Metropolis Magazine - Metropolis Magazine February 2004
Looking for Roma–ach
Exiled from his home, Cuban architect Mario Roma–ach lost his place in history. A fellow Havanan writes him—and the city’s Modern architecture—back into the canon.
Dieter’s Top Ten
Legendary industrial designer Dieter Rams discusses his iconic 606 Universal Shelving System.
Surface Values
From tiles to textiles, materials are more visually and functionally diverse than ever before.
My Love Letters to Louis Kahn and Shigeru Ban
Our resident curmudgeon, Philip Nobel, offers up his second annual valentine to things he loves.
Our resident curmudgeon offers up his second annual valentine to things he loves.
The Power of Inadvertent Design
If it’s ‘Historic Authenticity’ you want, don’t call in the designers.
Michael Graves’s Work for Target: His Most Enduring Legacy?
The democratization of design is the great design story of our age, and Graves is the only serious architect who has participated in it with total, unconflicted zeal.
Michael Graves’s work for Target may be his most enduring legacy.
Cabin Fever
Canadian designer Cynthia Hathaway talks about designing her Memory Wallpaper.
Do-good Design
Bryan Bell and Design Corps spread the gospel of good design for good causes.
A New Coat of Paint
Lithuania’s past complicates the restoration of its capital’s historic center.
The Importance of Artifact
Lessons learned from a memorial to another kind of terror.
Roma–ach’s Cuban Creations
Exiled from his home, Cuban architect Mario Roma–ach lost his place in history. A fellow Havanan writes him—and the city’s Modern architecture—back into the canon.
