Designing for Conscious and Purpose-Led Travel Experiences
Hospitality experts weigh in on how the industry can recast itself in a moment of crisis.
Author: James McCown
Balancing Preservation and Resiliency in Miami Beach
A group of architects, real estate experts, and preservationists discuss the unique challenges faced by Miami Beach.
Can We Learn to Design With Water?
Miami design experts look to inter-disciplinary collaboration to navigate rising seas.
Reconsidering the Commute
Abundant transit choices still pose challenges during the pandemic.
Evolving Communal Spaces
How the pandemic is and is not shaping the future of workplace amenities.
A Good Crisis
The lessons we learn from COVID-19 will reshape the workplace environment for decades to come.
The Science Behind Healthy Workplaces
A recent Think Tank shed light on how designers can and can’t help keep workers healthy.
Makerspace as Workplace: A New Typology for the Digital Age
A recent Metropolis Think Tank featured experts’ views on San Francisco’s urban manufacturing renaissance.
As COVID-19 Drags On, A New Social Contract for the Workplace Emerges
A recent Metropolis Think Tank panel discussed how the pandemic has changed our expectations for the office, and what’s necessary to attract and retain talent.
Can Generative Design Save Brick-and-Mortar Retail?
Using new technology from Autodesk, Dutch firm Stamhuis designs retail stores that maximize each shelf, hoping to stave off e-commerce competition.
In Boston, a Development’s Approach to a Changing Coastline Is to Embrace It
Among the resilient features of Clippership Wharf is a “living shoreline” of marsh and native fauna.
For a Time, Josep Lluís Sert's Brawny Buildings Defined Modern Boston
Through his campus work, Sert left an incredible built legacy on the Boston area. But his building have taken some getting used to.
A Charter School's Renovated Campus Foregrounds Physical and Mental Wellness
Designed by HMFH Architects, the new outpost for Bridge Boston Charter School supports students and their families both in and out of the classroom.
Höweler + Yoon Casts Off Traditional Disciplinary Blinders and Looks at the Big Picture
The Boston-based firm, founded by Eric Höweler and J. Meejin Yoon, relies on research, experimentation, and collaboration with people outside the architecture world.
With Healthcare Architecture, Building Full-Scale Mockups Spurs Fresh Approaches to Design
A Metropolis Think Tank panel, held at Payette in Boston, highlighted how building bigger prototypes and mockups can make all the difference.
As Universities Become More Urban, Campus Planning Is Evolving
At a Think Tank discussion held at SmithGroup in Boston, Metropolis's Susan S. Szenasy led a discussion on new town/gown dynamics.
Harvard Opens Snøhetta-Designed Prototype for Super-Sustainable Retrofits
Dubbed HouseZero, the building uses data-collecting sensors, passive ventilation, low embodied energy materials, and geothermal wells, among other strategies.
Architects on How the Profession Can Design Inclusive Healthcare Facilities
Metropolis's latest Think Tank event, held at the Boston offices of HDR, addressed how architecture and design professionals can design for humanity.
Henry N. Cobb Looks Back on 70 Years of Architecture
A founding partner of the venerable firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, Cobb has built extensively, nowhere more than in his native Boston.
NatureStructure Exhibition Shows How Infrastructure and Nature Can Work Together
On view at the BSA Space in Boston, NatureStructure features a bridge that doubles as bat habitat, plans for 3D-printed reefs, a floodwater-absorbing parking lot, and more.
