A New Landscape in Montreal Weaves Together Icons of the City’s Expo 67
Encompassing a Buckminster Fuller–designed geodesic dome and an Alexander Calder sculpture, the intervention shows how the city is rethinking its world’s fair treasures.
Public Space
Metropolis’s 8 Highlights from London Design Festival 2019
From public space installations to carnival costume displays, this year’s events ran the usual, unconstrained gamut.
In Cycle-Crazed Utrecht, the World’s Largest Bike Parking Facility Opens
The Netherlands, a country with more bikes than inhabitants, invested over €30 million in the multistory structure.
Plus Pool Asks New Yorkers to Show Their Support
The designers behind Plus Pool are looking to win people over. This new short film may just help.
Revitalized Musée d’arts de Nantes Aims not for Spectacle but for Coherence
The newly reopened museum, one of France’s great art institutions, unites four centuries of architectural history.
How a Hydraulic Boardwalk Is Giving Istanbul Its Waterfront Back
A master plan by Gensler and U.S.-based design firm Dror will reintegrate Istanbul's waterfront within the ancient city's urban fabric for the first time in centuries.
As the Public Realm Merges With the Workplace, How Will Our Cities Change?
A report produced by WRNS Studio, edited and excerpted here, suggests how work culture could and should influence the fabric of our cities.
Snøhetta Gives Times Square a Sleek New Look
Times Square's latest redesign is uncluttered, clean, and features versatile new furniture, courtesy of a collaboration between Snøhetta and Vestre.
Trump Got Millions to Make His Tower "Public"—Let's Remind Him What That Means
We need to hold Trump accountable to the legal standards for public space in New York City—starting at the sad public spaces within Trump Tower itself.
2016: The Year In Review
The world of architecture and design had its fair share of challenges and bright spots.
The High Line Effect: Are Our New Parks Trojan Horses of Gentrification?
This has been a great year for parks in America—but is this new generation of High Line-inspired parks embedding social injustice into our cities?
Opinion: The Next Great Public Spaces Will Be Indoors
Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, the cofounder of Snøhetta, argues architects must begin considering indoor space as just as public as outdoor space.
Public Art Provokes Discourse on Climate Change in London
WATERSHED, a large-scale public art projection, is raising awareness about global warming. It arrives in New York City this fall.
The Responsibility of Architects is to Craft Collective Experiences
Design has the potential to shape the memories of millions.
Site Visit: A Market Promoting Local Food and Healthy Lifestyles
Concerns for locally sourced food and community building come together in the Grand Rapids Downtown Market in West Michigan.
The Eiffel Tower Now Produces Its Own Energy
New wind turbines installed on the monument's structure promise to take Paris's beloved landmark off the grid.
In Paris, a Celebrated Place for Protest Gets a Quietly Radical Facelift
Paris’s historic center for dissent, Place de la République, gets an expansion and an update.
Public Workshop's Alex Gilliam Is a "Cheerleader of Possibility"
In advance of his DesignPhiladelphia talk, we chat with the social entrepreneur about his continued commitment to community design.
Snøhetta Rethinks the Future of Times Square
The Norwegian architects on how they're transforming public spaces into "platforms for living"
This Designer Wants to Create a Real River for Los Angeles
The landscape architect has spent nearly two decades helping transform a mammoth drainage canal into a true urban amenity.
