Projects
UC Berkeley’s Newest Building Is All About Human Interactions
The long-awaited project highlights uncomfortable truths about Los Angeles’s cultural sector and civic health.
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ZD+A Brings a Modernist Mexico City House in Line with its Context
Architect Yuri Zagoin Alazraki reorganized the speculative house to respond to its site and create unique spaces for contemplation.
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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 planet.
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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Drawing Collective Housing Back Into a Common Language
Felipe Correa’s Collective Living and the Architec…
Profiles
The Architect Designing Sacred Spaces for the Every Day
RIBA Gold Medal winner Níall McLaughlin strives t…
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Detroit Month of Design: A City’s Work in Progress
Now in its 16th year, the celebration offers insig…
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How a Hybrid Building Helped an Historic Manhattan Congregation Remain in Place
On Billionaire’s Row, FX Collaborative designed …
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The Brumadinho Memorial Is an Exercise in Memory and Materiality
Designed by Gustavo Penna Arquitetos Associados, t…
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ZHA Channels Ancient Walls for Future Forms
In Xi’an, the firm sets a luminous stadium again…
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Michael Green Helped Launch the Mass Timber Revolution
In the latest episode of Deep Green, METROPOLIS si…
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Designing an Industrial Workplace for More than Production
What happens after the architects leave? For Davoo…
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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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Sustainability
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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…
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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…
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.
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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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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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ZHA Channels Ancient Walls for Future Forms
In Xi’an, the firm sets a luminous stadium against the city’s deep architectural memory, transforming football into a new civic ritual.
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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.
