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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 A. Bernstein
December 22, 2021
2 Comments

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


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Larkin Building.

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 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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Raj Path, from India Gate looking to Rashtrapati Bhavan.

New Delhi Central Vista: Regressive Urban Planning and Outmoded Architecture

William J.R. Curtis
June 18, 2021
8 Comments
Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker left a major legacy with their architecture and planning for the government seat in India’s capital. While their buildings remain, drastic plans for the Raj Path threaten the entire setting.
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Little Island

Commentary: No Man Is an Island

Fred A. Bernstein
May 28, 2021
One Comment

What if New York City treated Barry Diller's $120 million fantasy park as an experiment, but not a monument?


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432 Park Avenue.

A Cliff Dweller's Guide to Tall Skinny Buildings

The Way They Sway
Sara Hart
May 4, 2021
2 Comments
RECORD explores the up and down sides of the super expensive residential supertalls.
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