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2 weeks ago | 
metropolismag.com | Stephen Zacks
Future100 award–winning student projects reimagine what nurtures society—and what the traditional housing market neglects. By: Stephen ZacksCommunity is one of the most neglected dimensions of contemporary society, often overshadowed by the dominant belief that capital accumulation and consumption can fulfill our every need. A collection of projects from Future100 student portfolios highlights the essential role of noncommercial community spaces in fostering well-being.
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3 weeks ago | 
metropolismag.com | Stephen Zacks
Five projects from this year’s METROPOLIS Future100 winners recognize water’s essential role in life, integrating the element into libraries, community centers, wellness retreats, and structures that showcase its impact. Several students centered their projects on water’s restorative qualities.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
dwell.com | Stephen Zacks
View 16 PhotosA concrete slab and corrugated metal siding root the energy-efficient home in an apple orchard with views of the Catskills. View 16 PhotosA New York City couple had been going up to the Hudson Valley for several years when they finally decided to build a weekend retreat there. The prospect of maintaining a piece of land in the country had always deterred them—having to plow snow or perform other upkeep in the face of bad weather.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Stephen Zacks
A concrete slab and corrugated metal siding root the energy-efficient home in an apple orchard with views of the Catskills. A New York City couple had been going up to the Hudson Valley for several years when they finally decided to build a weekend retreat there. The prospect of maintaining a piece of land in the country had always deterred them—having to plow snow or perform other upkeep in the face of bad weather.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
metropolismag.com | Stephen Zacks
Using the centrality of water to life and climate resilience as a common theme, these architecture and interior design students have designed life-sustaining environments on Earth and other planets. This year’s contingent of Future100 architecture students displays a distinct tendency to design around water’s central importance to humans and other species.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
dwell.com | Stephen Zacks
View 18 PhotosStudio Dashline designs a lush home for a family in Gwalior with local materials, contemporary flourishes, and a stargazing aperture for nighttime swims. View 18 PhotosUday Gupta and his family like to call it a farmhouse, but their accessory dwelling in a dense residential neighborhood of Gwalior, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, is really more of a garden oasis five minutes from their home.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Stephen Zacks
Stephen ZacksAugust 19, 2024 at 12:32 PM·1 min readStudio Dashline designs a lush home for a family in Gwalior with local materials, contemporary flourishes, and a stargazing aperture for nighttime swims. Uday Gupta and his family like to call it a farmhouse, but their accessory dwelling in a dense residential neighborhood of Gwalior, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, is really more of a garden oasis five minutes from their home.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
whitehotmagazine.com | Stephen Zacks
By STEPHEN ZACKS August 8, 2024It’s important for Juan Puntes, founder of WhiteBox, to stipulate that the art space, located on Avenue B just above Houston Street, is not a gallery. Despite the name, suggesting a traditional blank-walled exhibition environment, WhiteBox belongs to the “alternative space” tradition, rooted in the artist-run galleries in SoHo and Tribeca in the 1960s and seventies.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
metropolismag.com | Stephen Zacks
In designs for projects like the Material Research Center in Santa Monica, California, this Future100 graduate uses convincing first-person drawings to articulate architectural concepts. The torqued, bubble-infused Material Research Center by Qing Yin with studio partner Mingxi Cao takes a nondescript Santa Monica, California, warehouse and repurposes it as a place to showcase and test new building materials.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
metropolismag.com | Stephen Zacks
With its tight environmental targets, redevelopment of historic landmarks, and adaptable housing for athletes, Paris 2024 aims to make hosting the Olympics thrifty and useful to the city. The renovation of Paris’s Grand Palais by Chatillon Architects turns the 1900 glass pavilion designed for that year’s World Expo into a show-stopping 21st century centerpiece for the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics.
