The Suave collection, for Spanish outdoor furniture company Vondom, represents the first time his studio has worked with polyurethane (PU) injection molding technology
While technology has always been a double-edged sword when it comes to sustainability and equity, it also holds the key to ameliorating pressing environmental challenges.
National Tile Day celebrates how a timeless material stays relevant year after year.
Metropolis interviews experts from Perkins+Will, ZGF, and HOK about navigating the plethora of industry- and product-specific sustainability certifications.
As part of the Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability special issue, we asked experts to provide refreshed definitions of key sustainability concepts.
As part of the Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability special issue, we asked experts to provide refreshed definitions of key sustainability concepts.
As part of the Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability special issue, we asked experts to provide refreshed definitions of key sustainability concepts.
Our contributors comment on an event or a moment from the last year that demanded more of how we should practice, frame, and respond to design.
sponsored by: Remove the excess. It’s a good way to approach most things in life; A&D is no exception. This mantra helped Yann Guyonvarc’h, owner of Millennium (a smart office building set to be completed in Crissier, Switzerland, in 2020),…
This selection of buildings—ranging from Atlanta to Kansas City to Basel, Switzerland—highlight stand-out materials and products.
These designs from Architex, KnollTextiles, Camira, nanimarquina, Bernhardt Textiles, and more, eschew rigid grids and crisp edges for a softer look.
“I could, and did, stare at the facade for hours,” says the British architect of the temporary pavilion, painted in Vantablack.
Versatile, sustainable, and resilient, the Glowing Metals collection from Chemetal is a material all-rounder.
In the 1940s, Knoll Bassett excised the chintzes and florals from upholstery and partnered with new mills to develop timeless, thoughtfully textured fabrics.
Carpet manufacturer Milliken has found that the right carpet backing can make a huge difference in terms of mitigating noise and preventing moisture.
Arktura takes bespoke design to a whole new level, using specially engineered software, advanced robotic manufacturing, and sustainable materials and processes to make innovative architectural systems.
How this versatile, durable building material is shaping a sustainable future.
Piero Lissoni, Kengo Kuma, and Campana Brothers create natural wood veneers that are "more real than real."
The new book Transmaterial Next, by Blaine Brownell, catalogues remarkable innovations in material science, from the lightest substances ever made to self-assembling robotic cubes.
Concrete as a material has been unchanged as a material since the 19th century, until now. Translucent concrete is here to change the look of architecture.
