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Landscape Architecture
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The Project That Remade Atlanta Is Still a Work in Progress
Atlanta's Beltline becomes a transformative force—but as debates over transit and displacement grow, its future remains uncertain.
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Profiles
The Next Generation Is Designing With Nature in Mind
Three METROPOLIS Future100 creators are looking to the world around them for inspiration.
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Profiles
Zoha Tasneem Centers Empathy and Ecology
The Parsons MFA interior design graduate has created an “amphibian interior” that responds to rising sea levels and their impacts on coastal communities.
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Storm King Takes the Parking out of Sculpture Park
Storm King Art Center's Capital Project has completely transformed its parking, visitor pavilions, and grounds for a more accessible—and less car-centric—outdoor art experience.
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A Sustainable Expansion Revitalizes a Century-Old Quebec Retreat
In its extension to a family’s country residence, Pelletier de Fontenay sought to cohere parts and climate-sensitive approaches, old and new.
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Viewpoints
Envision Resilience Participants Design for Vulnerable Coastlines
The annual studio, now in its fourth year, brings together students from various universities to envision adaptable futures for coastlines in the Northeast United States.
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Projects
Study Architects Designs a Water-Saving Desert Retreat in Arizona
The studio’s Tucson home combines Modernist aesthetics with innovative rainwater collection to tackle resource scarcity.
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3 Landscape Products that are Lighter on the Land
Discover how these sustainable solutions enhance urban spaces and boost well-being.
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Profiles
Ifeoma Ebo Is on a Quest for Urban Healing
Through trauma-informed design processes, Ebo aims for community stewardship and empowerment.
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This New Cultural District is Creating Community on Detroit’s East Side
Little Village, a hub of parks, art galleries, cultural spaces, artist studios, restaurants, and more, is expanding the city’s revitalization beyond downtown.
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Xtreme LA Trains Tomorrow’s Design Leaders on Environmental Stewardship
Students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo leveraged traditional ecological knowledge and community engagement to envision a future for Morro Bay, California.
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Projects
A ‘Ghost River’ Flows Through Baltimore
Learn how this public art installation tells the story of 100 years of urban development—and invites us to imagine what the next century should look like.
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Viewpoints
The Landscape Architecture–AI Buffer Zone
How long can the idiosyncrasies of landscape architecture keep the promise and peril of artificial intelligence at bay?
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Profiles
Billy Fleming and His Students Are Designing a Green New Deal
In his recent studio course, designer and University of Pennsylvania educator imagines a more just landscape architecture studio…by taking his students to a uranium mine in Greenland.
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Profiles
Walter Hood: Facing History Through Landscapes
How the celebrated landscape architect proves the power of green space to tell new stories, communicate culture, and confront hard truths
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Viewpoints
Public Outdoor Spaces: Behind the Design of Powerful Parks
METROPOLIS gathers its top articles that explore how public outdoor spaces can make a significant impact on urban livability, community, and environmental health.
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Projects
Houston’s Lynn Wyatt Square Is Full of Clever Delights
The new plaza invites impromptu performances, serendipitous discoveries, and little moments of joy in the heart of Houston's Theater District.
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Viewpoints
These 15 Must-Reads Will Prepare You for 2024
We've gathered some of our best 2023 articles to inspire, provoke, and galvanize you for the year ahead.
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Viewpoints
How Design Bridges (and Divides) Communities Across North America
METROPOLIS's September/October 2023 explores the intersection of the built environment and community-building.
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Viewpoints
Designed Landscapes Are Surprisingly Carbon Intensive (And They Don’t Have to Be)
Urban landscapes often include plenty of hardscape made with materials that can have significant carbon footprints.