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Kon Wajiro, Documenting Life in the Aftermath of Disaster
Small sketches show fledgling barracks, tents pulled together around a tree trunk, a hunched figure lighting a fire nearby. Elsewhere, an illustration of a woman’s figure is littered with objects and...
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Announcing the Winners of the Living Cities Competition
Late last year, Metropolis launched the Living Cities design competition, asking architects and students to find design solutions to the housing crisis that will soon face New York. The city is...
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J. Mayer H. Designs Fun-Filled Playscape for Volkswagen
It looks like a parent’s nightmare, but it’s sure to be a hit among children. Architect J. Mayer H. has completed an interactive, sculptural playground at Volkswagen’s Autostadt campus in Wolfsburg,...
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Doshi Levien’s Rabari Rugs Play with Tradition
The Spanish rug maker Nanimarquina’s latest trio of hand-knotted flat rugs, designed by London-based Doshi Levien and launched at the Salone del Mobile in Milan earlier this month, reflect the visual...
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A New Book Documents Design’s Decades-Long Love Affair with California
Still from Kaleidoscope Jazz Chair (1960), by Charles and Ray Eames. Images courtesy Metropolis Books In her introduction, Louise Sandhaus, faculty at the California Institute of Arts and editor of...
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Dinesen’s Copenhagen Showroom Is a Vision in Douglas Fir
A 49-foot-long plank table is the focal point in one part of the showroom. The “Wall of Imperfection” displays natural wood knots as a sculptural wall element. All images courtesy Dinesen No matter...
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Finn Juhl’s Classic UN Clock Remade for the Modern Home
All photography courtesy Architectmade With a teakwood face that retains all its natural grain and a clean aluminum dial, the classic Finn Juhl clock portrays the modern dicta of truth in materials...
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Into the Pile: Antron’s Secret Ingredient in Sustainable Carpet Design
Antron® carpet fiber comes in a variety of colors and deniers. All photos courtesy Antron®. “Carpet can often be forgotten about,” says facility manager Ralph DeGruttola, reflecting on a recent...
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Golconde: The First Modernist Building in India
Courtesy Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust It’s a block of high, obscure concrete walls. No name, no signage, just a wooden door with a tiny lotus symbol engraved on it. I walked in, left my shoes at a rack,...
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New Talent: Neogenesis+Studi0261 Melds Historical Influences into a Balanced,...
At NEST in Surat, India, local architecture studio Neogenesis+Studi0261 created an office that combines the workspace of its own practice and that of a law firm. A foliagerich common foyer unites the...
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