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Healthy Materials
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3 Building Products that Balance Resilience and Responsibility
From windows to roofing, these three products can withstand extreme heat, winds, UV exposure, among other natural threats.
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Profiles
Mae-ling Lokko Designs from the Ground Up
The designer and architectural scientist is rethinking the fabric of the built environment by connecting the dots between agriculture, construction, and social equity.
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Profiles
Lola Ben-Alon Encourages Compassion for Digitization
The assistant professor at Columbia University’s GSAPP is also the director of the school's Natural Materials Lab, a lab that studies earth- and bio–based materials.
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What Can We Do About PVC?
The risks of polyvinyl chloride are well known, and the alternatives are getting better. Are we ready to make the PVC pivot?
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7 Healthier Alternatives to Conventional PVC Products
Here are some innovative PVC swaps, oldie-but-goodie alternatives, or solutions focused on using the thermoplastic responsibly.
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Viewpoints
Andrés Jaque On Mud Architecture
The architect and educator discusses the work of Columbia University's Natural Materials Lab, directed by assistant professor Lola Ben-Alon.
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Viewpoints
The Annual Role Models Contest Showcases Student Prowess in Healthy Materials
Put on by the Healthy Materials Lab at Parsons School of Design, the contest produced submissions from over 35 countries, answering the call for an improved material world.
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Profiles
LikeMindedObjects Uses Waste to Create Sustainable Products With Personality
In addition to running her Hudson, New York studio and storefront, Elise McMahon of LikeMindedObjects has recently launched a collection of recycled pillow inserts called CRCL EARTH.
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Ceramic Tile: The Past and Future of Healthy Design
Natural, non-toxic, non-porous, and durable enough to last several lifetimes, Italian ceramic tile is the material of choice for designers with an eye on wellness.
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With Help from the Federal Government, Biobased Products are Proliferating
These three products are made of degradable, low-carbon bio-matter such as rice straw, sugarcane, and mycelium.
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Viewpoints
Designing for Equity and Well-Being in the COVID-19 Era
Hana Kassem, principal at KPF, and Jonsara Ruth, cofounder of Parsons’ Healthy Materials Lab, outline the effects of the built environment on our well-being.
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Projects
Role Models Award Winners Lead the Way in Healthy Materials
The Parsons School of Design competition, highlights student innovation in the realm of healthy materials.
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Viewpoints
Sustainability Glossary: Transparency
As part of the Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability special issue, we asked experts to provide refreshed definitions of key sustainability concepts.
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Products
Putting the Health Back Into Health-Care Textiles
Textiles are key to designing health and safety into our hospitals—and the industry is changing its thinking about how these fabrics should be made.
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Viewpoints
How Architects Can Help Make the Built Environment Healthier
Metropolis’s director of design innovation, Susan S. Szenasy, led a talk at CookFox’s New York office on architecture, data, advocacy, and health.
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Viewpoints
How New Wellness Standards Are Reshaping Architecture
This year, a new set of sustainability codes and standards addressed an often-overlooked ecosystem: the human body.
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Products
Can Vinyl Really Be Sustainable? One Manufacturer Bets on Yes
One carpet company is expanding its product line to include vinyl tiling—and still promising to have 100% of its materials recycled or bio-based by 2020.
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Products
With Its Silica Prints Collection, Momentum Goes PVC-Free
With the launch of the Silica Prints collection, Momentum Textiles is now a fully PVC-free company.
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Products
Low-Tech Tool Helps Designers Create Healthier Spaces
Activist designers work to reveal the chemistry and environmental impact of furnishing products.
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Viewpoints
World Architects Pledge Zero Carbon by 2050
The UIA has adopted a measure to eliminate carbon emissions by the midcentury.