Metropolis Musings: A Q&A with Metropolis Founder Horace Havemeyer III
Nostalgic about the publication’s 25th anniversary, Horace Havemeyer III, the founder and publisher of Metropolis, talks about its inception as well as its future.
Author: Stephen Zacks
Phil Jones: The Activist-Chef Bringing Urban Farming to Detroit
This community leader is helping to forge a healthy connection between urban farming and new employment opportunities for Detroit’s youth.
Hudson Yards Reveals the Architecture Critics Have Indeed Failed Us
With the winning bid for the Hudson Rail Yards announced, the author takes a critical look at the flawed selection process.
In Cyprus, Manifesta 6 Is Just A Symptom
Did a recurring clash of cultures halt the plans for an international art festival?
Meet the Mayors Using Tech and Design To Better Their Cities
Running a city today requires quick and nimble decision-making, along with a clear, long-term vision for the future.
Opening Up Opportunities
With a new, engaging design, New York City’s Department of Probation finds fresh purpose for its waiting rooms.
A Moving Archive
True to the work of the pioneering Korean artist, the Nam June Paik Library turns research into a performance.
Government: Leadership Council
Five leading mayors talk about the challenges they face, the strengths of their cities, and their visions for the future.
Urban Intervention
The Syracuse Center of Excellence helps lay the foundation for the revitalization of a struggling Rust Belt city.
Sweetgreen Restaurant
Core Architecture + Design— Washington, D.C.
Form Follows Performance
Course# Met126 This course is AIA/CES registered for 1LU/HSW/SD. Sustainability is no more a buzz word, it’s the backbone of your projects. High performance has become critical to architecture; new shapes emerge in the service of environmental responsiveness, high-tech efficiency,…
Form Follows Performance
The German architect Stefan Behnisch pushes architectural form into new energy-efficient directions.
Thinking About Shrinkage
Dessau is one of several German cities testing creative solutions for urban depopulation.
Whirlwind Tour
Kansas architecture students haul a prefab arts center across the state to a tornado-ravaged town.
The Painted Building
For three decades Steven Holl has used watercolors—drawn each morning, before the deadlines kick in—as a springboard toward the creation of architecture.
From the Notebook of Teddy Cruz
As architectural activists go, Teddy Cruz is a firebrand. His passionate sermons begin with the observation of injustices along the Tijuana–San Diego border, but in his broad geopolitical gloss, urban inequality divides along a global north-south axis associated with immigration…
New York City Cautiously Brings Density to Affordable Housing
For decades we were told that high-density public housing didn’t work. But in New York City, a new model has emerged: privately developed mixed-income projects by prominent architects that reach back into the sky.
The Good Life?
A survey of leisure activities on the New York waterfront leaves a lot to be desired—in particular, something to drink.
In from the Sea
Traditional fishermen in Lebanon land a custom-designed community.
Experimenting With Disaster
In a battered New Orleans, the CityBuild consortium creates a process for community-based projects.
