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Most writing on architecture treats the profession as a realm of sole authorship, where One Big Name is heaped with praise, quoted extensively, and ultimately held responsible for whether a building succeeds or fails. The truth, of course, is so much more complex that even a book-length work wouldn’t do the process justice. | | |
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Notes from Metropolis
By Susan S. Szenasy
Who makes architecture? We reveal the usually hidden collaborations that create excellence.
Observed
| • | | Paper Architecture |
| • | | A Swim in the Sky |
| • | | Original Green |
| • | | Trading Spaces |
| • | | The House Rescuers |
| • | | PET Project |
| • | | Pipe Dream |
| • | | A Stitch in Time |
| • | | A Solid Tradition |
| • | | Upstairs, Downstairs |
| • | | River's Edge |
| • | | Parisian Renewal |
In Production
By Paul Makovsky
Scott Wilson talks about his M2 lounge system for Quinze & Milan.
America
By Karrie Jacobs
When you can’t tell the difference between the art and the signage, it’s precisely Coney Island enough.
Far Corner
By Philip Nobel
Architects can’t resist the lure of buildings—even if the brief doesn’t really call for them.
Perspective
| An Argument for Seasonal Architecture | | |
By Akiko Busch
Temporary buidlings as a durable design idea.
Materials
By Paul Makovsky
Photo-Form bas-relief tiles blend digital technology with the traditional craftsmanship of handmade artisan tiles.
Productsphere
By Paul Makovsky
A snapshot of the year’s European design shows.
In Review
| Hold On to Your Hats | | |
By Nathan Silver
Nathan Silver on New City Architecture.
Reference Page
More information on people, places, and projects covered in this issue of Metropolis.
| | By Christopher Hawthorne
In May, two days before the Seattle Central Library’s official opening, Rem Koolhaas discussed the structure with MetropolisMag.com. In this exclusive interview, he weighs in about about building in Europe vs. in the U.S., the public as client, and why Q&A’s are inane.
| Custom Made | | |
By Lara Kristin Lentini
A revolutionary technique uses rapid prototyping to create bone grafts of startling precision.
By Laurie Manfra
A multi-disciplinary team works fervently to make solar building technology more powerful than ever.
| Home Grown Goods | | |
By Metropolis Staff
At this year's ICFF, small design firms proved that the value of producing locally has not been lost in a global economy.
| First Interpretations | | |
By Alec Appelbaum
Three years after 9/11, a survey of memorial designs reveals a culture still trying to come to grips with the meaning of the event.
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