Notes from Metropolis
By Susan S. Szenasy
When academic research and pent-up human needs come together, we all benefit.
Observed
| • |  | That's Rich! |
| • | | Desk Job |
| • | | Progress Report |
| • | | If These Walls Could Talk |
| • | | Behind the Curtain Wall |
| • | | Domestic Drama |
| • | | A Room of One's Own |
America
By Karrie Jacobs
Apparently nothing: Modernism is like the universe, an infinite loop with no beginning or end.
In Production
By Paul Makovsky
Harri Koskinen’s Muu collection melds Finnish style and Italian technique.
Portfolio
By Karen E. Steen
Barcelona’s Maxalot gallery displays wallpaper created by graphic designers.
Perspective
| Visions of Grandeur | | |
By Jade Chang
L.A. developers eye Grand Avenue as a new "heart of the city." But can a place like Los Angeles really have a center?
Materials
By Paul Makovsky
Designtex Shades and Screens PVC-free Decorative Textiles.
Far Corner
| The Three Amigos | | |
By Philip Nobel
When the three architects for Ground Zero met for the first time, it was clear they weren't all on the same page.
Productsphere
By Paul Makovsky
Personal touches that make small hotels as comfortable as home.
In Review
| Bookshelf | | |
New and notable books on architecture, culture, and design.
Reference Page
More information on people, places, and projects covered in this issue of Metropolis.
| | | Arctic Beauty | | |
By Katherine E. Nelson
Fed by boiling geothermal pools, a new spa in Iceland combines environmental sensitivity and jaw-dropping views.
| 99% Perspiration | | |
By Von Robinson
It took David Rowland years to get it into production, but his 40/4 chair is now celebrating its 40th anniversary.
| How to be Your Own Developer | | |
By Brian Libby
Architects: Frustrated with real-estate developers and their mainstream taste? Hereís how to skip the middle man and build your own projects.
| 14,500 Points of Light | | |
By Eva Hagberg
A young German firm uses material as both lighting surface and space divider.
| Kagan Then and Now | | |
By Paul Makovsky
Vladimir Kaganís new autobiography sets the record straight on his nearly 40 years of furniture design.
By Martin C. Pedersen
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