Midtown Blogger/Manhattan Valley Follies: Metropolis Magazine

Friday, March 20, 2015

Metropolis Magazine

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Current Issue

Q&A: CCA's Mirko Zardini on the Architecture of the Everyday

The director of the Canadian Centre for Architecture suggests that the profession should look inwards to find new meaning.

Samuel Medina

The Future Was Latin America

MoMA curator Barry Bergdoll on the goals of the museum's latest exhibition, "Latin America in Construction: Architecture 1955–1980," and how the region was a "place of origins for ideas"

Samuel Medina

Q&A: Curator Manuel Herz on Africa's "Grandiose" Modern Architecture

The organizer of "Architecture of Independence–African Modernism" discusses how the continent's bracingly modern buildings reflected notions of liberation and autonomy.

Clare Dowdy

Archive »ARCHITECTURE

Historical Revival

A historic site in Hong Kong that once housed its married police officers finds new life as a cultural hub and incubator for young designers.

Catherine Shaw

All Local Lumber

Behnisch Architekten inserts a sustainable wooden conference hall into Geneva’s maze of glass buildings, and breaks new ground for modern timber construction.

Clare Dowdy

Archive »DESIGN

Designer Profile: Jader Almeida

The prolific designer skillfully blends Modernist influences with his Brazilian heritage in more than 150 products.

Vera Sacchetti

Meat Chic

A butcher shop in São Paulo redefines the experience of buying meat by channeling sophistication and a gallery-like ambiance.

Inês Revés

Archive »CULTURE

It's Time for Architecture to Celebrate Diversity

Metropolis's editor in chief looks forward to a more diverse architectural profession.

Susan S. Szenasy

To Reshape the World, Architects Need to Design at Every Scale

We should revive public works for the design opportunities they create, argues Metropolis's editor in chief.

Susan S. Szenasy

Archive »PRODUCTS

Recondite Retail

Please Do Not Enter isn’t a secret, but it isn’t exactly well-known either. To founders Nicolas Libert and Emmanuel Renoird, both originally from Paris, this means they are doing something right.

Guy Horton