Notes from Metropolis By Susan S. Szenasy Awards based on pretty pictures alone do a disservice to everyone.
Observed
America By Karrie Jacobs There’s a connection between the bag holding our columnist’s morning newspaper and the recent global climate summit.
In Production By Kristi Cameron A young Bugaboo designer gets a second chance at his first assignment.
Learning Curve By Martin C. Pedersen Thanks to a citywide building effort, New Haven students are getting an up-close education in architecture.
Productsphere By Paul Makovsky The birthplace of Wegner, Jacobsen, and Kjærholm is still a force in design.
Reference Page By Suzanne LaBarre and Claire Levenson
|  | By Véronique Vienne The legendary Wirtz garden—a horticultural experiment of otherworldly dimensions—remains a feast for the senses.
By Kristin Palm The green-thumb ethos of this San Francisco eatery is perfectly reflected in its rigorously green interior design.
By Eva Hagberg From the locally crafted interior to the wind turbines on its roof, the new offices for Zimmer Gunsul Frasca have a distinctly made-in-Portland feel.
By Suzanne LaBarre Yale’s Kroon Hall is proof positive that aggressively green buildings—even carbon-neutral ones—don’t have to sacrifice beauty to achieve their environmental goals.
By Daniel Akst Kansas’s celebrated Studio 804 builds its most ambitious—and costly—house to date. The timing couldn’t have been worse.
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