current issue celebrating 30 blog multimedia books events neocon next generation design competition state of design ceu new products designmart Connect with us		November 2008 Observed Reversing Course By Juliette Guilbert Maya Lin marks Lewis and Clark’s westward journey by undoing some of the environmental damage that followed in their wake. Notes from Metropolis Lessons from Eero By Susan S. Szenasy Why the long-gone Saarinen office is now more important than ever Observed • Thinking About Shrinkage • Garden State • City Scenes • New Wave • Less is More • A Pointed Response • Eye-popping America Completing the Circle By Karrie Jacobs After more than 100 years of indifference and indecision, New York’s most famous traffic circle is finally finished. Learning Curve Whirlwind Tour By Stephen Zacks Kansas architecture students haul a prefab arts center across the state to a tornado-ravaged town. Productsphere The Discriminating Desk Jockey By Paul Makovsky For designers at work, only the best will do. Materials Perfect Skin By Mason Currey A vacation home on the Spanish coast uses tile as a decorative and porous surface. In Production Sexy Drive By Belinda Lanks Freecom’s pocket-size storage device comes in a supple rubber case by Sylvain Willenz. In Review Selective Recall By Peter Hall ­Critics of the Museum of Arts and Design missed the real point of the building. Bookshelf By Mason Currey New and notable books on architecture, culture, and design Text Message Patrizia Moroso Patrizia Moroso answers a few questions on industrial design, education, and inspiration—using her thumbs. Reference Page Reference Page: November 2008 By Suzanne LaBarre and Claire Levenson More information on people, places, and products covered in this issue of Metropolis. Team Eero By Paul Makovsky and Belinda Lanks Inspired by Saarinen’s drive to “do more,” the young architects in his office reshaped postwar America. Today their approach to problem-solving offers important lessons. The Long View By Andrew Blum By embracing the city’s industrial past—reclaiming landfills, remediating brownfields, developing neglected waterfronts—James Corner has helped reinvent the field of landscape architecture. The Painted Building By Stephen Zacks For three decades Steven Holl has used watercolors—drawn each morning, before the deadlines kick in—as a springboard toward the creation of architecture. Leaves of Glass By John Hockenberry A glimpse inside the contemporary American workplace finds a solitude eerily reminiscent of Edward Hopper. Order This Issue Now! Past Issues Of Metropolis

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