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Landscape Architecture
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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Why Product Performance and Maintenance Are Vital for Outdoor Amenities
This section of the METROPOLIS Design for Equity Primer offers resources to help you promote fairness and justice within your firm.
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How to Engage and Include Communities While Designing Outdoor Amenities
This section of the METROPOLIS Outdoor Amenities Resource offers tools and guides to help you take community engagement and inclusion outdoors.
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How Outdoor Amenities Can Incorporate Both Biophilia and Biodiversity
This section of the METROPOLIS Outdoor Amenities Resource offers tools, guides, and manuals to help you incorporate biophilia and biodiversity into outdoor amenities.
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How Outdoor Amenities Can Help With Climate Action and Resilience
This section of the METROPOLIS Outdoor Amenities Resource provides resources and tools that deal with resilience, climate adaptation, and decarbonization.
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Viewpoints
The Past, Present, and Future of Public Outdoor Space
Three recent initiatives in Milwaukee, Baltimore, and Los Angeles imagine an equitable future for public space.
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Projects
Tom Lee Park Mixes It Up in Memphis
Located on the Mississippi River waterfront, the park is part of a plan to help different classes, communities, and histories commingle.
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Profiles
Future Green Puts Plants at the Heart of Its Practice
The Brooklyn-based landscape architecture and design-build studio blends fabrication and urban placemaking to reframe public space.
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Programs
Be Part of the Metropolis Future100 Class of 2024
The Future100 program is back and open for submissions! Be recognized as one of the top A&D graduates in North America.
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Products
These 4 Outdoor Lights are Dark Skies Friendly
Outdoor lights that have the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) seal of approval are sensitive to their impact on humans and other forms of life.