Departments
Notes from Metropolis
Getting comfortable.
The Metropolis Observed
A small home for tall buildings; saving Daniel Kiley’s landscape
legacy; Ray Anderson, recovering plunderer; a Manhattan
apartment’s wedge of light; pushing buttons at Allsteel;
London’s matchbox orator; Q Collection color forecast: green; a
door to Seattle’s skyline; carpet for film buffs; a McMillan Plan
for the rest of D.C.; the Pez dispenser as parking garage.
In Production: Team Effort
By Paul Makovsky
Metro’s new office system is designed for collaboration.
America: The Hartford Effect
By Karrie Jacobs
Turning its back on the Bilbao effect, the beleaguered city of Hartford
tries the neighborhood approach.
Portfolio: The Mysterious Island
The mysteries of Governors Island.
Perspective: The Sitzplatz Manifesto
By Nathan Silver
Our London-based correspondent asks: where have all the benches
gone?
Enterprise: Financial Backing
By Alec Appelbaum
Shaw’s decision to eliminate vinyl from its carpet tiles was driven
by a market that, when given the option, chose the alternative.
Materials: MEGa-Cool
A new department examining the materials of design debuts with MEG
laminate by Abet.
Productsphere: NeoCon 2004
By Paul Makovsky
A roundup of design from Necon 2004.
In Review
Phillip Lopate on New York’s Moynihan; John Pastier on San
Diego’s Petco Park.
Up & Coming
Upcoming events, exhibitions, and conferences.
Reference Page
More information on people, places, and projects covered in this
month’s Metropolis.
Ben Katchor
The Kiscure Pavilion.
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Features
Function’s Zen Master
By Peter Hall
Niels Diffrient’s fifty-year quest for ergonomic perfection is, by
his own admission, an impossible task, but that hasn’t stopped him
from trying.
Mayor Daley’s Green Crusade
By Lisa Chamberlain
The longtime Chicago mayor has vowed to make his city the greenest in
the nation.
Accordion Architecture
By Martin C. Pedersen
A Canadian firm’s material experiments produce flexible living
spaces.
Mapping the Competition
By Laurie Manfra
Where do all the big ideas in the Metropolis Next Generation competition
come from?
Some Disassembly Required
By Julie Taraska
With Think, Steelcase creates a comprehensive environmental strategy
that reconfigures all aspects of the manufacturing process—from the
chair’s initial conception to its eventual disassembly.
Creative Commerce
By Véronique Vienne
Crispin, Porter + Bogusky’s offices encourage employees to walk,
talk, argue, even Rollerblade—anything to create an “assembly
line of ideas.”
Just-in-Time Architecture
By Tom Vanderbilt
Facing rigid building codes, limited space, and bureaucratic oversight,
SHoP uses its love for the building process to create a shimmering new
airport lounge.
High-Tech’s High Priest
By Paul Makovsky and Susan S. Szenasy
Ward Bennett’s industrial minimalism defined late twentieth-century
interior design. Metropolis celebrates his career—and the
reissue of some of his classic pieces.
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