How Can Designers Specify for the Environment in a Disposable Era?
Amanda Schneider, president of ThinkLab, offers research-backed insights on the challenges and opportunities designers are facing.
Sustainability
This Sustainable Office Does More with Less
Without touching the building's envelope or MEP, LPA has designed a workplace that consumes 70 percent less energy than comparable structures.
Architect Richard Parr Adapts a 19th Century Farm as a Sprawling Home Office
His UK-based firm has converted a cluster of agricultural outbuildings in the English countryside into a series of imaginative workspaces.
Can Indigenous Technology Point the Way to a More Sustainable Future?
A new book proposes that traditional ecological knowledge could provide a model for sustainable and resilient infrastructures.
At the Planned Danish Olympic Pavilion, Chairs Form the Architecture
Sustainable construction specialists Lendager Group have created a modular, demountable structure for the Tokyo games.
In Small Town Appalachia, Researchers Find an "Evolution Towards Resilience"
Columbia University students found consensus around the post-carbon economy and riverfront rehabilitation among Appalachian locals.
How Hacker Architects Put a Middle School on the Path to Net Zero
The Gilkey International Middle School in Portland, Oregon, makes the most of its forest site, harnessing natural light, fresh air, and biophilia.
Mass Timber Building Puts Spokane, Washington on the Map as a Leader in Carbon-Neutral Building
The project uses cross-laminated timber to build one of the nation’s largest buildings to contain zero embodied carbon emissions, validated by a recent LCA study.
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.
Talk, Listen, Read: 3 Ways to Mark Earth Day 2020 with Metropolis
For Earth Day in a time of social distancing, Metropolis offers some opportunities for the A&D community to engage, educate, and be inspired.
Is it Time to Redesign Earth Day?
Remembered for sparking federal environmental protection programs, the event was gradually co-opted by the very interests it was meant to oppose. In its 50th year, can we reimagine Earth Day?
Sustainability is a Nonnegotiable at Sharon Davis’s Bayalpata Regional Hospital
The health-care center, a partnership between the government of Nepal and nonprofit Possible Health, serves an estimated 100,000 visitors a year.
A Quiet Revolution: The Origins of Sustainable Design in the United States
On the 30th anniversary of the AIA Committee on the Environment, it is time to reflect on the pioneers who took up the cause of sustainability (Metropolis among them) when few others would.
3form Doubles Down on Sustainability with Align
A new collaboration across the 3form family of companies finds eco-friendly synergies between brands including 3form, LightArt, EFI, and Springboard.
An Eco-Friendly Sports Facility Unites Games and Community
The Turó de la Peira Sports Center brings new amenities and a splash of green to a working-class neighborhood of Barcelona.
With a Major Retrofit of Their New York Office, IWBI Walks the Walk
The administrators of the WELL Building Standard filled their office with plants and standing desks to achieve WELL Platinum.
Georgia Tech's Kendeda Building Sets a High Bar for Regenerative Design
The new center is the largest project in the southeast United States to pursue Living Building certification, widely regarded as the industry's most rigorous sustainability credential.
Behnisch Architekten Completes an Energy Test and Simulation Lab in Germany
Located at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Building 668 is a massive simulator of new energy systems, tucked behind a semi-translucent facade.
What Architects Need to Know About Carbon
Opinion: Prompted by the latest issue of Log, Mario Carpo offers a primer for understanding the nuances of carbon and “carbon form.”
Sustainability Tools Up: 3 Promising Tech Innovations to Help Architects Reduce Their Carbon Impact
A recent slew of open-source and open-access tools equip practitioners with the data they need to make more informed material and design choices.
