Infrastructure doesn’t just mean big-muscle projects like highways and airports.

We were wrapping up this issue of Architectural Record in the days after the most divisive national election in living memory.

When many of us went to college, no matter how beautiful the campus, the dining hall was for dining only, with few choices on offer; the snack bars served bad coffee; the gym was generic with old equipment.

I grew up during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and, like many others of my generation, I like to think I am well-informed about the history of race in the United States.

To mark record’s 125th anniversary, the two living former editors in chief joined me for a conversation about record’s past and present.

I am writing this letter in a setting that is soon to be obsolete—a small private office assigned just to me, sitting at an L-shaped desk, with a few photographs, mementos, and the odd quotation pinned to the wall.

To be in Venice for this year’s Architectural Biennale is to face an inevitable irony.

The architects of a number of striking projects featured in this month’s record have radically reimagined new spaces within existing structures.

We at RECORD were deep into preparing this month’s issue when the startling, sad news broke of Zaha Hadid’s death at age 65.

While celebrating design excellence in houses, we can't forget that millions of the poorest Americans live far beyond the reach of architecture.