Metropolis Magazine
From the February 2010 Issue
The Guggenheim contemplates the void, then auctions it off.
A Massachusetts organization is working to convert shipping containers into portable health clinics.
The month in design, so far
A collection of amazing and entertaining clips (and one depressing one)
How the LPC, FHA, ADA, and LL58 regulate designs for the city's disabled
Well, sort of: A peek at new work by Joris Laarman Lab
New York City's DOT is calling for design proposals for its no-longer-temporary pedestrian plazas.
A new Web site provides an enlightening and occasionally amusing glimpse of New York City landmarks preservation.
Our editor in chief reflects on the exhibition Modernism at Risk—and the need for vigilance by design activists.
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Features
Kansas’s celebrated Studio 804 builds its most ambitious—and costly—house to date. The timing couldn’t have been worse.
The legendary Wirtz garden—a horticultural experiment of otherworldly dimensions—remains a feast for the senses.
Metropolis Observed
PARA-Project crafts an airy retreat in a most unlikely setting.
A mosque in Cairo is restored for—and by—locals.
Liu Jiakun honors a girl who died in the 2008 earthquake in China’s Sichuan province.
Amanda Levete Architects makes a big impact in a tight setting.
Notes from Metropolis
Awards based on pretty pictures alone do a disservice to everyone.
America
There’s a connection between the bag holding our columnist’s morning newspaper and the recent global climate summit.
Productsphere
The birthplace of Wegner, Jacobsen, and Kjærholm is still a force in design.
In Production
A young Bugaboo designer gets a second chance at his first assignment.
Ben Katchor
For that wildly exotic, pseudomedieval look, nothing can surpass a fan-driven plastic torch.
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