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A Modulated Glass Facade Brings Together Wide-Ranging Uses at NYU

March 8, 2023

At New York University, Davis Brody Bond and KieranTimberlake enclose a complex and varied program within a highly tuned building skin.

Memorial and Center for Civil Rights Activism

Guess the Architect: March 2023

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March 7, 2023

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This month's contest features a memorial and center for civil rights activism that honors a figure who towers over modern American history.

Softwood Lumber Competition Winner 2022, LEVER

Softwood Lumber Board Announces Second Annual Mass-Timber Design Competition

Pansy Schulman

March 1, 2023

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Sponsored in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, the annual competition will award $2 million to fund the construction of proposals that demonstrate the economic and environmental benefits of mass-timber construction.

Civic Architecture 2023

March 1, 2023

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This month, RECORD explores civic architecture across a variety of building types, ranging from a Holocaust memorial in Milan to a hockey arena in Zurich.

Morpurgo de Curtis Architetti Reveals the Past with a Shoah Memorial Tucked Inside a Train Station

Milan

Nicholas Adams

March 1, 2023

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A memorial in Milan’s central station retraces the journey many took to Nazi extermination camps.

An Iowa Fire Station Connects to Nature

Marion, Iowa

Izzy Kornblatt

March 1, 2023

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The well-being of first responders shapes the design of a fire station in a fast-growing Cedar Rapids suburb.

SOM Integrates a City Office Building into San Francisco's Urban Fabric

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

March 1, 2023

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The product of a public-private partnership, a 16-story municipal office building remakes a corner of the city.

MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects Make Their Mark on Halifax's Waterfront

Nova Scotia

Leopoldo Villardi

March 1, 2023

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Known for rural houses, the Nova Scotia–based firm redefines urbanism in its downtown backyard.

Caruso St John Architects Build a Breakaway Hockey Arena in Zurich

Tim Abrahams

March 1, 2023

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By dressing a box with a textile-like concrete facade, the designers create an unconventional new home for the ZSC Lions.

Snapshot: ArkDes's "Groundbreaking" Exhibition Showcases the Work of Tham & Videgård Beneath a Transparent Floor

On: Architecture is on view at ArkDes in Stockholm through August 2023

RECORD Editors

February 24, 2023

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The subterranean display within the floor of Sweden's national center for architecture and design presents an "archaeological excavation" of the work of the Stockholm-based studio and 2009 Design Vanguard.