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Profiles
There Is No Design Without Community
Sloan Leo, artist and community design theorist, believes in the power of design to create a better future.
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Design for Equity Primer: 20+ Resources to Help You Design Inclusively and Fairly
This primer is a handy guide to toolkits, manuals, certifications, and indexes that can help you design with justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in mind.
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An HBCU’s Historic Preservation Program Starts with Its Own Campus
Uncovering history from Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Movement, students at Tuskegee University take a hands-on role in preserving history on campus and beyond.
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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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Programs
Future100: Be Recognized As One Of Today’s Top A&D Graduates
Celebrating tomorrow’s leaders by connecting new grads with leading firms. Submissions close November 17.
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Viewpoints
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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Profiles
Jeremiah Moss Reflects on how Lockdown Brought a Temporary Sense of Freedom to New York City
The author's new memoir explores the weirder, wilder, and more interesting city that reappeared during the pandemic.
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Viewpoints
The National Building Museum Takes a Deeper Look at Social Justice and the Built Environment
Its Intersections series, launched this month, will present nationally recognized Black artists and designers including Mabel O. Wilson, Germane Barnes, and the BlackSpace Collective.
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Viewpoints
SCHOOLED: What Is Neurodiversity?
For designers of workplaces and classrooms especially, the term means absolute inclusivity with no single type of brain left behind.
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Profiles
Crystal Williams on Toni Morrison’s Memo
RISD's president reflects on "Toni Morrison's Memo on Angela Davis" and the author's advocacy for Black creatives.
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Profiles
Congratulations to AIA’s Next President
Kimberly Dowdell, the 295th living black woman to earn an architect's license, is the first black woman to serve as AIA president.
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Profiles
Specify Hot List: Dayton Schroeter
SmithGroup’s vice president and national design director is helping guide the 169-year-old firm to a diverse and equitable future.
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Viewpoints
BIPOC A&D Practitioners are Winning Awards—But Representation is Just the First Step
Nina Cooke John, Dream the Combine, Germane Barnes, SO-IL, and Design Earth were all awarded $50,000 for their sustained efforts in socially-conscious design. Here’s what they’re making of it.
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In Raleigh, an Exhibition Pays Tribute to Phil Freelon’s Prolific Career
The North Carolina Museum of Art explores the career of Phil Freelon, who strove to define the African American identity through design.
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Viewpoints
How Black Creatives Are Reimagining Design
Here's our regularly updated chronicle of the Black architects, designers, and advocates reshaping design for equity and justice.
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Profiles
Edward Lyons Pryce, the Black Landscape Architect that Preserved the Tuskegee Institute
A new scholarship will continue Pryce’s legacy as one of the first Black landscape architects.
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Viewpoints
The Unspoken Burden on Women in Architecture
Throughout 2021, women have had to take the lead in transforming the practice of architecture into a practice of care—disproportionately so.
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Viewpoints
15 Must-Reads to Help You Prepare for 2022
With insightful analysis, critical perspectives, and in-depth reporting, Metropolis contributors give you the tools you need for the year ahead.
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Profiles
What’s Next for UK-based Designer and Artist Mac Collins?
After centering storytelling and craft in wildly successful collections, the designer is getting ready to take his next steps.
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Profiles
Cheryl Durst Talks Agency, Equity, and Why IIDA Is Engaging Kids
The IIDA's vice president and CEO discusses inclusion, a new pipeline for young talent, and her hopes for the upcoming year.