Metropolis Magazine - Metropolis Magazine February 2015
How Louis Kahn Unlocked Concrete’s Expressive Potential
Two painstakingly researched books reveal the depths of the architect’s material explorations.
Two painstakingly researched books reveal the depths of the architect’s material explorations.
The Metropolis Guide to Mexico City’s Design Landscape
With their feet planted in their heritage, ears open to international trends, and eyes firmly set upon the future, the city’s designers and architects are poised for the spotlight.
With their feet planted in their heritage, ears open to international trends, and eyes firmly set upon the future, the city’s designers and architects are poised for the spotlight.
A Design Prodigy Breathes New Life Into Brazilian Modernism
The prolific designer skillfully blends Modernist influences with his Brazilian heritage in more than 150 products.
The prolific designer skillfully blends Modernist influences with his Brazilian heritage in more than 150 products.
To Reshape the World, Architects Need to Design at Every Scale
We should revive public works for the design opportunities they create, argues Metropolis's editor in chief.
We should revive public works for the design opportunities they create, argues Metropolis’s editor in chief.
Fogo Island, Once an Obscurity, Now Brought to Prominence through Design
With architect Todd Saunders and designers Ineke Hans and Ilse Crawford as its advocates, the remote Fogo Island in Newfoundland, Canada, is forging a fresh identity to ensure its cultural and economic survival.
With architect Todd Saunders and designers Ineke Hans and Ilse Crawford as its advocates, the remote Fogo Island in Newfoundland, Canada, is forging a fresh identity to ensure its cultural and economic survival.
At UN Geneva Campus, Behnisch Architekten Breaks New Ground for Modern Timber Construction
Behnisch Architekten inserts a sustainable wooden conference hall into Geneva’s maze of glass buildings.
Behnisch Architekten inserts a sustainable wooden conference hall into Geneva’s maze of glass buildings, and breaks new ground for modern timber construction.
OMA’s Reinier de Graaf on the Berlin Wall and Histories We Tell Ourselves
As the celebrations memorializing the fall of the Berlin Wall have quieted, we should reflect on what history means to us.
As the celebrations memorializing the fall of the Berlin Wall have quieted, we should reflect on the versions of history we tell ourselves.
São Paulo’s Temple to Meat Is Also a Design Treat
The FEED butcher shop redefines the experience of buying meat by channeling sophistication and a gallery-like ambiance.
A butcher shop in São Paulo redefines the experience of buying meat by channeling sophistication and a gallery-like ambiance.
How Do We Design for More Holistic Health-Care Practices?
The design director of Perkins+Will Miami on how architects can help lead a new era of integrated and pluralistic approaches to wellness
The design director of Perkins+Will Miami on how architects can help lead a new era of integrated and pluralistic approaches to wellness
In Naples, a Theatrical Medical Center That Evokes Seaside Grottoes
Cherubino Gambardella's Neapolis Medical Center provides a palate-cleansing experience for passengers taken ill aboard cruise ships.
Evoking the mysterious underworld of seaside grottoes, a theatrical health-care center in Naples provides a palate-cleansing experience for passengers taken ill aboard cruise ships.
A New Wayfinding System Promises to Transform Abu Dhabi
A new wayfinding system promises to transform the way locals and visitors experience the emirate city.
A new wayfinding system promises to transform the way locals and visitors experience the emirate city.
Inside Columbia University’s New State-of-the-Art Media Hub
Designed by LTL Architects and used by the Graduate School of Journalism, the center seeks to address the dramatic shifts in reportage.
A new media hub at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism seeks to address the dramatic shifts in the profession.
“Beyond the Wall” Examines East Germany’s Design Culture
A new book offers an exhaustive account of life and design in the former GDR.
A new book exhaustively examines life and design in East Germany.
Please Do Not Enter Is L.A.’s Best Design “Secret”
The boutique isn't well-known. To founders Nicolas Libert and Emmanuel Renoird, both originally from Paris, this means they are doing something right.
Please Do Not Enter isn’t a secret, but it isn’t exactly well-known either. To founders Nicolas Libert and Emmanuel Renoird, both originally from Paris, this means they are doing something right.
