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The Renewables Gambit: Putin Loses, the West Unites, and the Gambit Pays Off

Edward Mazria, FAIA
April 28, 2022
One Comment

Pundits calling for increased fossil fuel production underestimate the rapid growth of renewable energy and its potential to undermine the geopolitical power of petrostates like Russia.


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Decentraland BIG Vice

Inside the Metaverse: Architects See Opportunity in a Virtual World

Pansy Schulman.
Pansy Schulman
April 25, 2022
No Comments

RECORD takes you inside the new virtual world, where designs by BIG, ZHA and other firms are rising quickly—even as critics warn of the increasing influence of big tech. 


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Lessons from Brad Pitt’s Failed Architectural Experiment in New Orleans

With Make it Right houses in disrepair, a community reckons with what went wrong
Martin C. Pedersen
March 21, 2022
14 Comments

Despite drawing world-famous architects, Pitt’s Make it Right housing initiative has been plagued by shoddy construction and safety hazards.


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Twin Parks Northwest, Site 4, 333 East 181st Street, The Bronx, Prentice & Chan, Ohlhausen, January 9, 2022

The Site of New York City’s Worst Fire in Decades, Twin Parks Northwest Was Once a Model of Social Housing

The Bronx residential prototype, where 17 residents died earlier this month, was an innovative housing prototype when built in the early 1970s
Suzanne-Stephens
Suzanne Stephens
January 23, 2022
4 Comments

RECORD Deputy Editor Suzanne Stephens, who covered the Twin Parks complex when it opened, revisits the project.


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Harvard's HouseZero (An Update)

Commentary: HouseZero Data Is Both “Positively Promising” and Reveals “An Opportunity to Make Improvements”

Fred
Fred A. Bernstein
December 22, 2021
2 Comments

Harvard releases performance and embodied carbon information for its experiment in energy efficiency.


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Chicago Exhibition Explores Razed Wright and Sullivan Works

Chicago
Naomi Pollock, FAIA
October 14, 2021
No Comments
The exhibition "Romanticism to Ruin: Two Lost Works of Sullivan & Wright" is on view at Chicago gallery Wrightwood 659.
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Deep Blue Sea.

Elizabeth Diller Creates Light Show for Bill T. Jones’ "Deep Blue Sea"

Joseph Giovannini
October 11, 2021
One Comment
The architect’s latest work is not bricks-and-mortar but theatrical and ephemeral.
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Edward Mazria Architecture 2030

Commentary: If We Act Together Now, We Change the World

Edward Mazria, FAIA
August 23, 2021
2 Comments

Architect Edward Mazria outlines three steps to a zero carbon future.


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Commentary: Cheating at the Olympics?

Joseph Giovannini
July 22, 2021
4 Comments

As the Tokyo Games begin, remember Zaha Hadid’s winning design for the stadium that was never built.


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Harvard House Zero

Commentary: Is Harvard’s HouseZero a Successful Sustainable Model?

Fred
Fred A. Bernstein
July 1, 2021
5 Comments

With a focus on operational energy rather than embodied carbon, this grand experiment may not live up to its promise.


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