Architecture
Metropolis Magazine
Spectrum
An essential survey of architecture and design today
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September2018
Metropolis Magazine
In Production Sweet Spot
Francesco Meda’s Woody Chair for Molteni&C is an exercise in simplicity that doesn’t lose sight of comfort.
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September2018
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Made California Clay
For a new collection of tile, Heath Ceramics turned to a fellow Golden State clay worker: the artist Stan Bitters.
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September2018
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New Talent Begum Cana Ozgur
Inspired by craft, a textile designer builds a bridge between realities.
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September2018
Metropolis Magazine
Profile Paola Lenti
The textile and color maven looks back on 25 years of her eponymous brand.
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September2018
Metropolis Magazine
Productsphere New Look
A new batch of textiles eschews rigid grids and crisp edges for a softer, more casual feel. This is not to say the offerings lack sophistication: On the contrary, these collections demonstrate how the industry has pushed itself in ways material, technical, ethical, and aesthetic.
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September2018
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Design For Aging - Exchange
A lush center for intergenerational connection suggests a new housing paradigm for Singapore.
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October 2018
Metropolis Magazine
Design For Aging-Care
In Newport, Wales, a RIBA-awarded hospice is tailored to the needs of patients, loved ones, and staff.
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October 2018
Metropolis Magazine
Design For Aging-Autonomy
In order to create products and services that stay relevant as people age, designers cannot fall into the trap of trying to control every aspect of peoples lives, or assuming that seniors are a monolithic group who share the same needs. As the solutions here show, there is plenty more work to be done to develop sensitive designs that support older adults while preserving their autonomy.
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October 2018
Metropolis Magazine
Mindful Spaces
At CannonDesign, a studio is dedicated to bringing behavioral-health-care patients back to their everyday lives.
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October 2018
Metropolis Magazine
Please Touch
For more than half a century, creatives have attempted to breakthe grip of the master sense, cracking open the experientialworld in the process.
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October 2018
Metropolis Magazine
Bridging The Divide
Once the center of controversy, El Equipo Mazzantis innovative Bicentenario Park is now the center of Bogots historic core.
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October 2018
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Hospitality Quanto Basta
Misi, a new restaurant in Brooklyn, puts the art of pasta making on display.
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March 2019
Metropolis Magazine
Materials - Either-Or
The Suave collection from Vondom takes inspiration from an unlikely source: car manufacturing.
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March 2019
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Architecture
White Light.
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March 2019
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Workplace
Industrial Reboot.
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March 2019
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Flooring
Laid Back.
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March 2019
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Think Tank
Partners in Design
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July/August 2018
Metropolis Magazine
Old Meets New
A new rug collection from G.T.Design harnesses universal geometries and unorthodox dyeing techniques.
1 min |
July/August 2018
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Seismic Shake-Up
A viscous damper system in San Francisco’s third-tallest tower is changing the game in resilience-based design.
1 min |
July/August 2018
Metropolis Magazine
Amsterdam
In the historically neglected but now-vibrant northern half of Amsterdam, the eclectic firm Space Encounters fits right in.
3 min |
July/August 2018
Metropolis Magazine
Seoul
A once-maligned concrete megastructure in Seoul is reimagined as a dynamic hub.
2 min |
July/August 2018
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Social Connector
A new residential tower by Studio Gang fosters neighborly interaction through imaginative architectural form.
7 min |
October 2016
Metropolis Magazine
The Beauty of Nothing
With technology derived from watchmaking, Vitrocsa’s structural glass systems help architects inch closer to the Modernist vision of invisible walls.
4 min |
October 2016
Metropolis Magazine
Materials Curtain Wall
Shildan’s Fabrik rainscreen system is flexible in more ways than one.
1 min |
October 2016
Metropolis Magazine
Materials Quiet Craters
A new acoustic lighting product brings multi functionality and an outer-space-inspired aesthetic to spruce up the workplace.
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June 2018
Metropolis Magazine
Spectrum
An essential survey of architecture and design today
1 min |
June 2018
Metropolis Magazine
Architecture
Flex Space
1 min |
June 2018
Metropolis Magazine
Culture
Past the Post
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June 2018
Metropolis Magazine
Development On Higher Ground
Nearly a decade after severe flooding inundated the University of Iowa’s campus, its music department is reunited in a new building by LMN Architects that is both a technological and civic asset.
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