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Sustainability in Practice Summer 2025

In Toronto, The Well Aims for Environmental and Social Responsibility on a Grand Scale

Toronto

August 14, 2025

The sustainable centerpiece of this immense mixed-use development, master planned by Hariri Pontarini Architects, is an innovative deep-lake-water cooling system.

HDR’s New Home for the Orange County Sanitation District is as Practical as the Agency Itself

Russell Fortmeyer

June 25, 2025

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Linked to a neighboring water treatment facility via footbridge, the hybrid mass-timber building has sustainability deeply embedded in its design.

WoodWorks Reveals Winners of 2025 Wood in Architecture Award

Matt Hickman

June 13, 2025

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Several awardees have appeared in RECORD, including higher-ed projects by Studio Gang and Lake|Flato.

Industry

CookFox Transforms a 19th Century Manhattan Storehouse into a Modern Workplace

New York

Ian Volner

June 6, 2025

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A historic brick and timber warehouse, once home to an infamous nightclub, gets a new lease on life.

Industry

Barkow Leibinger’s Mass-Timber Training Center Buzzes with Activity

Matthew Allen

June 2, 2025

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A honeycomb-shaped education facility showcases modern manufacturing machinery, and the people operating it.

Lake|Flato and KSS Design Philadelphia’s Tallest Mass-Timber Structure

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

May 21, 2025

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A new data science building at the University of Pennsylvania encourages students to step away from their computers.

Tall Buildings 2025

Wingårdhs Crafts a Striking Timber Tower in a Growing Sustainability District in Malmö, Sweden

Malmö, Sweden

Katharine Logan

May 12, 2025

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Combining cantilevered forms and vibrant color, the 12-story office building combines traditional Scandinavian aesthetics with forward-thinking sustainability features.

Tall Buildings 2025

A Timber-and-Steel Office Tower by Pickard Chilton Takes Root on Seattle’s Eastside

Bellevue, Washington

Rachel Gallaher

May 8, 2025

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The 25-story LEED Platinum high-rise in downtown Bellevue features abundant public space, inside and out.

Multifamily Housing 2025

Brent Buck Architects Reinvents Brooklyn Living with Mass Timber

Matthew Marani

March 2, 2025

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The five-story apartment building in the Clinton Hill neighborhood wraps itself around a park-like courtyard.

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A Hybrid Mass-Timber Municipal Ice Arena Offers an Antidote to a Tired Typology

Matt Hickman

February 26, 2025

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With two rinks serving as the main attraction, the hcma-designed Rosemary Brown Recreation Centre in Burnaby, British Columbia, also accommodates those opting to stay off the ice.