Metropolis (architecture magazine)

Metropolis is an architecture and design-focused magazine published ten times per year. It has over 50,000 print subscribers and its website receives approximately 85,000 unique visitors every month. Metropolis is based in New York and has been published since 1981.[3] In 2019, Metropolis was acquired by Sandow Media.[4] The magazine's motto is Design At All Scales.

For other uses, see Metropolis (disambiguation).
Metropolis
Metropolis Magazine December 2011 cover
Editor in ChiefAvinash Rajagopal [1]
CategoriesArchitecture and Design
Frequency10 issues per year
PublisherEugenie Cowan Havemeyer [2]
Total circulation
(2017)		50,000
FounderHorace Havemeyer III
Year founded1981
CompanySandow Media
CountryUSA
Based inNew York City
LanguageEnglish
Websitemetropolismag.com
ISSN0279-4977

Metropolis focuses on a wide range of topics ranging from hospitality and workplace interiors to urban planning and design history. In addition to its regular print issues, it publishes a variety of supplements such as the 72-page booklet that accompanied the Frank Lloyd Wright 150th Anniversary edition of July-August 2017.[5] Metropolis also regularly publishes its Metropolis Living supplement, which focuses on high-rise residential and mixed-use developments in North American cities, and Specify, which focuses on workplace, wellness, and commercial spaces.

The magazine was nominated for 2007 and 2008 National Magazine Awards in the 100,000-and-under circulation category for General Excellence. In 2017, Susan S. Szenasy, who led the publication as editor-in-chief from 1986 to 2017, was awarded the Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum's Director's Award.[6]

Competition

Metropolis hosts a range of creative competitions annually to encourage innovation and forward thinking among contemporary design practitioners. The magazines most notable award schemes are the annual ‘Next Generation Design Competition’, ‘Planet Positive Awards’ and the ‘Future 100’.

Next Generation Design Awards

Metropolis annually hosts the ‘Next Generation Design Competition’ alongside Staples Business Advantage. The competition encourages experienced designers to create based around five major themes: collaboration, wellness, effectiveness and productivity, office culture, and sustainability. [7]The competition awards victors with $10 000 in venture capital to encourage production, with the only eligibility criteria being entrants must have been practicing for a decade or less are eligible. [8]

References
  1. "Metropolis Magazine Announces Changes to the Executive Team", Business Wire, 07-27-2017.
  2. "Metropolis About Page".
  3. Robert Lee Brewer (September 2, 2011). 2012 Writer's Market Deluxe Edition. Writer's Digest Books. p. 443. ISBN 978-1-59963-227-8. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  4. "Sandow Acquires Metropolis Magazine". Folio. 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
  5. "Frank Lloyd Wright 150th METROPOLIS Magazine | Shop FLW". shop.franklloydwright.org. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
  6. "2017 National Design Award Winners | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum". Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
  7. {{Cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A456196015/STND?u=usyd&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=8627e3c3 | Staples Business Advantage and Metropolis Magazine Announce A Design Contest for How We'll Work in 2021
  8. {{Cite web|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/44795419 | RIPRAP Landscape Architecture


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