19 New Architecture and Design Books For Summer 2019
With warmer weather comes a fresh batch of exciting texts on architecture and design, past and present.
Author: Zachary Edelson
Gold and Silver Medalists Announced for 2019 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
The biennial award program honors outstanding projects that improve the social, economic, and ecological vitality of American cities.
OMA Completes Its First Ground-Up Building in Manhattan
121 East 22nd is a 134-unit condominium development located near Madison Square Park and clad with black precast concrete panels.
Bridging the Gap Between Everyday Citizens and New Smart Cities Tech
At the recent Smart Cities New York conference, experts and officials grappled with helping residents understand the benefits of—and put their trust in—new urban technologies.
Using Local Craft and Materials, a Lisbon Office Roots Itself in the Surrounding City
When designing a new home for a company's Lisbon office, local firm Pedra Silva Arquitectos deployed Portuguese ceramics and wool to create a homey, relaxed, flexible-use workplace.
ODA Designs New Crystalline Facade for 10 Jay Street in Brooklyn’s DUMBO
The project, which also included extensive restoration work and a new lobby, prepared the 230,000-square-foot former warehouse for new office tenants.
Architect Kevin Roche Passes Away
Roche, the Pritzker Prize–winning architect who completed Eero Saarinen's 12 unfinished projects with John Dinkeloo, also helped author iconic projects like the Ford Foundation and Oakland Museum.
Step into Houses Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Acolyte Kaneji Domoto
These 12 photos of Domoto's Lurie and Bier houses were taken for Domoto: Visions of Usonia, a new exhibit at SUNY Purchase's Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery.
Five Finalists Announced for 2019 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence
The national prize, which recognizes urban-focused designs and initiatives, has tapped a range of projects this year, from a DIY skate park in New Orleans to a public lighting initiative in Lynn, Massachusetts.
Photographer Candida Höfer Captures Grand Mexican Architecture in New Exhibition
Candida Höfer – In Mexico, on view at Sean Kelly Gallery in New York City through March 16, continues the artist’s decades-long investigation of architecture’s psychological effects.
CES 2019 Recap: The Technologies and Ideas Shaping Cities
#CES2019 provided insight into how city governments and the private sector are reimagining the urban landscape, especially vis-a-vis transportation.
CES 2019: How Ford Is Building a New Platform for High-Tech Transit
Metropolis spoke with Nithin Rao, cofounder of Ford subsidiary Autonomic, to discuss the digital platform that Ford is developing for mobility apps and providers.
CES 2019: “Code Is the New Concrete” in Today’s Cities
Metropolis interviews Seleta Reynolds, general manager of L.A.’s Department of Transportation (LADOT), about modernizing transit and making cities more equitable.
CES 2019: Why Architects and Designers Should Care About 5G Wireless
This forthcoming generation of cellular network promises to power a new wave of smart city and mobility technologies.
CES 2019: Avoiding a Dark Future of Autonomous Vehicles
A panel discussion on the first day of CES explored how Autonomous Vehicles could revitalize urban transit—or foment congestion and bad urbanism.
What We’re Expecting at This Year’s CES
With the tech industry facing scandals and fresh challenges, will its tone around smart cities, autonomous vehicles, and other innovations be more restrained in 2019?
Richard Rogers Wins AIA's 2019 Gold Medal
Today, the AIA also announced its AIA Firm Award, Topaz Medallion, and Edward C. Kemper Award recipients.
Fall 2018 Books Preview: 27 Top Picks from Metropolis Magazine
The leaves are turning and publishers are preparing a whole slate of new releases—from North Korean architecture to cutting-edge material experimentation, here are our favorites.
See the Thesis Projects of Liz Diller, Daniel Libeskind, and Other Cooper Union Grads at New Exhibit
Archive and Artifact: The Virtual and the Physical at the Cooper Union showcases physical drawings, models, and the school's growing digital archive of student work.
How Architecture Can Represent Dance: Jorge Otero-Pailos Explores Choreography in New Exhibition
In many ways, architecture and dance couldn't be more different. One is traditionally solid and still, the other dynamic and kinetic. One relies on drawings and images, the other on personal instruction and…
