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Profiles
Meet the 4 New Design Talents Who Made a Mark This Year
From product design to landscape architecture and everything in between, these were the up-and-coming design practices making a splash in 2022.
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The Ultimate Metropolis 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
Metropolis editors select the best design-minded gifts for this holiday season.
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Projects
This Food Bank Is Designed to Remove the Stigma Often Tied to Seeking Help
Graham Baba Architects drew on retail and hospitality design to make the Ballard Food Bank in Seattle an inviting space.
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How Midsize Cities Are Driving America’s Urban Transformation
Explore how American cities with populations under 1 million are reimagining themselves with bold projects and policies, and driving urban transformation and innovation.
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The Dark Side of Rick Caruso’s Fantasy Worlds
The developer, now a candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, has created beloved developments that often substitute for missing public spaces. But at heart they are anything but civic.
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To Attract Gen-Z Customers, One Firm Reimagines Retail as Theater
External Reference designed a brick-and-mortar store for Spanish e-commerce newcomer WOW Concept that blurs the boundaries between physical and digital experiences.
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Orior Opens its SoHo Flagship with Nods to its Irish Roots
A furniture brand comes into its own with a new showroom that expresses its eclectic aesthetic and commitment to artisanal traditions.
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After $400 Million Overhaul, Atlanta’s Mixed-use Colony Square Can Finally Breathe
Courtesy of Beyer Blinder Belle and Lord Aeck Sargent, the new Colony Square makes good on the promises of mixed-use development.
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A New Home Store in Brooklyn Celebrates both Memphis and Minimalism
Designer Sergio Mannino’s bold design for home décor store, A.MANO (meaning "by hand" in Italian), is an ode to Italian design and ceramics.
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Crosby Studio’s Latest Collection Will Include an Interior Design Video Game
The New York and Paris-based designer Harry Nuriev’s Web-3 Café installation embraces a bitmap aesthetic in anticipation of a new Crosby Studios Video Game.
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Local Designers Collaborate to Revive a Neighborhood Market in Bermondsey
The Blue, an historic street market, gets new facilities courtesy of Hayatsu Architects, Assemble Studio, and an engaged community.
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Architect Pallavi Dean Discusses Buying Land in the Metaverse
Having acquired two plots in Decentraland, the Dubai-based architect and Roar Studios founder is envisioning the future of virtual architecture and development.
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Profiles
The Founder of Zyva Studio Talks Trans-Design and the Metaverse
Anthony Authié discusses recent work, his experience making NFTs, and the relationship between body, architecture, and fiction.
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Projects
Six Architecture Projects that Raised the Bar on Sustainability in 2021
Featured in Metropolis throughout the year, these projects represent our industry’s best efforts at tackling climate change.
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Profiles
For This Artist-Centered Studio, Design Is Collaborative Storytelling
Los Angeles–based interiors studio Wall for Apricots partners with women and artists to create idiosyncratic designs that reflect the individuality, history, and mission of each client.
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Projects
With its First Brick-and-Mortar Store, Google Sets the Bar for Ecoconscious Retail
A project by New York City–based studio Reddymade Architecture and Design, Google's first retail store is built with customers and the environment in mind.
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Viewpoints
What Can Nap Pods Teach Us About the Showroom Experience?
Design businesses can look to B2C for examples of digital experiences that improve a client’s experience in a physical space while driving sales.
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Projects
In Prague, A Newly Renovated Rope Shop Honors 200 Years of History
Architects from Jaroušek Rochová Architekti proposed a modern update celebrating traditional craft.
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Viewpoints
Can Underused Malls Help Build Healthy Communities?
A design research competition at DLR Group yields a plan to transform a shopping mall into a center for community health.
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AMO Designs a Paris Flagship for Virgil Abloh’s Off-White
The streetwear brand’s latest shop bridges high and low in a bid to create a retail experience for a new generation of fashion fans.