Architecture
Metropolis Magazine
A New System Aims To Activate Outdoor Space
Emphasizing modularity and customizability, a new system aims to activate outdoor space.
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July/August 2019
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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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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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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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Metropolis Thinktank
Autonomous in Chicago
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September2018
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Spectrum
An essential survey of architecture and design today
1 min |
September2018
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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
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Profile Paola Lenti
The textile and color maven looks back on 25 years of her eponymous brand.
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September2018
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Materials - Either-Or
The Suave collection from Vondom takes inspiration from an unlikely source: car manufacturing.
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