In the 125 years since Architectural Record's inception, radical changes have indelibly shaped not only the built world but also the culture of the discipline and the personality of the magazine. In this special section, we chronicle our history and pay tribute to architecture’s ongoing evolution.
RECORD asked a dozen leading architects to tell us which single building had the biggest impact on their thinking and design. Some of their answers may surprise you.
Click through the following slides to read about the favorite buildings of twelve preeminent architects: Norman Foster, Thom Mayne , Richard Meier, Denise Scott Brown + Robert Venturi, Frank Gehry, Rafael Moneo, Fumihiko Maki, Jacques Herzog, Renzo Piano, Tadao Ando, and Toyo Ito.
To commemorate architectural record’s 125th anniversary, our editors have chosen to honor 125 of the most important works of architecture built since the magazine’s founding in 1891.
As an architect committed to the preservation of buildings from the near as well as the distant past, I have come to the conclusion that the architecture profession as a whole is not often as committed as I am.
Fifty years ago, in the 75th-anniversary issue of RECORD, editor in chief Emerson Goble addressed an issue he was constantly asked about—why the magazine wasn’t as critical as it had been in its early years.