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Urban Rivers and SOM Construct a Floating Urban Sanctuary in the Chicago River

The buoyed gardens and wetlands provide opportunities for educational and community engagement

Ilana Herzig

August 8, 2022

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SOM's "Wild Mile" restores nature to an industrialized stretch of the Chicago River.

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Travelogue: Pet Shop Boys

SO – IL's Florian Idenburg encounters a remarkable veterinary clinic

Florian Idenburg

July 28, 2022

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

Scob Architecture's "Climate Islands" Provide Spaces of Respite and Recreation in Barcelona's Historic Port Vell

Ilana Herzig

July 21, 2022

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The architects endeavor to serve the needs of the dense city while considering rising temperatures and respecting the character of the historic harbor.

Design Vanguard 2022: CO Adaptive

New York

James S. Russell, FAIA

June 1, 2022

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The Brooklyn-based firm CO Adaptive focuses exclusively on renovating existing structures, transforming many of them into Passive House buildings.

David Chipperfield Architects Unveils Restoration of Venice’s Procuratie Vecchie

Instantly recognizable from the exterior, the 16th-century building on St. Mark’s Square will be partially accessible to the public for the first time in 500 years

Leonardo Zuccaro Marchi

April 7, 2022

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Off limits to the public for 500 years, a St. Mark’s Square landmark is converted by David Chipperfield Architects into offices, galleries, and event spaces.

DESIGN:ED Podcast: Deborah Berke

The Yale dean delves into the design of NXTHVN, a new adaptive reuse project

RECORD Editors

March 16, 2022

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Deborah Berke joins RECORD's DESIGN:ED podcast to discuss her work as dean of Yale, authenticity in architecture, and the design of NXTHVN.

NXTHVN by Deborah Berke Partners

New Haven, Connecticut

James S. Russell, FAIA

March 1, 2022

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The design of a quietly forceful art incubator turns a former industrial site into a community catalyst.

In Philadelphia, Demolition of a Louis Kahn-Designed Hospital Raises Thorny Preservation Questions

The Samuel Radbill Building was a key early work by Kahn and Anne Tyng

Izzy Kornblatt

February 21, 2022

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Since 2010, Philadelphia has lost a number of notable modernist buildings.

For France’s Sciences Po, Moreau Kusunoki Inserts a Glassy Pavilion into a Historic Monastery

The historic school's brand new Paris campus opened in January

Andrew Ayers

February 16, 2022

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The campus's inauguration has allowed Sciences Po to concentrate its research activities and newer diploma programs at a single site.

2022 Renovation, Restoration, & Adaptive Reuse Projects

February 1, 2022

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Record highlights renovation, restoration, and adaptive reuse projects from a former power station in Moscow turned into a lively arts center by Renzo Piano Building Workshop to the sensitive resurrection of Carlo Scarpa’s Brion Memorial in Italy.