current issue celebrating 30 blog multimedia books events neocon next generation design competition state of design ceu new products designmart Connect with us		February 2013 Features The $5.9 Billion Question By Alex Marshall Should coastal cities threatened by climate change build storm surge barriers? Features Come High Water By Ian Volner New strategies for coastal cities in an age of extreme storms and rising sea levels. Notes from Metropolis Role Model By Susan S. Szenasy What the great Ada Louise Huxtable meant to me Dîa-logue(s) Dialogue Observed • Austere Charm • Flexible Pharma • Seismic Strategy • Stimulating Concepts America Planet Savers By Karrie Jacobs A new e-book by futurist Alex Steffen argues that cities are the key to environmental salvation. In Production Knockdown Comfort By Shannon Sharpe Inoda + Sveje create a simple seat with plenty of character. Productsphere Seeking Serenity By Paul Makovsky Products to promote calmness and an optimal state of health Ben Katchor Sickroom Reading By Ben Katchor “The sound of his cough is captured by a microphone and instantaneously transmitted via fiber-optic cable…” Preparing for the Next One By Susan S. Szenasy We’re in the midst of a climate change emergency. A World in Crisis By Martin C. Pedersen Ready Solutions By Avinash Rajagopal Working at every scale, architects and designers around the world are gearing up for disasters. The Adapters By John Hockenberry Indigenous architecture provides some important lessons in building with nature rather than against it. South-to-North Thinking By Thomas de Monchaux MASS Design Group takes the health-care lessons learned in the developing world to regulation-bound U.S. hospitals. Order This Issue Now! Past Issues Of Metropolis

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