Midtown Blogger/Manhattan Valley Follies: Metropolis Magazine

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Metropolis Magazine

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The Floating Gardens of Uppsala

Current Issue

Object Lessons

Seven architects and designers share their most treasured keepsakes.

Samuel Medina

A Chair For Students, By a Student

A furniture company collaborates with design students at Purdue University for its latest chair collection.

Avinash Rajagopal

How New York's Urban Designers Can Fight the City's Millions of Rats

The Green Team discusses design strategies that can thwart rats from taking up residence in our landscapes.

Johanna Phelps

Archive »ARCHITECTURE

The Floating Gardens of Uppsala

The Swedish city debuted its buoyant pocket park last summer as a way to promote urban farming.

Zachary Edelson

Game Changers 2015: Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine

Architectural criticism has long been the domain of a rarefied few. But it needn’t be that way, argue these Paris-based filmmakers, who cast their lens on the unassuming characters who interact daily with some of the world’s most iconic buildings.

Véronique Vienne

Archive »DESIGN

Game Changers 2015: Makiko Minagawa

Handcrafted textiles and technically innovative fabrics often seem worlds apart. This Japanese powerhouse has been opening up exciting possibilities for textile design by combining the two.

Avinash Rajagopal

Game Changers 2015: Liam Casey

Can making less help us innovate more? This supply-chain guru, who has worked with giants like Apple, is forging connections between sustainable manufacturing and emerging entrepreneurs.

Starre Vartan