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After the original church was destroyed on 9/11, a new house of worship by Santiago Calatrava looks out over the World Trade Center’s memorial fountains.

After a threat to demolish Kahn’s dormitories at the Indian Institute of Management was averted two years ago, the board plans to raze the entire campus.

The SO – IL co-founder reflects on a recent visit to Buenos Aires.

"MAU," a documentary by Benji and Jono Bergmann, delves into the famed designer's difficult past and grand plans to better humanity.

A controversial leadership election has shown how RIBA falls back into bureaucracy and defensiveness when confronted with the prospect of change. 

A SCI-Arc faculty member on how the school's reckoning with misconduct should prompt architects everywhere to end longstanding abusive practices.

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.

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. 

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