The late Mockbee (AIA Gold Medal winner and recipient of a MacArthur “genius grant”) believed architecture could be an engine for social change and an art enabling people to create – and live in – great beauty. He and his students are known for creating buildings out of unusual materials like car tires, wooden shipping palettes, bales of hay and carpet tiles.

Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals Canada and Solectron Microsystems in California have used feng shui to make their workplaces healthier and more productive. In fact, as Western ways of doing business have infiltrated many Chinese and Hong Kong companies, feng shui practices have reached North American workplaces in force. Read here and find out what it is and how it works.

A recent conversation with Metro’s award-winning product development team provides a few insights into their product development process. It turns out it’s all about the people – not those designing the products, but the people who will be using them.