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The Spectacle of Salone del Mobile
It’s been a month since Milan’s most stimulating design event—here are six activations that left a lasting impression.
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Google’s Ivy Ross Makes Sense of Color
METROPOLIS sits down with Ivy Ross, Google’s vice president of hardware design, to discuss Making Sense of Color, now on view during Salone del Mobile 2024.
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Visit METROPOLIS’s Sustainability Lab at NeoCon
Visit us at Metropolis’s Sustainability Lab at NeoCon, an exhibit and destination to help you take the next step toward making a positive impact on people and planet.
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What Architects and Designers Need to Know About Embodied Carbon
From complex topics such as carbon form to advice on how to specify carbon-neutral furniture, METROPOLIS provides a lay of the land for carbon and design.
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How AI Is Supercharging Design Software Start-ups
Andrew Lane, cofounder of consultancy Digby, takes…
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Poltrona Frau Reinterprets Gio Ponti’s Armchair
Dezza is reissued in a refined new edition with w…
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These 3D Printed Luminaires Expand on Design Without Compromising Health
Cooper Lighting Solutions’ Shaper PrentaLux line o…
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Good Building Blocks for a Luxurious Dark Bathroom
Spa-like restrooms continue to be popular for home…
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MoMA Misses the Roots of American Environmentalism
A historical survey of eco-conscious Modernism at MoMA underrepresents both the origins of sustainable architecture and the contemporary dilemmas of architectural discourse.
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3 Building Industry Takeaways from the UN Climate Change Conference
The built environment was a key focus at COP28, the world’s largest event dedicated to mobilizing against climate change.
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Shepley Bulfinch Celebrates Its 150th Anniversary with Boston Exhibition
A Legacy of Design Innovation, on view through May 7, commemorates the firm’s decades long legacy of progressive practice and innovative design.
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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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Billy Fleming and His Students Are Designing a Green New Deal
In his recent studio course, designer and University of Pennsylvania educator imagines a more just landscape architecture studio…by taking his students to a uranium mine in Greenland.
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Bowdoin College Unveils Maine’s First Commercial Mass Timber Project
Discover how the new pair of HGA-designed buildings further the campus’s commitment to carbon neutrality.
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Two Former USPS Facilities Now Have Massive Rooftop Gardens
The adaptive reuse of Postal Service facilities in Manhattan and Chicago include rooftop gardens bigger than many of these cities’ more famous parks.
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This Brooklyn Multifamily Community Is Sustainable—and Affordable
Passive House mixed-use development Chestnut Commons provides affordable housing to formerly homeless and low-income residents within a self-sustaining neighborhood.
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ASU’s Fusion on First Cut Its Energy Needs—and Costs—by Half
Designed by Studio Ma, the facility proves that higher education buildings can deliver on student experience, urban connectivity, and climate action while keeping the bottom line under control.
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What Not to Miss at ICFF 2024