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Sustainability
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Products
16 New Releases Doing More by Design
From tactile surfaces to reworked natural references and systems, these products foreground durability, flexibility, and sensory experience.
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Projects
In Missoula, a Museum Grows from Timber and Memory
Designed by Leers Weinzapfel Associates, the National Museum of Forest Service History’s new hub transforms donated materials and expressive timber forms into a learning environment.
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Projects
SOM Creates a Breathing Building
Located in Shenzhen, China, WeBank’s headquarters takes a porous and responsive approach to occupant health and comfort.
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Projects
In North Dakota, a Regenerative Presidential Library for Theodore Roosevelt
Inspired by Roosevelt's legacy of conservation, Snøhetta crafts a living building for his Presidential Library.
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Viewpoints
Highlights from the 2026 METROPOLIS Sustainability Lab at NeoCon
More than 10,000 attendees explored, created, and questioned how materials shape a better built environment.
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Products
Dorothy Cosonas Designs Textiles from the Fiber Up
The creative director carries forward Luum’s legacy of material innovation through close collaboration with mills and an emphasis on fiber-level experimentation.
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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.