Fresh Perspectives on Air, Water, and Carbon from Metropolis's 2020 Sustainability Issue
From HVAC to interior renovations, the November/December 2020 issue of Metropolis suggests meaningful areas of action for architects and designers.
From HVAC to interior renovations, the November/December 2020 issue of Metropolis suggests meaningful areas of action for architects and designers.
New studies show that interior designers can have a much bigger impact on climate change than they ever imagined.
With the multiplying risks of urban heat and the pandemic, a city's streets and sidewalks tend to highlight vulnerabilities in urban communities.
In a new book, Daniel A. Barber details a climate-focused account of Modernism, one defined by increasingly blunt measures used to combat heat and humidity.
Three recent initiatives outline how experts in the built environment are advocating for policy changes for public health and climate change.
Climate change expert Jesse M. Keenan analyzes the The Drawdown Review's recommendations for architects and designers.
Climate in Crisis: Environmental Change in the Indigenous Americas explores how global warming has affected the visual culture of indigenous communities.
Moving away from its early exclusive focus on natural disasters, resilient architecture and design tackles the much tougher challenge of helping ecosystems regenerate.
Architects have enormous sway in specifying building materials and modes of operation; they also understand the political, budget, and client-education barriers to executing zero-carbon designs better than anyone.
Metropolis speaks with Michael Sorkin, The Architecture Lobby, Kate Orff, Jesse M. Keenan, and Tom Jacobs on the Green New Deal, Architecture 2030, political activism, and more.
The Gates Foundation, the World Bank, and other global development influencers launch a Commission to address ecological disasters already at hand.
2100: A Dystopian Utopia, written by architect Vanessa Keith and her firm StudioTEKA Design, depicts a world where humanity has dramatically adapted to risen seas and extreme weather.
Architects Advocate, an activist network of architects focused on climate change, describes the new tools it's releasing.
Sometimes it’s better to adapt and retreat before the waters rise again.
Orff's New York practice SCAPE develops broad-based coalitions that can advocate for the firm's projects.
"Waterlicht," a "dream landscape about the power and poetry of water," is also an ominous warning of sea level rise.
Metropolis talked to Harvard GSD Professor Jesse M. Keenan on "Blue Dunes: Climate Change By Design," a book he co-edited with Claire Weisz of WXY Architecture.
In the wake of two devastating hurricanes, the grassroots group is pushing for design and policy responses.
Adapting the region’s traditional architecture and preparing for climate change, Rene Gonzalez is creating a new residential typology for South Florida.
Susan Szenasy sits down with William McDonough—the developer of Cradle to Cradle design—to understand why we must employ a new language regarding carbon and sustainable design.