Observed
America By Karrie Jacobs Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver are creating strategies to encourage the development of modest, more affordable houses.
Far Corner By Philip Nobel A new waterfront development has our laissez-faire columnist gasping in horror.
In Production By Belinda Lanks Ilkka Suppanen’s easy chair for Zanotta makes slouching fashionable.
Materials By Mason Currey LED-equipped surface materials in four basic forms: tubes, thin tiles, pixel-like dots, and see-through walls
Productsphere By Paul Makovsky Products that embody the trend forecast from Imm Cologne
Reference Page More information on people, places, and products covered in this issue of Metropolis.
|  | By Nathan Silver Moritz Waldemeyer is the technical wizard behind some of lighting’s most dazzling creations.
By Stephen Zacks Oklahoma City’s Rand Elliott carves out an impressive body of work that’s deeply rooted in place and local culture. (0.2 CEU/G)
By Ken Shulman After 25 years spent practicing sustainable architecture, BNIM earns the highest rating under LEED—a tool the Kansas City firm’s own efforts helped to create.
By Peter Hall Using digital technology, architects Jeremy Edmiston and Douglas Gauthier break free from the conventional box that has long defined prefab houses.
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