Metropolis Magazine Metropolis Magazine November 2014

The Cold Rush: Designers Begin Looking to the Arctic

As the Arctic melts, pioneering architects and planners are researching how to design for the ultimate extreme climate.

Samuel Medina,

As the Arctic melts, pioneering architects and planners design for the ultimate extreme climate.

Designers Look Back to the Grid, Imbue It With New Meaning

Once associated with radical design, the grid is being taken up once again by designers such as Doshi Levien and Patricia Urquiola.

Avinash Rajagopal,

Once associated with radical design, the grid is being taken up once again by contemporary designers.

Bringing Happiness Into Workplace Design

This discussion at the Haworth showroom in Toronto was the third in a series on the future of work and how its evolution is reshaping workplace design.

Susan Szenasy,

On the business imperative, iterative design, and happiness

A Workspace for Wordsmiths: Inside Medium’s San Francisco Offices

Sara Morishige Williams and Huntsman Architectural Group design a space for Medium employees to find inspiration in themselves as well as others.

Kira Gould,

Sara Morishige Williams and Huntsman Architectural Group design a space for Medium employees to find inspiration in themselves as well as others.

Moving Mountains Mixes Memphis and Shaker Influences

Despite straddling design disciplines and working with many makers, Syrette Lew's Brooklyn studio maintains a distinctive voice.

Mikki Brammer,

Despite straddling design disciplines and working with many makers, Syrette Lew maintains a distinctive voice.

Susannah Drake: Ecology as Architecture

Architects tackling the unseen will shape the future of their profession.

Avinash Rajagopal,

Architects tackling the unseen will shape the future of their profession.

Sean Lally: Energy as Architecture

As we seek an architectural approach that will be suitable for an age of climate change, why not, Sean Lally questions, design energy itself?

Avinash Rajagopal,

Architects tackling the unseen will shape the future of their profession.

Philippe Rahm: Climate as Architecture

Philippe Rahm believes that architecture's primary purpose is not to manipulate brick, mortar, glass, or steel, but the elements of heat, light, and air.

Avinash Rajagopal,

Architects tackling the unseen will shape the future of their profession.

Three Architects Redefining Architecture for the Climate Change Era

A new generation of architects embracing our crises of energy, climate, and ecology as catalysts for new creative directions.

Avinash Rajagopal,

Architects tackling the unseen will shape the future of their profession.

Red Hook Renaissance: The Italian Architects Redesigning Red Hook

The designer Aldo Andreoli, principal at AA Studio, partners with his compatriots to remake the South Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook.

Anna Kats,

The designer Aldo Andreoli partners with his compatriots to remake the South Brooklyn neighborhood.

All-in-One Corian Sink Takes Top “Shape the Future” Prize

The winning design of the DuPont Corian Shape the Future competition marries digital form-making technologies and function.

Tamy Cozier,

Designers showcased visionary thinking for the DuPont Corian Shape the Future competition.

The Po-Mo Watchlist: NYC’s Endangered Postmodern Architecture

As preservation battles rage, will postmodern architecture from the 1970s and 1980s get its turn?

Metropolis Editors,

As preservation battles rage, will architecture from the 1970s and 1980s get its turn?

Metropolis Magazine - Metropolis Magazine November 2014

The Cold Rush: Designers Begin Looking to the Arctic

As the Arctic melts, pioneering architects and planners are researching how to design for the ultimate extreme climate.

Designers Look Back to the Grid, Imbue It With New Meaning

Once associated with radical design, the grid is being taken up once again by designers such as Doshi Levien and Patricia Urquiola.

Bringing Happiness Into Workplace Design

This discussion at the Haworth showroom in Toronto was the third in a series on the future of work and how its evolution is reshaping workplace design.

A Workspace for Wordsmiths: Inside Medium’s San Francisco Offices

Sara Morishige Williams and Huntsman Architectural Group design a space for Medium employees to find inspiration in themselves as well as others.

Moving Mountains Mixes Memphis and Shaker Influences

Despite straddling design disciplines and working with many makers, Syrette Lew's Brooklyn studio maintains a distinctive voice.

Susannah Drake: Ecology as Architecture

Architects tackling the unseen will shape the future of their profession.

Sean Lally: Energy as Architecture

As we seek an architectural approach that will be suitable for an age of climate change, why not, Sean Lally questions, design energy itself?

Philippe Rahm: Climate as Architecture

Philippe Rahm believes that architecture's primary purpose is not to manipulate brick, mortar, glass, or steel, but the elements of heat, light, and air.

Three Architects Redefining Architecture for the Climate Change Era

A new generation of architects embracing our crises of energy, climate, and ecology as catalysts for new creative directions.

Red Hook Renaissance: The Italian Architects Redesigning Red Hook

The designer Aldo Andreoli, principal at AA Studio, partners with his compatriots to remake the South Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook.

All-in-One Corian Sink Takes Top “Shape the Future” Prize

The winning design of the DuPont Corian Shape the Future competition marries digital form-making technologies and function.

The Po-Mo Watchlist: NYC’s Endangered Postmodern Architecture

As preservation battles rage, will postmodern architecture from the 1970s and 1980s get its turn?

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