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Sustainability
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Projects
At Its New Seattle Office, IA Aims for Harmony
The workplace project is the testing ground for a new design framework and a one-of-a-kind foray into 3D-printed furniture.
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Products
10 Standout Biobased Materials from NeoCon 2026
At METROPOLIS' 2026 Sustainability Lab, biobased materials lead the way for sustainable design—from cork to mycelium.
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Projects
Building New York’s First Passive House Community
The Catskill Project is a 90-acre community of carbon neutral homes designed with residents’ health and wellbeing in mind.
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Programs
3 Projects Strengthening Communities Through Design
From affordable housing to civic spaces and schools, these 2025 Planet Positive Awards winners demonstrate how design can foster connection, expand access, and improve quality of life.
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Products
Discover the Winners of the METROPOLISLikes 2026 Awards
This year’s product releases at NeoCon and Design Days signal a transformation in interior design.
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Projects
A New Housing Model for the Missing Middle
In Madison, Wisconsin, 301 Vanilla rethinks middle-income housing through prefabrication, low-carbon construction, and an architecture that prioritizes character over convention.
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Products
METROPOLIS’s Sustainability Lab Returns to NeoCon
Discover tools, ideas, and inspiration to make thoughtful material choices for a sustainable future.
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Viewpoints
An A-to-Z Guide to the America We Want to Build
For the United States’ 250th anniversary, METROPOLIS highlights the designers and ideas shaping a more equitable, sustainable, and imaginative future for the built environment.
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Viewpoints
Reseat’s Office Furniture Rescue
By salvaging huge amounts of quality office furniture bound for landfills, Reseat champions the circular economy.
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Programs
What Happens When Sustainability Drives Design
At the METROPOLIS Sustainability Leadership Summit in Chicago, designers and educators explored how sustainability can move beyond compliance to shape form, beauty, and narrative.
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Projects
On Maui, an Off-Grid House Is Tuned to Culture and Climate
Kupono Hale combines passive design, solar power, and local, upcycled materials in a new vision of Hawai‘i Contemporary.
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Viewpoints
Milan Design Week: 7 New Sustainable Products and Perspectives
At Salone del Mobile and Fuorisalone, installations and booths showcase lower-impact materials and products—from pollinator baths to recyclable polyester padding.
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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
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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Profiles
Meet the 2026 Planet Positive Awards Jurors
METROPOLIS announces the esteemed jurors for the 2026 Planet Positive Awards, honoring excellence in sustainable design.
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Viewpoints
Wolf-Gordon’s Material Journey
Chief Creative Officer Marybeth Shaw on decades of innovation, from early use of natural materials like cork to today’s PVC-free and bio-based offerings.
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Viewpoints
9 Stories of Hope for Earth Day 2026
These METROPOLIS articles offer inspiration through building reuse, nature-centered design, regeneration, and healing.
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Profiles
What Is the True Value of Existing Buildings?
The Built Buildings Lab is helping broaden the preservation movement by overlaying the cultural, economic, and environmental significance of old buildings.
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Viewpoints
The Stories Moving Our Industry Forward
In the latest episode of Play with Matches, METROPOLIS Editor-in-Chief Avinash Rajagopal and UpSpring CEO Tiffany Rafii discuss the media’s role in elevating sustainability, equity, and innovation.