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Play Ball by Alex Marshall A new minor-league ballpark at Coney Island brings baseball back to Brooklyn. Can it revive an area decimated by urban renewal and America's infatuation with the automobile? Think Green by Ken Shulman William McDonough--architect, activist, environmental evangelist--speaks a language business executives not only understand but embrace. Can he make their companies 100 percent green? Living on the Fringes by Kristi Cameron Architect-sculptor Marjetica Potrc celebrates the ingenuity of the shantytown. Her work has been called "anthropological urbanism." Making a Point by Kristin Palm What's public art doing at the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant? Exactly what it should: illuminating one of civilization's more mysterious operations. What Exit? by Melissa Milgrom From celebrated superhighway to despised eyesore in only half a century. A brief history of the New Jersey Turnpike.
Dialogue Designing Worlds competition winners. The Metropolis Observed The Leaning Tower straightens up; making a buck in Kansas; Las Vegas grows up; bikes hug trees; claiming bandwidth as public space. Class of '81 by Akiko Busch A visual celebration of the people, places, movements, and events covered by Metropolis, as we mark the 20th anniversary of our first issue. Enterprise by Brian Libby Nike and Adidas go head to head in the Olympics of corporate-campus design. In Production Mikael Høilund and Mr. H!de. Far Corner by Philip Nobel A simple 211/2-foot-tall stool reveals a complex web of design thinking. Productsphere The space under a table: it's not just for your legs anymore. In ReviewJohn Pastier on Miller Park;Ken Coupland with our monthly list of Web sites; new and notable books on architecture, culture, and design. Up & Coming Upcoming events and conferences. Reference Page Links to people and places in this issue. Ben Katchor Cartone Shoes. |
