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December 2006
Notes from Metropolis
“We Are Experts Too”

People know more about their communities than any architect, planner, or developer can ever know. Now there’s a chance they’ll be heard.
Features
Miracle on 72nd Street

Gary Comer and John Ronan create a stunning citadel of hope on Chicago’s troubled South Side.
Features: “We Are Experts Too”
Features: Miracle on 72nd Street
Features: The Electric Kid
Features: The Wish List
Features: Native Son
Features: From Farm to Closet
Features: The Path to Platinum
Features: Northern Exposure
Features: Bursting Out
Features: Changing the Architectural Climate
Features: China’s Global Beacon
Features: Like a Praayer
Features: Great White Hope
Features: Flight of Fancy
Features: Let It Shine
Features: Revenge of the Small
Observed
The Wish List
From Farm to Closet
Northern Exposure
Changing the Architectural Climate
China’s Global Beacon
Like a Praayer
Great White Hope
Flight of Fancy
Let It Shine

America
Revenge of the Small

Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver are creating strategies to encourage the development of modest, more affordable houses.

Far Corner
Letter from NIMBY-land

A new waterfront development has our laissez-faire columnist gasping in horror.

In Production
Sitting Pretty

Ilkka Suppanen’s easy chair for Zanotta makes slouching fashionable.

Materials
Element Labs LED Video

LED-equipped surface materials in four basic forms: tubes, thin tiles, pixel-like dots, and see-through walls

Productsphere
The Shape of Things to Come

Products that embody the trend forecast from Imm Cologne

Reference Page
Reference Page: December 2006
More information on people, places, and products covered in this issue of Metropolis.
The Electric Kid

Moritz Waldemeyer is the technical wizard behind some of lighting’s most dazzling creations.

Native Son

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)

The Path to Platinum

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.

Bursting Out

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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