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Profiles
This Student Dreams of Engaging the Public Through Design
METROPOLIS Future100 2026 honoree Emily Zheng champions civic landscapes made with community engagement.
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Viewpoints
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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Projects
Dyani White Hawk Weaves Lakota Symbolism into Monumental Mosaics
The Minneapolis-based artist’s work can be seen in collections across the country, including large-scale installations at Portland International Airport and JFK Terminal 6.
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Projects
From Transfer Machine to Front Door: Pittsburgh Reinvents Its Airport
Pittsburgh International Airport’s new $1.7-billion terminal transforms a once-fragmented system into a unified, landscape-driven “front door” to the city.
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Profiles
Designing Architecture in Dialogue with Water
METROPOLIS Future100 2026 honoree Kimhour Lor examines Cambodia’s complex and evolving relationship with water amid the climate crisis.
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Viewpoints
Photographer Morris Lum Gives Chinatowns the Attention They Deserve
His new book, Chinatowns: Tong Yan Gaai, shows large format photography taken across 16 different Chinatowns across North America.
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Profiles
This Architecture Student Designs Through Productive Friction
METROPOLIS Future100 2026 honoree EmaLee Davidson embraces complexity as an active design force.
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Profiles
2 Student Projects Bridging People, Place, and Process
METROPOLIS Future100 2026 honoree Dakota Kalkstein dives into human-centered design.
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Profiles
Liam Young Is World-Building With Spatial Design
As the climate crisis shifts from a technological problem to a crisis of imagination, the architect and film director calls on designers to construct new planetary narratives.
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Viewpoints
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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Profiles
What Restrooms and Parking Lots Teach Us About Cities
At WXY, a people-first approach is quietly reshaping how New York—and increasingly the country—thinks about public space, sustainability, and civic design.
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Viewpoints
Altadena’s Rebuild Begins with Listening
Led by SoCal NOMA, the Altadena Rebuild Coalition is guiding fire-impacted residents through recovery by prioritizing empathy, coordination, and community.
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Viewpoints
Four New Roadblocks on the Path to Sustainable Buildings
The METROPOLIS Interface U.S. Sustainable Design Report 2026 warns of four systemic and infrastructural limits to a more sustainable built environment.
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Projects
Portland’s Carnegie Libraries Reopen as Community Anchors
LEVER’s transformations of the Albina and North Portland libraries expand their civic role—pairing preservation with cultural investment and community-led design.
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Viewpoints
MOS’s New Book On Public Space, Power, and Communication
Hilary Sample and Michael Meredith from MOS architects make the case for evidence-based city design—and reveal how public space is shaped by power, ownership, and use.
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Viewpoints
Our Hopes for the Built Environment in 2026
The METROPOLIS team shares what they want to see shape the built environment in the year ahead.
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Viewpoints
21 METROPOLIS Must-Reads to Kickstart 2026
With a lot of inspiration and a touch of provocation, these articles will get you in the right frame of mind for the new year.
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Projects
Inside Sydney’s State-of-the-Art Home for Seafood
The new Sydney Fish Market, with generous public spaces and a sweeping mass timber roof designed by 3XN and BVN, is set to be the city’s next big tourist destination.
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Projects
A New Train Station Provides Access to Chicago’s West Side
With a glass-clad station house, mosaic mural, and sustainable construction, Perkins&Will’s Damen Green Line Station connects a long-disenfranchised community.
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Projects
Redefining the Library as Community Hub—On a Massive Scale
Helix Architecture + Design reimagines 33 Kansas City–area libraries as dynamic centers for learning, gathering, and creativity.