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No New Buildings
Metropolis Magazine

No New Buildings

The energy already embodied in the built environment is a precious unnatural resource. It’s time to start treating it like one.

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November/December 2019
The Circular Office
Metropolis Magazine

The Circular Office

Major manufacturers are exploring every avenue to close the loop on workplace furniture.

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1 min  |
November/December 2019
Signs of Life
Metropolis Magazine

Signs of Life

Designers, curators, and entrepreneurs are scrambling to make sense of motherhood in a culture that’s often hostile to it.

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November/December 2019
Interspecies Ethic
Metropolis Magazine

Interspecies Ethic

In probing the relationship between humans and nature, two major exhibitions question the very foundations of design practice.

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6 mins  |
November/December 2019
Building on Brand
Metropolis Magazine

Building on Brand

The Bauhaus turned 100 this year, and a crop of museum buildings sprang up for the celebration.

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8 mins  |
November/December 2019
Building for Tomorrow, Today
Metropolis Magazine

Building for Tomorrow, Today

Radical change in the building industry is desperately needed. And it cannot happen without the building trades.

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6 mins  |
November/December 2019
Strength from Within
Metropolis Magazine

Strength from Within

Maggie’s Centres, the service-focused cancer support network, eschews clinical design to arm patients in their fight for life.

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October 2019
Next-Level Living
Metropolis Magazine

Next-Level Living

The availability of attractive, hospitality-grade products on the market means everyday consumers can live the high life at home.

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October 2019
Mi Casa, Su Casa
Metropolis Magazine

Mi Casa, Su Casa

Casa Perfect creates a memorable shopping experience in lavish private homes.

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October 2019
Enter The Culinarium
Metropolis Magazine

Enter The Culinarium

AvroKO imagines the future of residential amenities—where convenience, comfort, and sustainability meet.

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October 2019
Calming Effects
Metropolis Magazine

Calming Effects

Trends in hospitality design are matching up with what environmental psychologists see as a need for comfort in anxious times.

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October 2019
Better Together
Metropolis Magazine

Better Together

The Wing has taken the coworking world by storm, creating spaces for and by women. Now meet its designers.

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July/August 2019
Connection Between Light, Color, And Well-being
Metropolis Magazine

Connection Between Light, Color, And Well-being

In Troy, New York, a leading research center studies the connection between light, color, and well-being.

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April 2019
The New Old Los Angeles
Metropolis Magazine

The New Old Los Angeles

The city’s flourishing restaurant, nightlife, and hotel scene creatively embraces Tinseltown’s extensive historic building stock.

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April 2019
Talent Pool
Metropolis Magazine

Talent Pool

At this year’s NeoCon, Metropolis showcased the work of five up-and-coming architects and designers.

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3 mins  |
October 2016
Review - Incision Point
Metropolis Magazine

Review - Incision Point

Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s newest Manhattan project for a medical school upends the typology’s ingrained gloominess.

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October 2016
Hospitality Distinct Dwellings
Metropolis Magazine

Hospitality Distinct Dwellings

Grupo Habita’s second and third properties in the United States bring two unique personalities to Chicago’s Wicker Park and Bucktown neighborhoods.

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April 2017
Materials Squeaky Clean
Metropolis Magazine

Materials Squeaky Clean

A new product release from Porcelanosa shows how cleanability of materials is linked to creating healthy spaces.

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April 2018
Building Details Tile Style
Metropolis Magazine

Building Details Tile Style

A Florida backyard’s redesign takes into account the region’s environmental constraints and material culture.

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April 2018
Productsphere Making A Splash
Metropolis Magazine

Productsphere Making A Splash

With spring in the air, manufacturers and designers are releasing more kitchen- and bath-friendly tile, stone, and smooth-surface materials chosen for their elegance, resistance to moisture, and cleanability. Geometric and modular designs continue to reign, allowing endless opportunities for mixing and matching materials, colors, and styles.

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April 2018
Tailor-Made
Metropolis Magazine

Tailor-Made

Taking a sartorial approach, interior designer Sabrina MacLean homes in on an untapped demographic for her new venture, Maison MacLean.

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April 2018
American Uminary
Metropolis Magazine

American Uminary

Suzan Tillotson, thought leader and founder of the lighting design firm Tillotson Design Associates, talks to Metropolis about collaborating with architects, the pitfalls of LEDs, and persuading municipalities and the public to demand more sensible lighting schemes.

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April 2018
Calm And Bright
Metropolis Magazine

Calm And Bright

A new product category—acoustic lighting—is fast becoming the cornerstone of a happy and healthy workplace.

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April 2018
Made In Manhattan
Metropolis Magazine

Made In Manhattan

With a new apartment building on West 17th Street, architect Morris Adjmi adds another completed project to his growing New York portfolio.

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April 2018
Found And Foraged
Metropolis Magazine

Found And Foraged

In the face of increasing environmental degradation and industrial waste, product designers turn to nature for innovative, subversive solutions.

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4 mins  |
November/December 2017
Book Kultur
Metropolis Magazine

Book Kultur

Today’s architecture books are smaller, timelier, and nimbler.

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6 mins  |
November/December 2017
Island Influx
Metropolis Magazine

Island Influx

Welcoming almost two million visitors in 2016 alone, Iceland’s hotel industry is booming with outside investment. But amid the global influences, the country’s design community is working hard to retain its authenticity.

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November/December 2017
Materials Out Of The Box
Metropolis Magazine

Materials Out Of The Box

Carvart’s GlassCUBE system offers easy flexibility in the workplace.

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November/December 2017
Eye On The Storms
Metropolis Magazine

Eye On The Storms

After a spate of devastating hurricanes, should we still talk about “resiliency”?

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November/December 2017
samara, airbnb
metropolis magazine

samara, airbnb

samara, airbnb’s innovation and design studio, finds ways to leverage the apartment sharing site’s community for good works, from boosting the economy of a japanese town to providing pathways to legal work for refugees in jordan.

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november 2016

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