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Sustainability
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Profiles
Common Object Studio Is Humanizing Concrete
Designed in collaboration with concrete manufacturer Mangrove, the studio’s Un Nido seating collection uses a leading-edge, low-waste additive process.
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Viewpoints
Celebrating the Craft of Architecture
METROPOLIS’s July/August 2026 issue, produced in partnership with Architizer, spotlights 25 standout projects and practices from the 2026 A+Awards.
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Projects
In India, Prestige University Offers Lessons in Climate Craft
The IGBC Platinum–rated education project is part of Sanjay Puri Architects’ quest for creative—and delightful—responses to a warming planet.
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Viewpoints
Michael Green Helped Launch the Mass Timber Revolution
In the latest episode of Deep Green, METROPOLIS sits down with the Planet Positive Visionary Award winner to discuss the roots of mass timber.
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Projects
Student Housing That’s Resilient by Design
A bioclimatic university project in Dakar weathered ten years of change by staying flexible—and, in doing so, made a case for building African architecture from African earth.
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Projects
In Tulum, V Taller Inverts the Symbolism of the Tower of Babel
Mexican architects V Taller reconcile housing for tourists and long-term residents with urban chaos at the edge of the rapidly developing Mayan jungle.
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Projects
Juri Troy Architects Offer a Balanced Approach to Workspace Adaptability
For Windkraft Simonsfeld’s headquarters expansion, Juri Troy Architects combined regional materials, resilient infrastructure, and future adaptability into a holistic model of sustainability.
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Projects
Building Common Ground Across Three Dutch Ministries
Studio PROTOTYPE and Zenber Architects transform shared office space into a social hub connecting three Dutch ministries in the age of hybrid work.
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Profiles
HOOBA Design Group Crafts with Materials and Light
Windows, openings, tiling, and tectonics are forms of expression for this Tehran-based firm.
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Products
Pallas Looks to Monet to Reimagine a new Textile Line
Inspired by Claude Monet’s work, the new Giverny Collection translates Impressionist principles while advancing the brand’s ongoing textile sustainability efforts
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Projects
A Civic Canopy in Rural France
In La Bouëxière, a small town in Brittany, Onze04 uses a soaring tensile canopy and climate-responsive design to transform a sports complex into a new community hub.
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Profiles
Meet the 2026 Net Zero Conference Trailblazer Award Nominees
METROPOLIS announces the 2026 honorees for the Trailblazer Awards, celebrating leaders in climate and community impact.
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Projects
In Barbados, a New School for an Island Future
AMMA Architects’ Oceana Innovation Hub supports a new approach to learning through a flexible, climate-responsive design rooted in local building traditions and construction culture.
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Programs
Here Are the 2026 Planet Positive Awards Project and Innovation Finalists
Discover this year’s finalists in the Project and Innovation categories before winners are announced this fall.
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Viewpoints
Perkins&Will Develops an Open-Source Framework for Timber Housing
The Modular Timber Housing prototype is a flexible and accessible design framework to drive economic development on Canada’s West Coast.
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Projects
A Concrete Cocoon for the Australian Landscape
Leeton Pointon Architects create a multigenerational retreat on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula that balances sculptural form with climate-responsive design.
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Programs
The Hidden Cost of Design Workflows
As architecture and design firms pursue ambitious sustainability goals, Bitreel is showing how reducing workflow waste can be as important as reducing material waste.
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Viewpoints
Rediscovering the Joy of Materials
METROPOLIS’s April/May/June 2026 Issue explores how thoughtful choices can transform projects, strengthen communities, and inspire better design.
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Viewpoints
Takeaways from the METROPOLIS Leadership Summit at Neocon
At this year's METROPOLIS Leadership Summit, design leaders explored how to cut through sustainability's complexity—and bring more people into the conversation.