Midtown Blogger/Manhattan Valley Follies: Metropolis Magazine

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Metropolis Magazine

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A Shockingly Transparent Gallery in São Paulo

Current Issue

Finding Radical Alternatives in Slums, Exurbs, and Enclaves

An appraisal of Justin McGuirk's travelogue through Latin America celebrates both ingenious bottom-up urban strategies and collaborative, top-down architectural design.

Joshua K. Leon

Little-Known Legends from the Bauhaus

A special exhibition at the Bauhaus-Archiv celebrates the museum's newest acquisitions.

Elizabeth Lopeman

Preserving the Peace

With the help of local craftspeople, Sharon Davis designs a rural retreat in the Hudson Valley that privileges nature.

Claire Barliant

Archive »ARCHITECTURE

New Naturalism

Triptyque defies the conventions of Brazilian Modernism and São Paulo’s urbanism in the new Groenlândia gallery.

Samuel Medina

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

Archive »DESIGN

Food Alchemists Bompas & Parr Blend Willy Wonka with Makerbot

Underneath the playful antics of the British duo's mind-bending, tongue-tickling lies an architectural rigor.

Shannon Sharpe

His & Hers: Designing for a Post-Gender Society

One of the United States’ leading textile designers argues for gender-neutral design as the next frontier in the workplace.

Suzanne Tick

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