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July 2009
Notes from Metropolis
Ghost Architecture

­A high school by Paul Rudolph now awaits the same fate as the Larkin Building.
Features
Life After Sambo

Founded by the late Samuel Mockbee, the Rural Studio has now morphed into a hothouse of practical and pragmatic design, helping students to redefine the terms of socially relevant architecture.
Features: A Note on the July/August Features
Features: Life After Sambo
Features: Play Ball
Features: Fifty Years of the Four Seasons
Features: Style & Substance
Features: Ghost Architecture
Features: A Monumental Achievement
Features: Float On
Features: Traffic Update
Features: Foreign Import
Features: Off-the-Shelf Genius
Features: Fearless Flying
Features: Problem Solved
Features: Rust to the Finish
Features: Conscious Consumption
Observed
A Monumental Achievement
Float On
Traffic Update
Foreign Import

America
Off-the-Shelf Genius

Is widely available computer software taking the “wow” out of wow-inducing buildings?

Learning Curve
Fearless Flying

A new competition encourages architects to design kites using any material under the sun.

In Production
Problem Solved

At last, a folding bike that is easy to operate and doesn’t look ridiculous.

Materials
Rust to the Finish

In a moment worthy of reality television, Chemetal races to ready a weathered backdrop for New York Fashion Week.

Productsphere
Conscious Consumption

­The latest kitchens make mealtime a sustainable activity.
A Note on the July/August Features

Your July/August copy of Metropolis may not be a special issue per se, but it is, in a modest sense, a perfect one.

Play Ball

New York’s two teams build new stadiums. Both are designed by the same firm, which has made an industry out of translating the nostalgic impulses of baseball owners.

Fifty Years of the Four Seasons

On the anniversary of one of New York’s great modern spaces, the interior designer Kitty Hawks and Four Seasons co-owner Julian Niccolini lunch in the famous Grill Room and talk about what makes that restaurant the ultimate dining experience.

Style & Substance

Anachronistic tastes land Roman & Williams two of New York’s hottest hotels—and a quiet, little brick apartment building that looks like it might be more than a century old.

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