In this issue of RECORD, we present our annual feature, Design Vanguard, which first launched in the magazine more than 20 years ago. Through this window, we look at 10 young practices—each less than a decade old—selected through submissions from around the world. It gives us a chance not only to explore the promise of the future generation of architects but also to begin to see emerging trends.
Adaptive reuse, for example, is a dominant typology engaging several of this year’s Vanguard choices, such as KOGAA, a firm that managed to resurrect a building so derelict it seemed beyond hope, for a multiuse space called the Distillery in its home base of Brno, the Czech Republic. The Chicago-based DAAM frequently converts old buildings to new uses, and, as for several of this year’s honored firms, its design work often supports social causes. Similarly, SPA, a Berkeley, California, practice led by two women, largely does residential projects, but has designed a school in Nairobi for a nonprofit, as well as creating parklets closer to home. Comunal, also headed by two women, builds low-cost housing in impoverished communities in Mexico, drawing on local people in the design and construction process.
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