Supersize Graphics Mark a Design Firm’s Dream HQ in Amsterdam
Unlike the arduous process of its decade-plus development, the thonik building is a light and joyous affair with an ode to amateur-led design.
Unlike the arduous process of its decade-plus development, the thonik building is a light and joyous affair with an ode to amateur-led design.
With warm woods, casual meeting areas, and even an art gallery, the workplace reflects the shifting culture of a historically conservative profession.
In Amsterdam’s south, OMA has completed a triangular hotel—the largest in the Netherlands and Belgium—that shows its neighbors how to dance in style.
Local architecture firm space&matter is meticulously converting the defunct cabins into dwellings for the SWEETS hotel brand.
The British firm totally revamped an re-skinned two massive Modernist buildings, creating a new welcoming pedestrian environment in the process.
From Detroit to Seoul, these cities manage to have global design influence while maintaining a their unique regional identities.
As part of our 2018 Design Cities issue, Metropolis looked at projects, firms, and places that are driving global design culture today.
Using a mix of social media, apps, and planning sessions, a coalition of urban designers and residents are planning their neighborhood from the ground-up.
The Pulitzer, a hotel of interconnected canal houses (some 400 years old), goes modern without shedding its roots.