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3 Building Products that Balance Resilience and Responsibility
From windows to roofing, these three products can withstand extreme heat, winds, UV exposure, among other natural threats.
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MetropolisLikes Awards 2024 Are Now Open
For the 11th year, Metropolis editors seek the best products being featured at NeoCon and Design Days for the MetropolisLikes Awards program.
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This Brooklyn Multifamily Community Is Sustainable—and Affordable
Passive House mixed-use development Chestnut Commons provides affordable housing to formerly homeless and low-income residents within a self-sustaining neighborhood.
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Exploring the Past and Future of Bio-based Materials
METROPOLIS editors round up our most compelling coverage on healthier materials and bio-based product alternatives for the building industry.
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Take a Step toward Circularity with These Products
Discover 10 products that make use of recycled, re…
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Architecture for London Creates Passive Homes Without Compromising Aesthetics
The London practice has a simple and straightforwa…
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Billy Fleming and His Students Are Designing a Green New Deal
In his recent studio course, designer and Universi…
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How Dune and Poor Things Rely on Architecture History
This year’s sci-fi and fantasy blockbusters are th…
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MoMA Misses the Roots of American Environmentalism
A historical survey of eco-conscious Modernism at MoMA underrepresents both the origins of sustainable architecture and the contemporary dilemmas of architectural discourse.
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3 Building Industry Takeaways from the UN Climate Change Conference
The built environment was a key focus at COP28, the world’s largest event dedicated to mobilizing against climate change.
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Billy Fleming and His Students Are Designing a Green New Deal
In his recent studio course, designer and University of Pennsylvania educator imagines a more just landscape architecture studio…by taking his students to a uranium mine in Greenland.
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Walter Hood: Facing History Through Landscapes
How the celebrated landscape architect proves the power of green space to tell new stories, communicate culture, and confront hard truths
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How Tall Architects Made a Place for Itself in Coastal Mississippi
By being selective with projects and scrappy with materials, Madison and Mark Talley built their community-focused design practice in Ocean Springs.
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Bowdoin College Unveils Maine’s First Commercial Mass Timber Project
Discover how the new pair of HGA-designed buildings further the campus’s commitment to carbon neutrality.
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Every Object in Philadelphia’s Yowie Hotel is a Design Lover’s Dream
The Yowie Hotel is the next evolution of designer Shannon Maldonado’s homegrown design brand.
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Behind This Seattle Office’s Pursuit of LBC 4.0 Certification
Mithun’s renovation of its own waterfront headquarters is on track to make it one of the first buildings certified under the new Living Building Challenge standards.
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Houston’s Lynn Wyatt Square Is Full of Clever Delights
The new plaza invites impromptu performances, serendipitous discoveries, and little moments of joy in the heart of Houston’s Theater District.