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January 2009
Observed
Delays Welcome

­JetBlue’s new upscale JFK eateries should keep waiting travelers happy (and spending).
Features
Behind the Scenery

It took a staggering number of animators, puppet makers, set builders, and art directors to bring the feature film Coraline to life in stop-motion.
Features: Third Annual Smart Environment Winners
Features: Arabian Library
Features: Sweetgreen Restaurant
Features: Alley 24
Features: The Improbable Act
Features: Behind the Scenery
Features: Rethinking the Interstate
Features: Revolution in the Age of Distraction
Features: Good Neighbor
Features: Under One Roof
Features: Pirate’s Booty
Features: Delays Welcome
Features: Degentrifying Condos
Features: The Freer Masons
Features: Scouting Report
Features: Crank It Up!
America
Rethinking the Interstate

­What if we used our 46,000 miles of highway as the backbone of a new 21st-century infrastructure?

Notes from Metropolis
Revolution in the Age of Distraction

Can we reengage with our built world even as technology threatens to remove us from it?

Observed
Good Neighbor
Under One Roof
Pirate’s Booty
Degentrifying Condos

Next Generation
The Freer Masons

Michael Silver’s new audio software liberates bricklayers from their paper plans.

Productsphere
Scouting Report

Promising young designers from the international trade-show circuit

In Production
Crank It Up!

Whipsaw designs a feature-packed emergency radio for Etón.

Materials
Rubber Soul

A manufacturer of floor tiles hopes to rack up good karma by switching from synthetic to natural rubber.

Reference Page
Reference Page: January 2009

More information on people, places, and products covered in this issue of Metropolis.
Third Annual Smart Environment Winners
Faced with tight budgets, all three winners still combined sustainable design and functional beauty.

Arabian Library

Sweetgreen Restaurant

Core Architecture + Design— Washington, D.C.

Alley 24

NBBJ, Seattle

The Improbable Act

Working with a diverse cast of engineers, acousticians, and technical consultants, Grimshaw Architects transformed an inhospitable hillside into a state-of-the-art performance center.

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