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Wellness
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Viewpoints
Examining the Intersection of Health and Design
The September/October issue of Metropolis takes a global look at how the work of architects and designers is impacting people’s health and well-being.
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Products
15 Design Products for Better Indoor Air Quality
Now more than ever, product certifications are placing the power of good indoor air quality in interior designers’ hands.
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Programs
Calling all Responsible Disruptors in Architecture and Design!
Honoring A&D tech and research that changes the world for the better. Submissions close November 21.
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Projects
The Rec Center Reimagined: How Cities are Designing for Wellness
Fitness centers in Baltimore, Maryland, and El Paso, Texas, show that cities can offer high-level recreational services at a low cost, improving the well-being of all.
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Viewpoints
Can We Design for Happiness?
The pandemic has revived one of the oldest questions in architecture and design.
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Projects
A Generous Offer and a Thoughtful Design Yield a Beautiful Place for Healing and Nurturing
RIOS transforms a former convent into a new home for Harvest House, a group that offers lodging and services to pregnant unhoused women.
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Projects
When the Office Becomes a Teachable Moment
SOM's New York offices inside 7 World Trade Center serve as a laboratory for and model of its future goals regarding wellness, sustainability, and flexibility.
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Projects
In Los Angeles, A New Athletic Facility Responds to Local Needs
SPF:architects and Hood Design Studio create the Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex with elegant simplicity, community, and sustainability as core goals.
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Viewpoints
Is Comfort Killing Us?
Amsterdam's Marc Koehler Architects and health mentor Enitor Joiner explore the role of physical and mental health in how we live at home.
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Profiles
Specify Hot List: Fauzia Khanani
The founding principal of Manhattan-based Studio Fōr has a background in public health, which has led her to specify materials according to data and her conscience.
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Projects
Creating a New Template For the Vet Experience
Design, Bitches' clinics for growing veterinary chain Modern Animal benefit both humans and their four-legged creatures.
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Programs
Can the Workplace Cure Burnout?
A Think Tank panel investigates how design changes can impact workers’ experiences in the office.
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Projects
A Medical-Center Expansion by NBBJ Embraces its Northwest Setting
The St. Michael Medical Center in Silverdale, Washington opened its ten-story, 612,000-square-foot expansion in December 2020. Commanding views of the Olympic Mountains fill patients with a sense of relief and connection
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Products
New Carpet from Patcraft Is Low in Embodied Carbon and Recyclable
Carpet is a staple of commercial interiors, so the positive impact of specifying something low in VOCs and embodied carbon is undeniable.
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Projects
26 Case Studies in Design for Impact
Metropolis's Design for Impact showcases how innovative architects and interior designers are leading the charge in creating a healthy, just, and sustainable world.
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Programs
Calling all Responsible Disruptors in Architecture and Design!
Metropolis's Responsible Disruptors program seeks to recognize the best A&D Tech and Research that changes the world for the better.
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Profiles
Cheryl Durst Talks Agency, Equity, and Why IIDA Is Engaging Kids
The IIDA's vice president and CEO discusses inclusion, a new pipeline for young talent, and her hopes for the upcoming year.
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Viewpoints
David Benjamin’s Venice Biennale Installation Makes the Case for Probiotic Living
While some experts seek to protect us from pathogens, others argue that we must learn to live with microbes.
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Projects
AUX Architecture Designs a Building That’s a Beacon of Light
The Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center expands a synagogue and meeting space into a dynamic educational and performance venue in West L.A.
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Projects
In Canada, a Cabin Disappears into the Landscape
In the belief that humans are a part of nature, not distinct from it, Canadian architect Michael Leckie designs architecture that restores us to the wilderness and the wilderness to us.