RECORD Forum Shingled No More: The Demise of East Hampton’s Otto Spaeth House Suzanne Stephens September 11, 2024 2 Comments The loss of a 1955 Modernist gem demonstrates that preservation cannot rely on the kindness of strangers, even of the super-rich.Read More
RECORD Forum Stadium Complex: The True Cost of Sports Megadevelopments Pansy Schulman July 8, 2024 No Comments Forum: As proposals expand in scale and scope, and public spending increases, large-scale pro sports developments fall flat as gestures of urban goodwill.Read More
RECORD Forum Safe Space: A Pair of New Holocaust Museums Illustrate a Shift in the Architecture of Atrocity Izzy Kornblatt June 3, 2024 No Comments Memorials and museums are moving from confrontation to comfort, diluting the past's potency.Read More
RECORD Forum Under One Roof: The Case for Indoor Public Spaces Alberto Martínez García June 1, 2024 No Comments Expansive and unprogrammed indoor public spaces offer an antidote to the commercialization of contemporary cities.Read More
RECORD Forum Civic Renaissance: Rethinking Municipal Centers Owen Kennerly, AIA June 1, 2024 No Comments Throughout the U.S., cities are revitalizing their aging Beaux-Arts and Midcentury Modern civic centers through community-driven design.Read More
RECORD Forum Exit Strategy: The Case for Single-Stair Egress Alex Armlovich May 9, 2024 One Comment Forum: Reforming U.S. building codes to permit single-stair apartment buildings would facilitate cost-effective and higher-density housing.Read More
RECORD Forum New Frontiers: Praxis and the Pitfalls of Techno-Utopias Pansy Schulman March 4, 2024 One Comment Forum: An ambitious city-building initiative expresses conflicting desires through architecture, writes Pansy Schulman.Read More
RECORD Forum The Destructive Rebirth of the Pyramid of Tirana Skender Luarasi February 27, 2024 4 Comments Forum: MVRDV’s transformation of the pyramid into a symbol of Albanian progress misses its mark, argues Skender Luarasi.Read More
RECORD Forum On Preservation: Heritage, History, and Exclusion Susan Nigra Snyder George E. Thomas February 5, 2024 3 Comments Forum: Susan Nigra Snyder and George E. Thomas argue that historic districting is a form of social injustice.Read More
RECORD Forum The Las Vegas Sphere and the Promise of a New Earth Izzy Kornblatt December 1, 2023 One Comment Forum: Izzy Kornblatt looks to the Enlightenment to understand the lavishly immersive $2.3 billion venue.Read More