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METROPOLIS Introduces Natural Habitat, a Sustainable Homes Video Series

The series debuts with a tour of a tranquil upstate New York retreat designed with Passive House principles.

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April 1, 2010

Space Craft

In Re:Crafted (April; $50) Marc Kristal highlights 25 buildings in which site-specific designs produce exceptional architectural spaces. When it comes to defining craft, Kristal, a longtime contributor to Metropolis, invokes the former Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart on pornography: “I know it when I see it.” A more exact definition lies somewhere in the selected […]

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In Re:Crafted (April; $50) Marc Kristal highlights 25 buildings in which site-specific designs produce exceptional architectural spaces. When it comes to defining craft, Kristal, a longtime contributor to Metropolis, invokes the former Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart on pornography: “I know it when I see it.” A more exact definition lies somewhere in the selected projects, including an art center clad in deliberately crinkled steel, a residence outfitted with steampunk hardware, and an ethereal mobile chapel of thermoplastic rods.

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