Game Changers 2020: The Practices and People Changing Design
The 2020 summer issue of Metropolis highlights fresh thinkers and innovative solutions to issues ranging from climate change to the housing crisis.
Game Changers
Game Changers 2020: Itai Palti and Liam Young on the Role of Tech in Creating Responsive Cities
Next in our annual Game Changers series, Itai Palti and Liam Young discuss how tech can help build stronger relationships between cities and their inhabitants, both human and machine.
Game Changers 2020: Diana Anderson and General Architecture Collaborative on Wellness and Community
Next in our annual Game Changers series, Diana Anderson and General Architecture Collaborative discuss architecture, wellness, and community, informed by their unique on-the-ground experiences, research, and hybrid roles as designers.
Game Changers 2020: WXY and Future Green on Collaborative Urbanism
Next in our annual Game Changers series, Claire Weisz of WXY and David Seiter of Future Green discuss the complexities of designing within New York's diverse biomes and histories.
Game Changers 2020: Kevin Kimwelle and ICON on Social Equity in Building
In the first of four pairings of our annual Game Changers series, a South African architect and Texas construction company share the goal of making housing cheap, accessible, and livable for all.
Step Inside Water Works, WORKac’s Aqueous Exhibition at Poortersloge
After shuttering in March, the studio’s water-driven retrospective is available virtually.
GAME CHANGERS 2019: 6 Individuals, Practices, and Movements Changing Design
We are proud to present our Game Changers 2019, who are advancing architecture, design, urbanism with courage, compassion, and imagination.
GAME CHANGERS: The Hip Hop Designers Challenging the Architecture Establishment
Born in the ’90s from hip-hop culture, this critical architecture movement has been coalescing for decades though may be poised for a second wave.
GAME CHANGERS: By Collaborating with Artists, Njusja de Gier Is Driving Innovation and Design at Kvadrat
Thanks to de Gier, Kvadrat's SVP of branding and communication, the manufacturer has quietly assumed the role of global cultural powerhouse.
GAME CHANGERS: In the Heart of Mississippi, Duvall Decker Built a Grassroots Network to Grow Its Practice
Architects Roy Decker and Anne Marie Duvall carefully cultivated connections to local communities, business, and institutions, enabling a firm that works across architecture, planning, development, and building maintenance.
GAME CHANGERS: Rosa Sheng and Equity by Design Are Using Data to Make Architecture More Equitable
Equity by Design’s work—which includes architects like Lilian Asperin, Julia Mandell, and Annelise Pitts—is collaborative and cumulative, rooted in feminist activism and building on work by multiple groups.
GAME CHANGERS: Neri&Hu Is Defining Chinese Design Today
Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu’s Shanghai-based atelier has generated a prolific output of design ranging from hospitality and retail interiors to cultural architecture and product.
GAME CHANGERS: Architect Zena Howard Is Using Design as Urban Healing
The head of Perkins+Will’s cultural practice in North Carolina, Howard is bringing change to historically African-American neighborhoods from Miami to Vancouver and Los Angeles.
2018 Game Changers: 5 Remarkable Individuals Who Are Transforming Architecture, Design, and Cities
This year's Game Changers prove that architects and designers can set ambitious goals, envision a better world, and then make it real through spaces, objects, and ideas.
This Spanish Architect Wants to Revolutionize the Home—by Getting Rid of Kitchens
Few spaces of the home are as coveted as the kitchen. But Anna Puigjaner is showing the way out of these wasteful private cooking boxes toward more efficient “shared” alternatives.
Kenneth Frampton Isn't Done Changing Architecture
The renowned writer, historian, and teacher has expanded the architectural discipline’s critical and geographic outlook.
Doreen Toutikian is Shaking Up Beirut's Design Scene
Through Beirut Design Week and other initiatives, Toutikian has restored Beirut to its rightful spot as a leader in design and architecture.
By Embracing New Talent and a Bold Vision, Dan Chong Transformed Legacy Furniture Manufacturer HBF
Within one year, Chong masterminded the development of ten contemporary furniture collections, all crafted by established and emerging designers.
Carol Ross Barney is Chicago’s New Daniel Burnham
Over the past decade, Chicago architect Carol Ross Barney has moved beyond the design of buildings toward stewardship and restoration of urban ecology.
Game Changers 2017
Metropolis recognizes today's game changing leaders in architecture and design.
