Architecture
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Shimoda Design Group
For the expansion of its Mart showroom, Steelcase turned to its longtime collaborator.
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Specify 2018: 50 Years of NeoCon
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Klaus Nienkämper
Fifty years after establishing Nienkämper, its founder is as future-facing as ever.
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Specify 2018: 50 Years of NeoCon
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Dani Arps
With a dozen-odd start-up offices under her belt, the designer is making waves in the world of workplaces.
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Specify 2018: 50 Years of NeoCon
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Form Us With Love
The Stockholm-based studio takes an inclusive and passion-driven approach to design.
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Specify 2018: 50 Years of NeoCon
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Grace Eun
The senior associate at Clive Wilkinson Architects is a rising star in interior design.
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Specify 2018: 50 Years of NeoCon
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Khodi Feiz
The product designer discusses today’s social office and his new collections for Studio TK.
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Specify 2018: 50 Years of NeoCon
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Materials Shine On
Versatile, sustainable, and resilient, the Glowing Metals collection from Chemetal is a material all-rounder.
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January 2018
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Metropolis Thinktank
Redesigning the University: Can Architects Help Solve the Higher Education Crisis?
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January 2018
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Building Details - Depth Of Color
The use of paint advances a maritime theme for Expedia’s cruise division.
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February 2018
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Cassina's Sweet Refuge
In a redesign of the Cassina headquarters, Patricia Urquiola honors the company’s Modernist legacy while investing in unexpected and revelatory design flourishes.
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February 2018
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The Anti-Vanity Museum
By unflinchingly acknowledging Qatar’s history of resource extraction and migrant labor, a set of four cultural institutions in Doha points the way to a new kind of Middle Eastern architectural project.
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February 2018
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Welcome To Mo-Po
Postmodernism, the laughingstock of architectural aesthetic tendencies, refuses to go away. Three books document the movement at its moment of re-revival.
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February 2018
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Tinkering With Modernism
With many celebrated New York projects under its belt, the lighting, furniture, and interior design studio Workstead sets its sights on the South.
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December 2016
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Materials Brilliant Walls
Philips innovates a simple solution that lights up interiors with vibrant patterns.
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February 2017
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Light On The Land
In modernizing the student residences at Fallingwater, the key was a sensitive touch.
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February 2017
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5 Major Construction Elements And Their End Of Life Potential
What’s possible—and what’s at stake—when buildings come down.
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November/December 2018
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Crossover Of Ideas
With footholds in Europe and Asia, Haworth is truly a global company, one that has mastered the logistics of collaborating across continents and markets.
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Haworth 70 years/Metropolis Supplement
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Innovation By Design
Haworth’s sphere of activity is broad and extends to education at all levels. In particular, the manufacturer has partnered with community colleges and state schools such as Clemson University, where a new tech hub blends agility with transparency to create a hotbed of campus activity.
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Haworth 70 years/Metropolis Supplement
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Spectrum
An essential survey of architecture and design today.
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March 2019
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Book
Motley Crew.
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March 2019
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Building Details
Now You See It Concealed curtain-wall details at Thomas Phifer and Partners’ new Glenstone Museum have big impact.
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November/December 2018
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The Year In Exhibitions
If 2018 were an object, what would it look like? What would it feel like? And what would it say about design culture today? Metropolis surveyed museum exhibits, gallery shows, and pop-ups to find out. From a snake-sofa that unpacks the ethical implications of virtual reality to graphic tapestries that speak to material innovation, these five objects—all displayed this year—reveal latent truths about the present moment.
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November/December 2018
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Development Green Gateway In Hongqiao
West of Shanghai, Gensler has designed a new symbol of China’s environmental coming-of-age.
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November/December 2018
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History The Lonely Modernist
Maligned and forgotten for a generation, Paul Rudolph pursued the Modernist project even as it fell out of favor.
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November/December 2018
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Working With Standards
Architects at the leading edge of sustainable building practices weigh the pros and cons of pursuing an array of ever-evolving “green” certifications.
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November/December 2018
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The Green Imperative
A look back at pivotal sustainable projects reveals the outsize role of nonprofit and public-sector clients in driving change in the building industry.
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November/December 2018
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Think Tank
Starting With People
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November/December 2018
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Garden Variety
The Chicago Botanic Garden’s newest landscape engages young visitors— environmentally, socially, and educationally.
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June 2019
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development diamond in the sky
zaha hadid architects blends the historic and the futuristic for the antwerp port authority’s new headquarters.
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november 2016
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Science Says Light Brighter!
In Troy, New York, a leading research center studies the connection between light, color, and well-being.
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