Departments
Notes from Metropolis: Opposing Forces
Lessons in Sustainability.
The Metropolis Observed
The sitooterie has landed; fusion architecture;
breaking new glass; blue light special; squaring off on Columbus Circle;
London’s unidentified floating object; Peruvian modern;
Philly’s waterfront blues; HGTV School of Design; controversy over
Holl’s hall.
In Production: The Lap of Luxury
By Paul Makovsky
Patrick Norguet’s Orly chair for Bernhardt.
Object Lesson: Urban/Suburban Splendor
By Paul Goldberger
A glittering new market offers food
shoppers in New York something truly novel: space.
America: I Am the Uncool Hunter
By Karrie Jacobs
In a new subdivision our columnist witnessed the death of the loft as a
meaningful cultural symbol.
Portfolio: Electro Magnetism
Visual drama from Electroland.
Perspective: Matzos Amid the White Bread
By Steven Heller
The art director of the New York Times Book Review goes in search of
intriguing jacket covers.
Enterprise: Divide and Conquer
By Marc Kristal
Young designers get ahead by splitting the rent and sharing resources.
ICFF Preview
A sneak peek at the 2004 International Contemporary Furniture Fair.
Productsphere: Lighting Strikes
By Paul Makovsky
Lighting designs charged by new technologies.
In Review
Lyle Rexer on Harlemworld.
Up & Coming
Upcoming events and conferences.
Reference Page
More information on people, places, and products covered in this issue
of Metropolis.
Ben Katchor
Memorial City.
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Features
A Day in the Light
By Martin C. Pedersen
To test the groundbreaking scheme for its new headquarters, the New York
Times has launched an elaborate building study: a 24-hour experiment in
lighting design.
Lite Show
By Stephen Zacks
Artists and lighting designers are placing Color Kinetics’s LED
technology at the center of attention.
Here Comes the Sun
By Jonathan Ringen
Daylighting expert Jim Benya shows architects how to use technology and
careful siting to illuminate buildings naturally—and save money on
energy costs.
The First Report of the (Unofficial) Graphic Design Landmarks
Preservation Commission
By Scott Stowell
We’ve decided architecture is worth preserving. Now what about
smaller, more everyday artifacts?
Picking Up the Pieces
By Adam Davidson
With Saddam Hussein’s portraits gone and his buildings bombed,
Baghdad is a city in search of its identity.
Not the Object but the Emptiness
By Christopher Hawthorne
For Peter Walker, a landscape architect used to creating spaces around
important architecture, the memorial at Ground Zero —a project
about absence—may be a defining moment.
Street-Level Politics
By Peter Hall
Can the new home for the New York chapter of the AIA raise public
awareness of architecture and attract a new generation of practitioners?
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