and Scout received honorable mentions in Metropolis’ inaugural Responsible Disruptors competition.
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Projects
John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects’ New Tool Merges Data with Humanity
The Open Source Homelessness Initiative, a winner of Metropolis' inaugural Responsible Disruptors competition, lets visitors peruse case studies, reports, and news about building for the unsheltered.
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Viewpoints
9 Stories About Design at the Olympics
With the 2022 Winter Games right around the corner, Metropolis revisits some of our favorite stories of Olympian design.
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Profiles
Rahul Mehrotra on the Kinetic City and Urbanism for the Global South
From Boston to Mumbai, one architect and Harvard GSD professor straddles the complexities of housing, planning, policy, and pedagogy.
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Projects
Carlo Ratti Designs a Floating Structure to Heat A City and Create Community
One of the winners of Metropolis' first-ever Responsible Disruptors program, Hot Heart, a recreation center, stores thermal energy for the city of Helsinki.