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Should one architect—even the world’s most famous architect—be responsible for all of the buildings in two massive developments?
Should one architect—even the world’s most famous architect—be responsible for all of the buildings in two massive developments?
Is MoMA’s worshipful approach to objects appropriate for security?
In the early 1990s, renowned graphic designer Paula Scher began painting small, opinionated maps—colorful depictions of continents and regions, covered from top to bottom by a scrawl of words. Within a few years, the maps grew larger and more elaborate.…
Creating a restaurant inside the new MoMA required acts of imagination—and diplomacy.
In May, two days before the Seattle Central Library’s official opening, the building’s architect, Rem Koolhaas, discussed the structure with Metropolis contributing editor Christopher Hawthorne. The interview took place in a staff conference room on the library’s 11th floor; the…
The stout and utilitarian subway bench may be one of the best pieces of design in New York’s public realm.
The new Whole Foods store inside the Time Warner Center offers New Yorkers something truly unique: space.
In the automotive world, brand identity seems to have taken a clear second place to plain, old-fashioned copying.
A look back at a classic MoMA show on taxi design reveals the sorry state of today’s fleet.
A bearded hippy wearing only his underpants emerges from what appears to be a subterranean concrete bunker. He’s followed by a shaggy man in overalls, a topless woman with long hair, and another, and another, like clowns from a Volkswagen.…
New York’s flashing—and literal—street signs have gone the way of the Automat.
For decades, Yale’s voice of architecture wasn’t an architect.
Why do automakers doing the least interesting design talk about it the most?
The former enfant terrible is veering dangerously close to self-parody.
As TVs get thinner, the dance between 2 and 3 dimensions gets more intriguing.
At auto shows, the exhibition design is often flashier than the cars themselves.
With his controversial new design for the Italian manufacturer, Konstantin Grcic aims to topple the regime of consumer-friendly minimalism.
Ignoring its Modernist lineage, Ikea seeks to dismantle a classic Marcel Breuer building.
Can a prototype skyscraper made entirely of composite materials survive the post-9/11 mania for safety?
Science fiction writer Bruce Sterling imagines a future of biomorphic furnishings, emotional sensors, and buildings that support themselves.