The Greatest Global Workforce Experiment in Modern Times
A summer 2020 issue of Metropolis digs into the issues that are changing the future of work — from quarantine to neurodiversity.
Ideas
Announcing Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability 2020
Metropolis’s bi-annual sustainability symposium returns in a virtual format, providing access to free, in-depth webinars.
Can Quarantine Propel Us Toward Planetary Sanctuary?
Critic Mimi Zeiger reflects on refugia and the regenerative potential of crisis.
Queer Spaces: LGBTQ Voices and Resources for Architects and Designers
As Pride month draws to a close, Metropolis offers some perspectives and readings to help design professionals incorporate LGBTQ perspectives into their thinking and practice.
Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn’s Instagram Live Series Examines COVID-19 Designs
The design.emergency initiative has unpacked everything from collaborative PPE production to object hacking and the power of symbolic imagery.
2020 Graduates: This Is Your Moonshot
A message from Gensler’s global director of design: “We need your imagination, skills, and intellect to transform our cities.”
Now Is the Time for Radical Inclusion
Crises like COVID-19 should propel us to design more just and equitable products, buildings, and cities.
Measuring the Fallout of COVID-19 for the Design Industry
Take a look at the first results of ThinkLab’s Industry Impact Survey, which is generating data to help designers and design manufacturers move forward during these challenging times.
Architects Leading the Way to Racial Justice
The fight for equality is reaching a tipping point. Metropolis highlights Black architects, educators, and thinkers moving us toward racial justice.
Rethinking Design and Wellness During COVID-19
Catch up on last week's Metropolis Forums Webinar, "Doubling Down on Wellness," with insights on public health, social health, wellbeing, and sustainability.
With Metropolis Forums, Join the Discussion with Industry Leaders and Trailblazers
Beginning April 14, Metropolis will host webinars to help architects, designers, and anyone involved in the built environment to engage with today’s most important conversations.
What Do We Mean by “North American Design”?
In producing our March issue, we discovered enormous diversity in how architects and designers express the idea of America.
Watch DesignTV by SANDOW, Including Digital Programming from Metropolis
DesignTV by SANDOW offers exclusive digital video programming Monday to Thursday every week, from all its design brands. Tune in!
In Mexico, Women Architects Join a National Movement
Women at the head of Mexican architecture firms stand in solidarity with the national strike.
Year in Review: Did We Reach Peak-Biennial in 2019?
The proliferation of these events begs the question: Who is the targeted audience of a biennial, and whom does its staging benefit?
Politics Has Failed Mothers. Can Design Help?
Designers, curators, and entrepreneurs are scrambling to make sense of motherhood in a culture that’s often hostile to it.
At the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Wondering "Can Architects Curate?"
Despite some smart research, this edition's glut of information and ignorance of context reflects architecture's crisis of curation, our critic writes.
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Revisiting the Meaning of “Native Architecture”
Chris Cornelius of studio:indigenous speaks with Metropolis about (de)colonization in the practice, education, and experience of architecture.
At the Thai-Burma Border, a Garbage Dump Transforms Into a Bustling Community Center
Estudio Cavernas trains Burmese migrants to sustainably construct their own community center at the heart of a municipal waste site.
