San Francisco's 181 Fremont Combines Stability and Sustainability
The city's sleek new high-rise pulls off technical feats while offering of-the-moment residential interiors.
Sustainability
To Fight Climate Change, the Building Industry Needs Good Policies Behind It
The Clean Buildings for Washington Act represents a win-win scenario not only for architects and builders, but also cities.
Breaking Down Embodied and Operational Carbon
A panel at the Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability symposium in Seattle unpacked carbon and its impact on the design of buildings.
For Sustainable Building Products and Materials, It Can’t be Business as Usual
A panel at the Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability symposium in Seattle attempted to answer the question, “What are the new building blocks of sustainability?”
In London, a Researcher Guides Biodesign into Uncharted—and Newly Relevant—Territory
With the launch of a new master's degree, Carole Collet is helping define and advance the rather amorphous discipline.
The Toilet That Dreams of Saving the World
Save!, designed by Austrian firm EOOS for Laufen, aims to upend how we process human waste and heal the environment in the process.
NBBJ Reimagines a Piece of Seattle Infrastructure as a Sustainable Civic Landmark
The recently-completed Denny Substation includes an elevated path, dog park, open plazas, meeting rooms, and an art gallery.
Going Beyond the Punchlist: Why Architects Should Embrace Post-Occupancy Evaluations
While costly, a post-occupancy evaluation (POE) can reveal a wealth of information. Furthermore, new technologies are helping architects track building performance like never before.
15 Products for Designing Sustainable, Healthy Buildings and Interiors
Metropolis interviews experts from Perkins+Will, ZGF, and HOK about navigating the plethora of industry- and product-specific sustainability certifications.
Sustainability Glossary: Circular Economy
As part of the Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability special issue, we asked experts to provide refreshed definitions of key sustainability concepts.
Sustainability Glossary: Carbon Accounting
As part of the Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability special issue, we asked experts to provide refreshed definitions of key sustainability concepts.
Year in Review 2018: Lessons from Hospitality
Our contributors comment on an event or a moment from the last year that demanded more of how we should practice, frame, and respond to design.
Why Architects Need to Get Dirty to Save the World
The new book The Architecture of Closed Worlds: Or, What Is the Power of Shit? offers lessons for today by looking at Biosphere 2, Eden Project, and other microworlds.
Metropolis Launches Two-Day Symposium Devoted to Sustainability
Part of a broader, year-and-a-half-long probe into the definition of sustainable design, the magazine hosted a series of panels as part of its "Perspective" event series.
Trend Forecaster Li Edelkoort On Textiles Made From Selvage and, Yes, Human Hair
For this six-part series, Metropolis asked the textile industry's foremost experts what inspires them—here's what Edelkoort told us about designers expanding the scope of a product’s life cycle.
Take a Tour of Mohawk Group's Factory—and Its Sustainability-Minded Business Strategy
The commercial flooring manufacturer's pursuit of the stringent Living Product Challenge standards yields change at every level.
This Biodegradable Coffee Cup Was Made With a Gourd and a 3D-Printed Mold
An astounding 50 billion of those paper cups per year will end up in U.S. landfills because their material cannot be recycled or composted.
Emerging Designers and Major Brands Alike Are Redefining What It Means to be Sustainable
The recently-released book Radical Matter by London consultancy FranklinTill surveys a major shift in material thinking.
Leers Weinzapfel Associates Designs America's Largest Cross-Laminated Timber Academic Building
The four-level glulam post-and-beam structure houses the architecture, landscape architecture, and Building and Construction Technology (BCT) programs.
These Designers Are Turning to Nature for Subversive Solutions
Why shouldn’t our objects be environmentally digestible, like the other earthly elements that keep us alive?
