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From the September 2008 Issue
Metropolis POV
Venice's Arsenale is transformed into another arena of grand design.
Urban Journal
The Spanish architect discusses his bridge in Israel as well as his project in New York.
Portland’s Gerding Edlen Development continues to break new ground in green development.
The winner of the Buckminster Fuller Challenge has a plan for Appalachia and it could be the design model of the future.
Buildings by Sullivan, Wright, Gehry, and Holl impacted.
There may yet be hope for Paul Rudolph’s modern masterpiece despite a recent vote against it
In the season of the commencement speech, Metropolis’ Susan S. Szenasy has advice for new grads: learn what it really means to connect.
An innovative project space in Berlin pushes the boundaries between architecture and art.
The former mayor of Curitiba, Brazil is carrying his message of sustainability to the world’s burgeoning cities. Lesson one: Get rid of your car.
Topaz Medallion winner Stanley Tigerman calls it like he sees it.
An annual exposition and conference shows off the best of South African design.
Raili Pietilä reflects on a life of design with her husband, Reima, and the new exhibition that examines the Pietilä legacy.
Beyond Milan and Eindhoven, the author discovers an emerging design center in Europe.

Features
Nine years ago the California Academy of Sciences asked: What’s a natural history museum in the 21st century? Its stunning new building is the emphatic answer.
The term green hotel was once an oxymoron. No more. Here’s a look at some of hospitality’s most sustainable lodgings.
Metropolis Observed
Thomas J. Campanella’s new book explores the implications—and contradictions—of China’s rapid urbanization.
A new waterfront hotel disrupts Bordeaux’s 18th-century architectural vibe.
Notes from Metropolis
Let us celebrate a unique place where design, the environment, and humanism are firmly rooted in culture and history.
America
­While the rest of the world builds high-speed railroads, we contemplate floating trains.
Far Corner
The primal power of Tadao Ando derives from his sublime use of one material and one move.
In Production
A difficult form becomes a reality, thanks to persistence and lots and lots of computer models.
Materials
A home-improvement project by Greg Lynn evolves into the Blobwall, a modular wall system produced by Panelite.
Productsphere
Soothing new designs are putting the hospitality back into hospitals.
Text Message
Murray Moss answers a few questions on design retail, life, and inspiration—using his thumbs.
Ben Katchor
Designmart
An active crowd from the Florida design community gathered the evening of Thursday, July 24th for the awaited launch of Poggenpohl’s Porsche Design Kitchen P’7340.
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