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Van Alen Institute Design Competition Proposal

A Love-Hate Relationship

Results of the Architectural Record/Van Alen Institute Design Competition Survey are in.

May 16, 2015

Architects starting their practices often see open design competitions as a stepping-stone to the next stage of their careers.

The Casa Baladrar in Alicante is for the families of three brothers

Firm to Watch: Langarita-Navarro

A Spanish firm designs communal spaces that draw from art and politics.

David Cohn

May 16, 2015

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Partners in both professional practice and private life, María Langarita and Victor Navarro first met in the booming pre-crisis Madrid of the early 2000s, when anything seemed possible for a pair of young architects.

Architecture & Money

Continuing Education: Architects Give Back

David Sokol

May 16, 2015

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Through corporate foundations, architecture firms are funding students' research travel. But does supporting design education require a nonprofit structure?

300 North LaSalle, a Chicago office tower built by Pickard Chilton

Architecture & Money

Continuing Education: How to Make Money

Firms improve the bottom line by expanding the definition of architectural practice.

Martin C. Pedersen

May 16, 2015

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While bottom-feeding architects are as old as the profession itself, the business challenges facing most mainstream firms are unprecedented.

Architecture & Money

Continuing Education: Is Bigger Better?

Architects worry that design takes a back seat when firms merge and expand.

James S. Russell, FAIA Emeritus

May 16, 2015

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Last year, Los Angeles'based AECOM merged with engineering giant URS and became a firm with $19 billion in revenues and 100,000 employees.

Modern Architecture in Latin America: Art, Technology, and Utopia

Whose Continent Is It Anyway? Eurocentrism Is Hard to Break.

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May 16, 2015

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Except for a handful of anthologies and books focusing on specific architects or events, Latin America has received little attention in English-language histories of architecture.

Top 10 Business Tips for Architects

You probably didn’t learn much about practice in architecture school, so here is some good advice on running a firm.

Martin C. Pedersen

May 16, 2015

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To accompany his story on how architects can make money, the writer developed a list of handy recommendations.

Top Travel Fellowships for Young Designers

David Sokol

May 16, 2015

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In our May 2015 issue, RECORD reported on architecture firms that have established foundations to fund travel research for aspiring architects.

Firm to Watch: Austin + Mergold

Anna Fixsen

April 1, 2015

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A landscape, architecture, and design firm finds unconventional beauty in conventional materials.

Blindsided

Five H.R. mistakes you can't afford to make.

Liz Ryan

March 20, 2015

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To those of us who haven't made it our profession, "human resources" has that ring to it—the ring of something that can be ignored, handed off to a chief financial officer or, worse, another employee who's already wearing five different hats.