Renovation, Restoration, & Adaptive Reuse: 2025 Jakob + MacFarlane Dusts Off a 1980s Library in France Chris Foges February 10, 2025 No Comments The Paris-based firm ‘prunes’ a failing building to meet 21st century needs.Read More
Sustainability in Practice Translucent Panels Sinuously Wrap FRPO’s Biomass Plant in Spain Palencia, Spain David Cohn February 10, 2025 No Comments Even industrial buildings should have architectural bravura, according to the Spanish startup that hired the 2012 Design Vanguard firm.Read More
SANAA Wins 2025 RIBA Royal Gold Medal Dante A. Ciampaglia February 7, 2025 No Comments The Japanese firm will be celebrated in London on May 1.Read More
Lakisha Woods Exits Role as AIA EVP/CEO Zach Mortice February 7, 2025 No Comments Members and staff say that Woods’ constant pressure to monetize the AIA’s programs and services created tension. Read More
DESIGN:ED Podcast: Mike Armstrong RECORD Editors February 7, 2025 Mike Armstrong, CEO of NCARB, joins DESIGN:ED to discuss upcoming changes to the licensure process and how the organization is working to expand different pathways to practice.Read More
Meet the 2025 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize Finalists Pansy Schulman February 7, 2025 No Comments The winning project will be announced in a May 5 ceremony at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.Read More
Sustainability in Practice Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s Shenzhen Energy Ring Redefines Industrial Architecture in China Shenzhen, China Wanda Lau February 7, 2025 One Comment One of the world’s largest waste-to-energy plants is encircled by a distinctive permeable skin.Read More
RECORD Forum Erasure, Reconstruction, and Standardization: Architecture After Conflict Alberto Martínez García February 7, 2025 No Comments Wartime destruction, and the rebuilding that follows, can diminish architectural complexity, writes Alberto Martínez García.Read More
Sustainability in Practice John Ochsendorf in Conversation with Guy Nordenson February 6, 2025 No Comments The Sustainabilty in Practice speaker talks to fellow structural engineer Guy Nordenson about building renewal and material reuse.Read More
Books In ‘Beyond Architecture,’ Critics and Practitioners Reflect on the Legacy and Future of Historic Preservation Excerpt: ‘Beyond Architecture: The New New York,’ edited by Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel February 6, 2025 No Comments In an excerpt from this volume of essays, Guy Nordenson explores the traces of history left behind by different construction techniques. Read More