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How the Design Industry Is Navigating the Sustainability Surge
Discover new ThinkLab research that suggests sustainable design is hitting its stride.
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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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The Landscape Architecture–AI Buffer Zone
How long can the idiosyncrasies of landscape architecture keep the promise and peril of artificial intelligence at bay?
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What Architects and Designers Need to Know About Embodied Carbon
From complex topics such as carbon form to advice on how to specify carbon-neutral furniture, METROPOLIS provides a lay of the land for carbon and design.
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Framery’s Smart Pods Prioritize Sustainability and Employee Wellness
Discover the Finnish brand’s latest innovation, th…
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WholeTrees Brings Structural Round Timber to the Children’s Museum of Eau Claire
the Children’s Museum of Eau Claire makes use of…
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Shepley Bulfinch Celebrates Its 150th Anniversary with Boston Exhibition
A Legacy of Design Innovation, on view through May…
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Design Optimism Talks: How Can We Lead Our Cities into the Future?
The master architect of the Brussels Capital Regio…
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The Healthy Transformation of a Los Angeles Warehouse
Architecture firm Patterns turns a 1940s building …
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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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Framery’s Smart Pods Prioritize Sustainability and Employee Wellness
Discover the Finnish brand’s latest innovation, the Smart Office Pod…
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WholeTrees Brings Structural Round Timber to the Children’s Museum of Eau Claire
the Children’s Museum of Eau Claire makes use of a new carbon-smart structural round timber (SRT) by Madison, Wisconsinbased timber products company…
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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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Take a Step toward Circularity with These Products
Discover 10 products that make use of recycled, recyclable, or renewable materials or are designed for reuse, disassembly, and repair….
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Mae-ling Lokko Designs from the Ground Up
The designer and architectural scientist is rethinking the fabric of the built environment by connecting the dots between agriculture, construction, and social equity.
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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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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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ASU’s Fusion on First Cut Its Energy Needs—and Costs—by Half
Designed by Studio Ma, the facility proves that higher education buildings can deliver on student experience, urban connectivity, and climate action while keeping the bottom line under control.
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This 120 Year Old Brooklyn Building is now a Powerhouse for the Arts
Herzog & de Meuron and PBDW have transformed the 1904 Central Power Station into a nonprofit arts fabrication facility.
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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.
