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.
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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.
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The Brumadinho Memorial Is an Exercise in Memory and Materiality
Designed by Gustavo Penna Arquitetos Associados, the memorial was built to honor the 272 victims of the collapse of Brazil’s Mina Córrego do Feijão tailings dam.
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A Whole-Systems Approach to Design for Autism: The ASD Design Matrix
A dynamic, multidimensional framework can help designers apply new scientific insights while designing spaces that include autistic people.
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Designing an Industrial Workplace for More than Production
What happens after the architects leave? For Davoo…
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At Houston Zoo, Lake Flato Makes a Case for Architecture as Habitat
Designed as the latest piece of a decade-long mast…
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The Erdos Cashmere Centre Is a Catalyst for Textile Innovation
UK- and China-based waa未觉建筑 (we architech …
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Student Housing That’s Resilient by Design
A bioclimatic university project in Dakar weathere…
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Moving the Center: Nairobi’s Pan-African Moment
The inaugural Pan African Biennale in Nairobi brou…
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In Tulum, V Taller Inverts the Symbolism of the Tower of Babel
Mexican architects V Taller reconcile housing for …
Profiles
Beyond Symbolism: Farshid Moussavi on the Ismaili Center in Houston
The cultural building and community center reinter…
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Building Common Ground Across Three Dutch Ministries
Studio PROTOTYPE and Zenber Architects transform shared office space into a social hub connecting three Dutch ministries in the age of hybrid…
Profiles
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.
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For Omar Gandhi, the Practice Is the Project
The Canadian architect treats happiness as a serious design objective—and has built a practice across three cities to chase it.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 from African earth.
