A short December 1964 survey of the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College—recently reimagined by Snøhetta—refers to the building as a ‘valuable prototype for new campus fine arts centers being planned elsewhere in the country.’
In the April 1903 issue of RECORD, Montgomery Schuyler dedicates nearly 5,000 words to McKim, Mead & White’s expansion and renovation of the White House—a project that included an early iteration of the now-demolished East Wing.
To close out a month of our latest Record Houses, we revisit an honored residence from the April 2003 issue designed by inaugural Architect of RECORD Awardee Thomas Phifer.
In this evocative May 1945 essay, author Joseph Hudnut, the founding dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, is believed to use ‘Post-Modern’ for the first time in an architectural context.
As the tennis faithful flock to Flushing, Queens, for the 2025 U.S. Open, we take a look back at the first incarnation of the USTA National Tennis Center completed in 1978.
In this 1970 review, editor Mildred Schmertz praises Juilliard architect Pietro Belluschi’s ingenuity in navigating functional demands and engineering constraints.
A July 1976 article explores how architect Bertrand Goldberg applied his headily futuristic vision for health care at hospital projects in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Tacoma.
We revisit a 1967 review of I. M. Pei’s National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, described as a ‘direct response to a spectacular site and a highly philosophical program.’
Read two assessments published in October 1991 upon the opening of the Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates–designed Sainsbury Wing—newly revamped by Selldorf Architects—at the National Gallery in London.
In this June 1977 article, William Marlin mulls over the deeper implications, clouded by controversy, that lie beneath the making of Henry Cobb’s elegant Boston edifice.