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Architect Hani Rashid Builds a Fantasia of Art and Architecture in the Metaverse
Called Dminti Metaverse, the platform displays digital work by blue-chip artists in an otherworldly setting with the aim of attracting new, more diverse audiences.
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Suchi Reddy’s Collaboration with Lexus Is Shaped by the Elements
The ethereal installation Shaped by Air was on view at The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, for Art and Design Week.
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The Orange County Museum of Art Embeds Culture in a Changing Suburban Context
Designed by Thom Mayne's Morphosis, the new art museum boasts radical geometry and public open space, but questions of access persist.
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For Mauro Porcini, Design Is All About Love
The chief design officer of PepsiCo shared his insights at Metropolis's inaugural Design Optimism symposium.
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Shanghai’s Newest Library Takes Conceptual Cues from Chinese Scholar’s Rocks
Danish practice Schmidt Hammer Lassen designed Shanghai Library East to encourage exploration and connect with the community.
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Three New and Refreshed Museums Mark Valencia’s Status as World Design Capital
While the city's design scene enjoys its moment in the sun, the Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporánea, Bombas Gens, and CaixaForum aim to cement Valencia as a cultural destination.
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The People’s Graphic Design Archive Democratizes Design History
The nascent, community-based digital repository provides a loom with which to weave a more inclusive design history canon through crowdsourced submissions.
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The 2022 Milan Triennale Celebrates Research at the Expense of Design
Titled Unknown Unknowns. An Introduction to Mysteries, the exhibition is filled with whimsical interpretations of the natural world but fails to address the transformative potential and agency of design.
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Charles Gaines Defies the Static Nature of Public Monuments
The Los Angeles–based artist has collaborated with TOLO Architecture to build Moving Chains, a 110-foot-long kinetic sculpture on New York’s Governors Island.
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A Permanent Memorial to the Sandy Hook Massacre Insists on the Possibility of Life After Tragedy
Designed by SWA, the outdoor memorial and garden in Newtown, Connecticut, memorializes the 26 victims and makes space for a community’s grief.
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The El Salitre Center was Built by and for the Community
Designed by Omar Vergara Taller and located in Zapotlanejo, Mexico, the modest yet beautiful community center was built using local materials and labor.
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Profiles
Reality Keeps Catching Up with N.K. Jemisin
The science fiction author talks with Metropolis about the role a changing urban landscape plays in her work.
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In Praise of Caves Celebrates the Legends of Mexican Organic Architecture
On view at the Noguchi Museum through February 2023, the exhibition showcases visionary works by four artist-architects from Mexico.
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A Dance Theater Makes Novel Use of Steel Sheet Piling
The metal facade of a new cultural venue in Munich takes inspiration from its name and its uncertain future.
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A New Book Explores the Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock
From Psycho and Vertigo to Rear Window and North by Northwest, author Christine Madrid French looks to the master of suspense for lessons about design.
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Susumu Shingū, Japanese Artist of Wind-Blown Sculptures, Receives His First New York Exhibition
The Upper East Side’s Ippodo Gallery exhibits the 85-year-old artist’s kinetic sculptures and drawings through December 29.
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Maxim Kashin Pays Tribute to the Heroes of Soviet Art
The young Russian studio fuses the principles of the Russian Avant-Garde with the bustle of modern Moscow.
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Six Art Installations Making Sea Level Rise Visible
Around the globe, artists are reckoning with climate change and finding new ways to render the impacts of rising seas legible.
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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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6 Young Architecture Firms Challenging the Status Quo
The winners of AIANY's New Practices New York competition capture the breadth of the city's vibrant architectural community.