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A new exhibit examines the experimental architecture of Japan.

A legendary landmark of architecture showcased in RECORD in 1968 faces a controversial interior renovation.

Frank Lloyd wright did not take criticism lightly. He was furious at the stinging denunciation of his revolutionary Larkin Building in Buffalo that was published in Architectural Record in April 1908. Its author, Russell Sturgis, an eminent architect and historian who had written for RECORD since its inception in 1891, called Wright’s office building for a mail-order soap company “ungainly” and “awkward.” Wright retaliated in an unpublished reply that it was “pathetic” to see a well-respected critic “picking over bit by bit his architectural ragbag for architectural finery wherewith to clothe the nakedness of the young giant.”

Chicago's first biennial speaks to sustainability, social justice, and the public realm.

Google's radical proposal for flexible offices includes stackable modular components.