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In this issue

The Bauhaus turns 100. The work of DAAD. Motherhood and design intersect in new ways.

No New Buildings

The energy already embodied in the built environment is a precious unnatural resource. It’s time to start treating it like one.

No New Buildings

7 mins

The Circular Office

Major manufacturers are exploring every avenue to close the loop on workplace furniture.

The Circular Office

1 min

Signs of Life

Designers, curators, and entrepreneurs are scrambling to make sense of motherhood in a culture that’s often hostile to it.

Signs of Life

7 mins

Interspecies Ethic

In probing the relationship between humans and nature, two major exhibitions question the very foundations of design practice.

Interspecies Ethic

6 mins

Building on Brand

The Bauhaus turned 100 this year, and a crop of museum buildings sprang up for the celebration.

Building on Brand

8 mins

Building for Tomorrow, Today

Radical change in the building industry is desperately needed. And it cannot happen without the building trades.

Building for Tomorrow, Today

6 mins

Strength from Within

Maggie’s Centres, the service-focused cancer support network, eschews clinical design to arm patients in their fight for life.

Strength from Within

5 mins

Next-Level Living

The availability of attractive, hospitality-grade products on the market means everyday consumers can live the high life at home.

Next-Level Living

1 min

Mi Casa, Su Casa

Casa Perfect creates a memorable shopping experience in lavish private homes.

Mi Casa, Su Casa

1 min

Enter The Culinarium

AvroKO imagines the future of residential amenities—where convenience, comfort, and sustainability meet.

Enter The Culinarium

5 mins

Calming Effects

Trends in hospitality design are matching up with what environmental psychologists see as a need for comfort in anxious times.

Calming Effects

5 mins

Better Together

The Wing has taken the coworking world by storm, creating spaces for and by women. Now meet its designers.

Better Together

4 mins

Connection Between Light, Color, And Well-being

In Troy, New York, a leading research center studies the connection between light, color, and well-being.

Connection Between Light, Color, And Well-being

4 mins

The New Old Los Angeles

The city’s flourishing restaurant, nightlife, and hotel scene creatively embraces Tinseltown’s extensive historic building stock.

The New Old Los Angeles

5 mins

Talent Pool

At this year’s NeoCon, Metropolis showcased the work of five up-and-coming architects and designers.

Talent Pool

3 mins

Review - Incision Point

Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s newest Manhattan project for a medical school upends the typology’s ingrained gloominess.

Review - Incision Point

5 mins

Hospitality Distinct Dwellings

Grupo Habita’s second and third properties in the United States bring two unique personalities to Chicago’s Wicker Park and Bucktown neighborhoods.

Hospitality Distinct Dwellings

5 mins

Materials Squeaky Clean

A new product release from Porcelanosa shows how cleanability of materials is linked to creating healthy spaces.

Materials Squeaky Clean

1 min

Building Details Tile Style

A Florida backyard’s redesign takes into account the region’s environmental constraints and material culture.

Building Details Tile Style

1 min

Productsphere Making A Splash

With spring in the air, manufacturers and designers are releasing more kitchen- and bath-friendly tile, stone, and smooth-surface materials chosen for their elegance, resistance to moisture, and cleanability. Geometric and modular designs continue to reign, allowing endless opportunities for mixing and matching materials, colors, and styles.

Productsphere Making A Splash

2 mins

Tailor-Made

Taking a sartorial approach, interior designer Sabrina MacLean homes in on an untapped demographic for her new venture, Maison MacLean.

Tailor-Made

3 mins

American Uminary

Suzan Tillotson, thought leader and founder of the lighting design firm Tillotson Design Associates, talks to Metropolis about collaborating with architects, the pitfalls of LEDs, and persuading municipalities and the public to demand more sensible lighting schemes.

American Uminary

6 mins

Calm And Bright

A new product category—acoustic lighting—is fast becoming the cornerstone of a happy and healthy workplace.

Calm And Bright

1 min

Made In Manhattan

With a new apartment building on West 17th Street, architect Morris Adjmi adds another completed project to his growing New York portfolio.

Made In Manhattan

4 mins

Found And Foraged

In the face of increasing environmental degradation and industrial waste, product designers turn to nature for innovative, subversive solutions.

Found And Foraged

4 mins

Book Kultur

Today’s architecture books are smaller, timelier, and nimbler.

Book Kultur

6 mins

Island Influx

Welcoming almost two million visitors in 2016 alone, Iceland’s hotel industry is booming with outside investment. But amid the global influences, the country’s design community is working hard to retain its authenticity.

Island Influx

5 mins

Materials Out Of The Box

Carvart’s GlassCUBE system offers easy flexibility in the workplace.

Materials Out Of The Box

1 min

Eye On The Storms

After a spate of devastating hurricanes, should we still talk about “resiliency”?

Eye On The Storms

6 mins

samara, airbnb

samara, airbnb’s innovation and design studio, finds ways to leverage the apartment sharing site’s community for good works, from boosting the economy of a japanese town to providing pathways to legal work for refugees in jordan.

samara, airbnb

5 mins

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Metropolis Magazine Description:

PublisherMetropolis

CategoryArchitecture

LanguageEnglish

Frequency9 Issues/Year

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