Architecture
Metropolis Magazine
Retail - Lighting The Beacon
Edina, Minnesota, is home to a massive—yet somehow nondescript—living relic of architectural history: the first modern mall, Victor Gruen’s 1956 Southdale Center. Innovative at the time, the mall is inward facing, with stores contributing to a new kind of communal plaza. But today, at the Galleria Edina, another mall just across the street, a new Design Within Reach (DWR) store aims to break away from this inward-focused architecture.
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February 2018
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Architecture In A New Light
Built in 1986, New York’s 599 Lexington Avenue has been widely regarded as one of the famed architect Edward Larrabee Barnes’s greatest skyscrapers.
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April 2017
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Materials A Solid Refresh
DuPont Corian builds on a legacy of innovation with its biggest release of new colors.
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April 2017
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Rapid Response
Cultural institutions can often be imperious, even aloof. But the current “regime” change has galvanized them to pursue quick action.
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April 2017
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Piling It Up?
The blob ostensibly obliterated the culture of tectonics within architecture, but it was a short-lived fad. Interest has shifted again toward a loosely “aformal” approach —the pile. What are the consequences of architects
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September 2017
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Character
Architecture can be funny, eliciting a laugh or a smirk. It can have a backstory. It can be a in an urban drama.But how far do you push it?
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September 2017
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Back To Basics
At this year’s NeoCon, textile companies looked forward by returning to the roots of making textiles. Traditional and modern weaving techniques, the return of pure color, and solid basics (with a twist) were all jumping-off points for collections tailored to the needs of today’s contract settings. “Resimercial”—the crossover influence of the residential look and feel on commercial interiors—continued in full force. As we celebrate New York Textile Month, the citywide festival designed to highlight textile creativity and promote textile awareness, we showcase a range of offerings from our industry favorites.
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September 2017
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Tokyo
Ahead of its hosting duties for the 2020 olympic games, japan’s capital is endeavoring to shift its reputation from megacity to one that’s more human-focused.
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September 2016
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Melbourne
Australia’s creative capital is galvanizing its citizens to help make its future a more livable one.
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September 2016
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The Build Up
After a period of concepts and temporary installations, a rising generation of practitioners tackles spaces for art and culture.
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December 2016
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Design Is The World
Despite its dazzling, hyperbolic rhetoric, the third Istanbul Design Biennial largely delivers on its assertions.
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December 2016
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Development Auto Motives
Los Angeles’s slow but visible transition to “carless living” helped shape LOHA’s pedestrian-friendly Sunset Strip housing.
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May 2018
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Spectrum
An essential survey of architecture and design today
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May 2018
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Festival
Northern Exposure
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March 2018
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In Production - Flying Tiger
In Production - Flying Tiger
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March 2018
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Building Details A Balcony For All Seasons
Where open space is a hot commodity, NanaWall brings the outside in.
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March 2018
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Mise-En-Scene
For Ste. Marie’s Craig Stanghetta, the creator of some of Vancouver’s best-known interiors, design is never far removed from local culture—or personal history.
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March 2018
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Development Room For Growth
A focus on flexibility is meant to foster an environment that helps patients and welcomes community members—both today and for years to come.
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January 2018
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Anna Puigjaner
Few spaces of the home are as coveted as the kitchen. But this architect is showing the way out of these wasteful private cooking boxes toward more efficient “shared” alternatives.
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January 2018
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Doreen Toutikian
Through Beirut Design Week and other initiatives, this young mover and shaker has restored Beirut to its rightful spot as a leader in design and architecture in the Middle East and North Africa.
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January 2018
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Hospitality Vaulted Over
A new restaurant for a retirement community in England experiments with materials and typological precedents despite its small budget.
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May 2019
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History - New York Modern
The story of architectural Modernism in the city goes beyond the familiar touchstones of Lever House and the Seagram Building.
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May 2019
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New Realities
A kinetic, “human-actuated” pavilion comes to Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
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May 2019
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Environment Trade-Off
There are nearly 700,000 street trees in New York City, and all of them— London plane trees, Bradford pears, lindens—are working every hour of every day to sequester carbon dioxide and capture stormwater.
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May 2019
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A Tough Stance
At 50 years old, Boston City Hall is one of the most polarizing buildings in America. Building upgrades and revitalization plans hope to change that, but they mistake what the architecture stood for.
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April 2019
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The New Old Los Angeles
The city’s flourishing restaurant, nightlife, and hotel scene creatively embraces Tinseltown’s extensive historic building stock.
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April 2019
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Don't Fight The Building
Andrew Zobler, CEO of developer Sydell Group, sees value in investing in history.
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April 2019
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Solar Salutation
The form of Jeanne Gang’s newest apartment tower tells you where on the planet it is.
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April 2019
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Color And Light
Metropolis breaks down the spectrum, revealing how designers grapple with light across scales and typologies.
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April 2019
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On The Waterfront
A new Brooklyn development makes peace with the East River.
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