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5 Buildings that Pushed Sustainable Design Forward in 2022
These schools and office buildings raised the bar for low-carbon design, employing strategies such as mass-timber construction, passive ventilation, and onsite renewable energy generation.
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The PAE Living Building Rises in Portland, Oregon
In a contracting office market, Portland’s PAE Living Building attracts tenants with resilience, mass timber, and indoor-outdoor gathering spots.
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Profiles
CO Adaptive Uses Low-carbon Design to Rejuvenate Old Buildings
The Brooklyn-based architecture firm playfully reimagines historical structures while incorporating low-energy features and upcycled materials along the way.
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Viewpoints
5 Considerations for the Future of the Legal Workplace
What does the future of the law office look like? Metropolis convened a panel of expert designers to find out.
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Programs
Tackling the Problem of Throwaway Design
A Think Tank Panel weighs in on what to do about interior design’s massive waste problem.
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Projects
At Deutsche Bank’s New York Headquarters, Work Is About More than the Desk
A move uptown was an opportunity for the financial giant and Gensler, its designer, to explore a new, more flexible way of working.
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Hickok Cole Brings Mass Timber to the Capital
The Washington D.C.-based firm has designed a multistory mass timber addition to the Navy Yard’s 80 M Street.
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Cultivating “A Certain Warmth” Inside 550 Madison, One of Manhattan’s Quirkiest Towers
Snøhetta’s garden completes a softening and repositioning of Philip Johnson’s 550 Madison, formerly the AT&T Building.
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Michelin’s Updated Headquarters Gets a Biophilic Entrance
The global tire giant emphasizes a more sustainable future—and a material past—with a headquarters renovation that uses local materials and exotic plants.
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RBW Puts Down Roots in Kingston, New York
The lighting brand doubles down on its B Corp values with a 100,000-square-foot facility that champions collaboration, innovation, and sustainability.
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A Tech Giant’s Headquarters Is the Site of Environmental and Social Innovation
CallisonRTKL's design for computer-maker Lenovo's new campus in Beijing activates public space while earning both LEED Gold and the China GBL 3-Star rating.
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Viewpoints
What Does The Future Of The Firm Library Look Like?
The design industry’s next generation shares solutions for optimizing this A&D office staple amid physical and digital shifts.
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Projects
This Firm Reshaped Its Office into the Hub of a “Carbon Neutral Corridor”
Archimania charts a new path for green building in a carbon-intensive Memphis neighborhood.
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Programs
Announcing the Winners of the 2022 Metropolis Planet Positive Awards
The Metropolis Planet Positive Awards recognize projects and products that make a positive impact on people and planet.
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Viewpoints
The Pandemic’s Work-from-home Lessons
In the third and final part of “Work from Home Changes Both,” designer and educator Scott Klinker unpacks how the pandemic has changed where we work and the tools we use.
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Viewpoints
Remixing Work and Home: How to Think About Hybridity
In the second part of “Work from Home Changes Both,” designer and educator Scott Klinker explores conceptual tools for remixing spatial ideas.
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Viewpoints
Five Models of Work and Home
In the first part of “Work from Home Changes Both,” designer and educator Scott Klinker identifies five models for the relationship between “home” and “work.”
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Projects
When the Office Becomes a Teachable Moment
SOM's New York offices inside 7 World Trade Center serve as a laboratory for and model of its future goals regarding wellness, sustainability, and flexibility.
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Viewpoints
A New Book Illustrates the Past Half-Century’s Various “Offices of the Future”
The Office of Good Intentions. Human(s) Work explores how design and technology have transformed how and where we work through a wide and diverse collection of groundbreaking offices.
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Projects
In Brooklyn’s Tallest Office Tower One Floor Offers a New Way to Work
The designers of One Willoughby Square aim to attract tenants that have embraced hybrid work with a hospitality space that’s accessible to the whole building.