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Landscape Architecture
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Atelier Xi Embraces the Void for Great Public Architecture
Inspired by Guizhou’s caves and mountains, the AYDC Public Art Center harnesses travertine, steel, light, and reflection to create a constellation of cultural pavilions.
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Safdie Architects Expands the Crystal Bridges Museum Into a Cultural Village
The 114,000-square-foot addition to the Bentonville, Arkansas, institution deepens its connection to nature, community, and wellness.
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In North Carolina, an Iconic Park Completes a Community
In North Carolina's fast-growing Research Triangle, Machado Silvetti and OJB transform seven acres into a civic landscape that doubles as public infrastructure, cultural hub, and long-awaited town center.
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Field Operations’ Design for Arts Landing Brings Promise to Pittsburgh
In partnership with nonprofit Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the new public space and park transforms an underutilized area into an arts destination.
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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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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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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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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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Report: METROPOLIS Weighs in on Sustainable Design in the U.S.
The METROPOLIS Interface U.S. Sustainable Design Report 2026 captures the state of green building today and what comes next.
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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
New York Showcases the Next Generation of Flood Resiliency
At NYC's new East River Park, Bjarke Ingels Group has debuted parts of its “BIG U”: an assemblage of green, gray, and social infrastructure.
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Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing: How a New Jacksonville Park Tells A Story
With typographic sculptures, restored architecture, and community programming, Hood Design Studio shows how small public spaces can advance reparative urbanism
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Programs
Bringing Nature and People Together in Joyful Outdoor Spaces
Norwegian furniture company Vestre expands the idea of biophilic design with furniture collections that foster thriving ecosystems and vibrant communities.
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Viewpoints
Reddymade’s Suchi Reddy on the Architecture of Sensation
Growing research in the field of neuroaesthetics gives us a new understanding of the power of design.
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Viewpoints
Bas Smets on Designing Augmented Landscapes
The landscape architect discusses his design for Notre-Dame, this year's Venice Architecture Biennial, and what he means by biospheric urbanism.
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Viewpoints
How Can Architecture Reflect the Needs of Its Communities?
Community engagement is a hot topic in design, but what is it and, more importantly, how do we do it? Here, we’ve gathered some top insights from our archives.
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Projects
Calder Gardens Brings Stillness to Philadelphia’s Parkway
Piet Oudolf’s signature garden and Herzog & de Meuron’s subterranean museum unite to create a quiet sanctuary for Alexander Calder’s art on Philadelphia’s grand boulevard.
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A Massive Public Works Project in Toronto Creates a Park and Revives Ecologies
Designed Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, The opening of Biidaasige Park marks an early milestone in long-term efforts to “renaturalize” and develop a part of the city’s waterfront.