Notes from Metropolis
By Susan S. Szenasy
At the University of Cincinnati, top architects get a strong request from the students. Will the twenty-first-century campus give us what Aretha Franklin asked for?
Observed
| • |  | Play School |
| • | | Form Finder |
| • | | Sticker Talk |
| • | | Under Cover |
| • | | Punk Rock vs. Swiss Modernism |
| • | | Sand Castles |
Mentoring
| Force4 Good | | |
One of Denmark's largest firms learns the many benefits
of assisting a young architectural office.
In Production
By Mireille Hyde
Philippe Cramer’s Mix dining table for Bernhardt Design.
America
By Karrie Jacobs
In the toothpaste aisle in Duane Reade, the future looks dizzy with too many options.
Portfolio
By Andrew Yang
The competitors and winner of this year’s Electrolux Design Laboratory.
Far Corner
By Philip Nobel
In his annual valentine to all things architectural, our columnist laments what he missed the previous year.
Materials
By Paul Makovsky
Provenza’s large-format tiles are not just for the bathroom floor.
Productsphere
By Paul Makovsky
A range of eclectically detailed and high performance materials for interior surfaces.
Reference Page
More information on people, places, and products covered in this issue of Metropolis.
| | | Pure Detail | | |
By Edward Keegan
Echoing Neutra and Mies, Brad Lynch continues his quest for minimalist perfection.
By Matt Steinglass
Why should we care what happens to Chinese cities? Because the Chinese care what we think.
| Pet Lounge | | |
By Paul Makovsky
Brian Kane's newest chair fuses a sleek design with a material that's 10 percent recycled plastic bottles and 100 percent recyclable.
| Learning Lab | | |
By Fred A. Bernstein
Known for large corporate projects, SOM has launched a new education unit that produced a luminous grade school on time and under budget.
| Family Connection | | |
By Kristi Cameron
An interior designer shapes three historic buildings in the Old Town of Tallinn, Estonia, into a uniquely intimate hotel.
| UC X 3 | | |
By Steven Litt
Renowned for signature buildings by star architects, the University of Cincinnati charts a new course by asking three firms to think--collaboratively--about place.
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