Viewpoints
The Architecture & Design Film Festival Enters a New Chapter
ADFF 2026 brings together stories of reuse, climate action, architectural history, politics, gender, and public life.
Latest
Profiles
The Architect Designing Sacred Spaces for the Every Day
RIBA Gold Medal winner Níall McLaughlin strives to design not just buildings but the rituals that unfold within them.
Projects
How a Hybrid Building Helped an Historic Manhattan Congregation Remain in Place
On Billionaire’s Row, FX Collaborative designed a new home for Calvary Baptist Church combined with an office tower.
Awards
Announcing the Winners of the 2026 METROPOLIS Planet Positive Awards
METROPOLIS’s Planet Positive Award winners represent excellence in sustainable, healthy, just design at every scale in the built environment.
Read MoreRecent
Viewpoints
Detroit Month of Design: A City’s Work in Progress
Now in its 16th year, the celebration offers insig…
Projects
How a Hybrid Building Helped an Historic Manhattan Congregation Remain in Place
On Billionaire’s Row, FX Collaborative designed …
Projects
The Brumadinho Memorial Is an Exercise in Memory and Materiality
Designed by Gustavo Penna Arquitetos Associados, t…
Projects
ZHA Channels Ancient Walls for Future Forms
In Xi’an, the firm sets a luminous stadium again…
Viewpoints
Michael Green Helped Launch the Mass Timber Revolution
In the latest episode of Deep Green, METROPOLIS si…
Projects
Designing an Industrial Workplace for More than Production
What happens after the architects leave? For Davoo…
Projects
At Houston Zoo, Lake Flato Makes a Case for Architecture as Habitat
Designed as the latest piece of a decade-long mast…
Projects
The Erdos Cashmere Centre Is a Catalyst for Textile Innovation
UK- and China-based waa未觉建筑 (we architech …
Viewpoints
Viewpoints
We Need a New Approach to Designing for Autism
Architects and designers need to update their strategies for neuroinclusive design. Recent research points the way forward.
Read more
Viewpoints
Report: METROPOLIS Weighs in on Sustainable Design in the U.S.
The METROPOLIS Interface U.S. Sustainable Design Report 2026 captures the state of green building today and what comes next.
Read more
Sustainability
Projects
In India, Prestige University Offers Lessons in Climate Craft
The IGBC Platinum–rated education project is part of Sanjay Puri Architects’ quest for creative—and delightful—responses to a warming…
Projects
Student Housing That’s Resilient by Design
A bioclimatic university project in Dakar weathered ten years of change by staying flexible—and, in doing so, made a case for building African architecture…
Projects
In Tulum, V Taller Inverts the Symbolism of the Tower of Babel
Mexican architects V Taller reconcile housing for tourists and long-term residents with urban chaos at the edge of the rapidly developing Mayan…
Projects
Juri Troy Architects Offer a Balanced Approach to Workspace Adaptability
For Windkraft Simonsfeld’s headquarters expansion, Juri Troy Architects combined regional materials, resilient infrastructure, and future adaptability into a…
Profiles
Profiles
3XN Designs at the Public Edge
From Toronto’s waterfront neighborhoods to Sydney’s iconic harbor, the Danish firm shows how architecture can balance private development, civic access, and environmental stewardship.
Profiles
Beyond Symbolism: Farshid Moussavi on the Ismaili Center in Houston
The cultural building and community center reinterprets Islamic design philosophy through geometry, climate-responsive design, and generous civic spaces.
Profiles
In Mexico, This Architect Designs for Those Who Stay
Fernanda Canales represents a new generation of Mexican women architects.
Projects
Projects
In North Dakota, a Regenerative Presidential Library for Theodore Roosevelt
Inspired by Roosevelt’s legacy of conservation, Snøhetta crafts a living building for his Presidential Library.
Read MoreProjects
Designing an Industrial Workplace for More than Production
What happens after the architects leave? For Davood Boroojeni, the answer became the foundation for an entirely new factory building.
Projects
At Houston Zoo, Lake Flato Makes a Case for Architecture as Habitat
Designed as the latest piece of a decade-long masterplan, the new café uses mass timber, rainwater collection, bird-safe glazing, and passive strategies to align the zoo’s conservation mission.
Projects
The Erdos Cashmere Centre Is a Catalyst for Textile Innovation
UK- and China-based waa未觉建筑 (we architech anonymous) creates a workplace that supports the creative process behind luxury textiles.
