Metropolis Thinktank

Redesigning the University: Can Architects Help Solve the Higher Education Crisis?

Building Details - Depth Of Color

The use of paint advances a maritime theme for Expedia’s cruise division.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Materials Brilliant Walls

Philips innovates a simple solution that lights up interiors with vibrant patterns.

Light On The Land

In modernizing the student residences at Fallingwater, the key was a sensitive touch.

Ralph Knowles

Daylight isn’t the first urban-planning consideration, but it is among the most important. This pioneer in solar design has worked for half a century to spread the message.

Spectrum

An essential survey of architecture and design today

Furniture

Edge of the Seat

Hospitality

Spiritual Slumber

Furniture - All In One

Furniture - All In One

Materials Quiet Panic

Assa Abloy’s panic-door device suits up security with sophisticated form.

Art School Redux

Emily Carr University’s new Vancouver digs look to the future while remaining faithful to the past.

Garden Variety

The Chicago Botanic Garden’s newest landscape engages young visitors— environmentally, socially, and educationally.

5 Major Construction Elements And Their End Of Life Potential

What’s possible—and what’s at stake—when buildings come down.

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.

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.

Building Details

Now You See It Concealed curtain-wall details at Thomas Phifer and Partners’ new Glenstone Museum have big impact.

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.

Development Green Gateway In Hongqiao

West of Shanghai, Gensler has designed a new symbol of China’s environmental coming-of-age.

History The Lonely Modernist

Maligned and forgotten for a generation, Paul Rudolph pursued the Modernist project even as it fell out of favor.

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.

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.

Think Tank

Starting With People

Spectrum

An essential survey of architecture and design today.

Book

Motley Crew.

Science Says Light Brighter!

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

A New System Aims To Activate Outdoor Space

Emphasizing modularity and customizability, a new system aims to activate outdoor space.