Notes from Metropolis
By Susan S. Szenasy
Metropolis’s Next Generation Design Competition defines the spirit of our time: a new evolving ethic.
Observed
In Production
By Mireille Hyde
Johannes Foersom and Peter Hiort-Lorenzen’s Imprint chair for Lammhults.
America
By Karrie Jacobs
Are shopping districts inspired by New Urbanism a form of cultural brainwashing?
Far Corner
By Philip Nobel
Why is architectural thought taught without the benefit of architectural fact?
Materials
By Paul Makovsky
Cambridge Architectural Mesh.
Perspective
By Lance Hosey
Giving priority to social equity can lead to surprising conclusions that subvert some of the widely accepted principles of green design.
Mentoring
By Alec Appelbaum
At the Yale School of Architecture, students are getting real-world lessons about design from their future clients.
Portfolio
By Laurie Manfra
Andrew Prinz and Robert Pietrusko’s Brooklyn-based Simultaneous Workshop mixes music and design.
Productsphere
By Paul Makovsky
These new products can transform a house into a home.
In Review
By Alastair Gordon
A recent MoMA exhibition underscored landscape architecture’s evolving role in the development of our cities and buildings.
New and notable films on architecture, culture, and design.
Reference Page
More information on people, places, and products covered in this issue of Metropolis.
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By Marc Kristal
Set up on an aging New York pier, the Nomadic Museum creates a luminous interior space.
By Ariana Donalds
Arne Jacobsen’s Seven, one of the most loved—and widely copied—chairs in the world, celebrates its 50th anniversary.
By Ariana Donalds
Arne Jacobsen’s Seven chair recently celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, an occassion marked by its manufacturer, Fritz Hansen. But less well known are the Seven’s scads of descendents.
By Katherine E. Nelson
Fourteen young Finnish designers apologize—possibly for the fact that
they’re having so much fun.
By Jade Chang
When a 116-year-old furniture company teamed up with a class of student designers, the learning process went both ways.
By Andrew Yang
Putting a futuristic spin on that ubiquitous New York space, Studio Gaia designs a “boutique” deli.
By Laurie Manfra
The fifteen finalists for the 2005 Next Generation® Design Competition displayed an inspiring blend of conceptual flair and social responsibility.
By Peter Hall
To create sculptural statements, Ivalo Lighting turns to the masters of form-giving: architects.
By Alexandra Lange
Creating a restaurant inside the new MoMA required acts of imagination—and diplomacy.
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