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The Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center Opens in New York

July 1, 2024

Housed in the original space that fomented the seminal LGBTQ+ uprising in 1969, the new center honors the past and looks toward the future.

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Marlon Blackwell Architects Reveals Design for Air Traffic Control Tower in Columbus, Indiana

Matt Hickman

June 26, 2024

Clad in aluminum and steel, the 129-foot-structure will rise as one of the latest architecturally significant civic commissions in the Midwestern city.

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A New Embassy for Australia is Completed on the Site of its Earlier Counterpart

June 24, 2024

Employing Bates Smart, the same architect as the original, the new headquarters for Australia’s diplomatic mission in the U.S. captures the character of the Land Down Under.

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Chicago’s West Side Gains a New Community Anchor With Rusu-McCartin Boys & Girls Club by Latent

Edward Keegan, AIA

June 21, 2024

Designed with thorough input from area residents, the 28,000-square-foot club is situated at the site of the old Chicago & North Western railyard.

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A North Carolina Beach Town Builds a Public Safety Complex With an Eye on a More Resilient Future

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Clifford A. Pearson

June 20, 2024

Serving a small community in the southernmost Outer Banks, Hobgood Architects' municipal hub is designed to withstand whatever Mother Nature throws at it.

Northern European Town Hall

Guess the Architect: June 2024

June 13, 2024

This remote town hall in northern Europe was designed by an influential architect who rejected the orthodoxies of early Modernism.

Virginia General Assembly Building

Spotlight

RAMSA Revives a Neoclassical Gem in Virginia's Capitol Square

Richmond, Virginia

June 10, 2024

By repurposing a historic facade, the new Virginia General Assembly Building in Richmond mediates between past and future.

Folger Shakespeare Library

Civic Architecture 2024

June 3, 2024

This month, RECORD explores civic architecture across a variety of building types.

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Civic Architecture 2024

KieranTimberlake Transforms D.C.'s Folger Shakespeare Library

Josephine Minutillo

Josephine Minutillo

June 3, 2024

A nearly century-old library steps up its role as a cultural institution by expanding below grade and becoming accessible to all.

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Civic Architecture 2024

A Church and Community Center by Elding Oscarson Prizes Simplicity Over Spectacle

Gothenburg, Sweden

Leopoldo Villardi

Leopoldo Villardi

June 3, 2024

A new spiritual home for a Pentecostal congregation in Gothenburg, Sweden, balances sacred and secular aesthetics.

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