Harvard Opens Snøhetta-Designed Prototype for Super-Sustainable Retrofits
Dubbed HouseZero, the building uses data-collecting sensors, passive ventilation, low embodied energy materials, and geothermal wells, among other strategies.
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Just In: Snøhetta Unveils New Design Proposal for Philip Johnson’s AT&T Building
After its first design proposal for the now-landmarked Postmodern icon incited outcry from preservationists, the firm has revealed a pared-down revision, one that invites history and the public back in.
A Healthy Return: The Business Case for Well-Being in the Workplace
Haworth's Houston showroom hosts an expert panel on designing offices that support today’s workers.
Rios Clementi Hale Studios' New L.A. Office Strives to Address Gentrification in a Changing Neighborhood
Since opening last summer in the city's Crenshaw neighborhood, the firm's super-flexible open office has opened itself to local students, artists, and organizations.
A Healthy Return: The Business Case for Well-Being in the Workplace
Haworth's Los Angeles office hosts an expert panel on designing offices that support today’s workers.
BIG Completes Pair of Skyscrapers in Shenzhen, China
The facade of the office towers, which contain approximately 1,000,000 square feet of space, features a low-tech solution to resisting solar heat gains.
A Healthy Return: The Business Case for Wellbeing in the Workplace
Haworth's Chicago showroom hosts an expert panel on designing offices that support today’s workers.
IDEO's Bold New Cambridge Office Uses Architecture to Join a Start-Up Community
Designed by Hacin + Associates, the new office enables collaboration between its teams while plugging into Boston’s burgeoning start-up and tech scene.
Mærsk Tower Revitalizes the Gloomy Research Campus in Copenhagen
Wrapped in 3,330 movable copper shutters that will weather to a green patina in the coming years, Mærsk Tower is an…
Ghislaine Viñas's Convention-Defying Approach to Interiors
Viñas’s flair for color and narrative—a talent she sharpened in residential work—makes her firm a growing force in workplace and product design.
SCHAUM/SHIEH Designed This New Houston Gallery to Feel Like It Could "Scatter Like Cards"
Situated in a block of sleepy low-rise houses in Houston, the new Transart Foundation for Art and Anthropology makes for a striking sight. However, the building fits nicely in with several cultural institutions…
Technology Special: The Future of the Workplace
In this special section that appeared in Metropolis Magazine's April 2018 issue, award-winning design firm Studio O+A examines and imagines the future of interiors in a tech-driven world.
Architects, Armed with Data, Are Seeing the Workplace Like Never Before
Today’s designers are taking an increasingly sophisticated approach to workplace design, using sensors, internet-connected furniture and fixtures, and data analytics to study offices in real time.
Take a Sneak Peek Inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard's New Dock 72
Renderings of the 675,000-square-foot office building, which will boast amenities designed by Fogarty Finger Architecture, show that it will pull out the stops to entice tenants to the Navy Yard.
How Design Can Create Authentic Connections in a Digital Workplace
As part of Metropolis's Think Tank series, San Francisco design firm Rapt Studio hosted a discussion on technology's role in the office.
MVRDV Reveals 13-Story Office Design in Łódź, Poland
The Fabryczna offices, clad in multi-colored brick and glass, are part of a wider initiative to revitalize the downtown of the Polish city.
Gensler's Carlos Martínez On the Importance of Designing Workplace "Beta Spaces"
Martínez, a consumer-goods practice-area leader at Gensler, chats with Metropolis editor-in-chief, Avinash Rajagopal, about not being afraid to experiment in office design.
The Big Ideas Behind Microsoft's New "Design Language"
The tech giant's new office design guidelines hope to create a sense of place and intuitive collaboration in every one of its 800 offices worldwide.
AI in the Workplace: The Peril and Promise of Advanced Computing
A Q&A with Clive Wilkinson Architects on the future AI in the workplace.
A Healthy Return: The Business Case for Wellbeing in the Workplace – Part 4
In the 4th installment of a 4-part event series, Haworth hosts a Q&A with an expert panel on designing offices that support today’s workers.
