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.
Technology
To Help Fight COVID-19, Manufacturers Create Devices and Services for Doctors
As the coronavirus has shuttered cities and immobilized citizens, manufacturers have found ways to offer support to vulnerable populations and provide free protective gear to medical professionals.
10 Minimal Light Fixtures That Turn Technology into Poetry
As manufacturers increasingly integrate LEDs and other tech into light fixtures, they are becoming sleeker and more understated than ever.
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 the Driverless City, How Will Our Streets Be Used?
A glut of speculative plans reimagine the future streetscape. But is it a road to nowhere?
9 Highlights from CES 2020: Metropolis’s Picks from the Innovation Awards
From road traffic safety to the female orgasm, a slew of contemporary issues found possible solutions at CES this year.
High Tech Timber
SCI-Arc's planned robot annex promises solutions to real problems—in the building industry and beyond it.
Vectorworks BIM Software Helps this Architecture Firm Make a Big Impact
Australian firm Idle Architecture Studio relies on 3D modeling to solve problems and get the most out of their team.
New Exhibition Contemplates the Past, Present, and Future of the Workplace
Open until September 6 at Brooklyn's A/D/O by MINI, Out Of Office highlights key themes and objects from the past 70 years while projecting what the next 30 years may hold.
SFMOMA Ventures Into Outer Space With Its Latest Design Exhibit
Far Out: Suits, Habs, and Labs for Outer Space showcases visionary concepts by the likes of Raymond Loewy, Foster + Partners, Neri Oxman, and more.
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.
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.
Bridging the Gap Between Everyday Citizens and New Smart Cities Tech
At the recent Smart Cities New York conference, experts and officials grappled with helping residents understand the benefits of—and put their trust in—new urban technologies.
Leveraging Data to Help Plan Better Cities
A recent Metropolis Think Tank panel with planning experts, city officials, and architects from KPF delved into data how data is shaping today's urban planning.
Google Used Sensors to Connect Neurology and Aesthetics at Milan Design Week
The tech giant’s installation, A Space for Being, studied visitors’ neurological responses to different interiors. The project was a collaboration with architect Suchi Reddy, furniture brand Muuto, and John Hopkins University International Arts + Mind Lab.
A 3D-Printed Installation, Made With Sustainable Bioplastics, Debuts at Milan Design Week
Fashion brand COS commissioned the 3.2-ton structure, which was designed by London-based architect Arthur Mamou-Mani.
Sensors, Privacy, Data, and the High-Tech Workplace
A Think Tank panel discussion hosted at AECOM’s office in Los Angeles mulled over the consequences of building integrated data capture and analytics.
The Kansas City Fabricator Quietly Exporting Its Architectural Prowess to the World
With a legendary roster of clients and collaborators, the fabrication company Zahner continues to perfect its ability to render almost any form in metal.
Cities Are Not Technology Problems: What Smart Cities Companies Get Wrong
Many companies equate new technology with innovation, but actual innovation in cities means using tech in concert with bureaucracy, on-the-ground awareness, and challenging political choices.
