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Navigating the Path to Net Zero
METROPOLIS mines its archives for pioneering perspectives and projects that prove the possibilities of net zero design.
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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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Visit METROPOLIS’s Sustainability Lab at NeoCon
Visit us at Metropolis’s Sustainability Lab at NeoCon, an exhibit and destination to help you take the next step toward making a positive impact on people and planet.
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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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Grace Farms Foundation Holds Third Annual Design for Freedom Summit
Industry leaders gather to discuss topics from eth…
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The Landscape Architecture–AI Buffer Zone
How long can the idiosyncrasies of landscape archi…
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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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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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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.