Metropolis Magazine

1 week ago | metropolismag.com | Avinash Rajagopal

Renewable energy growth, carbon benchmarking, and circular design strategies shaping the built environment. By: Avinash Rajagopal01 Energy ShiftAmerican renewable energy smashed records in 2024. Solar and wind energy overtook coal for the first time in 2024 as sources of electricity in the United States.

1 week ago | metropolismag.com | Avinash Rajagopal

METROPOLIS’s 2025 Spring Issue spotlights designers and architects going the extra mile, redefining what it means to design for climate, community, and lasting impact. By: Avinash RajagopalThis May, nearly half of New York City’s buildings will have to start reporting their operating carbon emissions with the Department of Buildings to comply with Local Law 97, the ambitious legislation aimed at getting buildings to Net Zero by 2050.

1 week ago | metropolismag.com | Adrian Madlener

At the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale, seven exhibitions demonstrate the importance of conceptual ideation, especially in advancing rigorous sustainability.  By: Adrian MadlenerWalking around Venice’s Giardini or the adjacent Arsenale during the opening weekend of the 19th Architecture Biennale earlier this month, one heard the same critique repeated over and over again.

2 weeks ago | metropolismag.com | Lynzee Mychael

Through parks, housing, and reclaimed spaces, a collective of designers called the New School are reshaping Detroit with care, collaboration, and a bold redefinition of who architecture is really for. By: Lynzee MychaelIn Detroit, a new kind of design movement is taking root. Led by eight women architects and designers, the city’s New School collective is reshaping the built environment through community-led processes, creative reuse, and a radical commitment to care.

3 weeks ago | metropolismag.com | Sam Lubell

At a time when optimism is in short supply and the virtual dominates real experience, the idea of convening for another World Expo seems…quaint. Yet Expo 2025 Osaka, which opened to the public on April 13 on a man-made island in Osaka Bay, is a reminder that the institution can still teach us. The event’s goal—like those of most Expos—is to gather the countries of the world to respond to our most urgent challenges.