Design Cities 2019: Fukuoka, Japan
After a three-year renovation, the Fukuoka Art Museum reflects the coastal city’s international links, both past and present.
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At Boston's BSA Space, a New Exhibition Explores the Latest Smart City Tech
Balancing Act: Urbanism & Emerging Technologies avoids grandiose ground-up smart city developments, instead focusing on designs that could impact life in existing cities.
Sidewalk Labs Releases Master Plan for Its Toronto Smart City Development
After extensive community outreach, the Google-owned tech and infrastructure company has put forth an ambitious plan for a sustainable and inclusive neighborhood.
Unpacking the Love Affair Between the LGBTQ Community and Design
The new survey book Queer x Design, written by Andy Campbell, chronicles the development of queer design, foregrounding politics and activism.
Less Is Still a Bore: New Exhibition Explores Maximalist Art and Design
The show, on view from June 26 through September 22 at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, features a cross-disciplinary and intergenerational selection of art forms and styles.
The University of Miami's New Architecture School Offers Teachable Moments in Concrete
The Arquitectonica-designed neo-Brutalist structure is an unmitigatedly open shed in which to host studios and foster a design culture.
How Humanity Mapped the Moon Over 300 Years
As countries and corporations get ready for a second space race, London's Map House has mounted a timely show on how humans have represented our closest celestial neighbor.
Chain Mail Now Protects Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Renowned Hill House
London studio Carmody Groarke designed a steel chain mail enclosure—with no less than 29,000 square feet of mail—that shields the Arts & Crafts masterpiece from water damage.
In Lynn, Massachusetts, a Public Art and Lighting Initiative Enlivens a Former Industrial City Center
The city's expansive downtown installation comprises 42 large-scale murals by renowned street artists, underpass lighting, and 11 refurbished vintage neon signs
A Boisterous "Colour Palace" Rises at London’s Dulwich Picture Gallery
The pavilion, which sits next to John Soane’s 19th-century museum, is opening as a part of the London Festival of Architecture.
The Pioneering Sustainable Building That Still Inspires Pilgrimages
Spread out on a field in Michigan, Herman Miller's GreenHouse facility helped popularize sustainable building practices.
In an Industry First, Duvaltex’s New Collection Uses a Biodegradable Polyester Material
Duvaltex’s Clean Impact Textiles uses the industry’s first recycled, biodegradable polyester, meaning its fibers can break down in landfills and wastewater.
Measuring the True Value of Trees
Offsetted, an exhibition at Columbia University’s Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery, explores how our society commodifies trees and the unintended consequences thereof.
With Installation at Madison Square Park, Artist Leonardo Drew Ponders Temporality and Horizontality
“City in the Grass” marks a scaling up of a practice that has long investigated materiality and decay.
With Its Painstaking Restoration, Eero Saarinen's TWA Flight Center Gets a Second Life
Beyer Blinder Belle led the restoration, which included asbestos abatement, re-creating original architecture, adding ADA accessibility, and more.
How the Shed Effortlessly Glides Open and Closed
The new cultural hub, designed by DS+R with Rockwell Group, moves on a unique system of steel wheels, or bogies.
How the Vineyard-Style Concert Hall Took Over the World (and Changed How We Hear Music)
With its promise to make every seat great, the vineyard-style concert hall has proliferated. But this format is breathtakingly at odds with the spirit of the original vineyard halls.
Open Style Lab, in Collaboration With Parsons School of Design, Helps Prove Accessibility Is Fashion Forward
The semester-long universal design program sees students work with a client to co-create bespoke wearables, all culminating with a showcase presentation.
Why the Building Sector May Be Humanity’s Best Hope for Averting Catastrophic Climate Change
Architects have enormous sway in specifying building materials and modes of operation; they also understand the political, budget, and client-education barriers to executing zero-carbon designs better than anyone.
5 Leading Experts and Advocates on How Architects Can Fight Climate Change
Metropolis speaks with Michael Sorkin, The Architecture Lobby, Kate Orff, Jesse M. Keenan, and Tom Jacobs on the Green New Deal, Architecture 2030, political activism, and more.
