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An Exhibition Goes Beyond the White Cube into Dark Territory

'Eternal Medium: Seeing the World in Stone,' on view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art through February 11, 2024

December 6, 2023

LADG co-principal Andrew Holder discusses his firm's exhibition design of 'Eternal Medium: Seeing the World in Stone' at LACMA.

RECORD Editors Round Up Notable Books of 2023

RECORD Editors

November 27, 2023

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RECORD’s 2023 book picks include an assortment of notable titles perfect for holiday gifting—and keeping.

Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum Reveals 'An Atlas of Es Devlin'

Linda C. Lentz

November 21, 2023

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Created in collaboration with the artist and her studio, this exhibition in New York, which opened on November 18^th, is both personal journey and showcase of the prolific designer’s work.

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The Fifth Edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial Envisions the City as a Sprawling Work in Progress

Matt Hickman

November 20, 2023

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Curated by Floating Museum, ‘This is a Rehearsal’ spans four anchor sites, including the biennial’s longtime home at the Chicago Cultural Center, and a number of partner sites spread across the city.

The Life and Work of Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens Returns to Print in New Format

Review: 'The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens' by A.S.G. Butler. Originally Published in 1950

Leopoldo Villardi

November 9, 2023

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The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art and ACC Art Books reissue a rare three-volume monograph of the storied British architect.

Kyle Dugdale Resurrects the Fabled Tower of Babel on a Journey through Religion and Architecture

Review: 'Architecture After God: Babel Resurgent' by Kyle Dugdale

Enrique Ramirez

November 9, 2023

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The volume digs deep into the stories surrounding the biblical landmark to explore the parallels between spirituality and architectural discourse.

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An Exhibition at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation Explores St. Louis’s Built Environment Through Artifacts From Its Past

Josephine Minutillo

October 31, 2023

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Supported by the National Building Arts Center, Urban Archaeology: Lost Buildings of St. Louis offers a treasure trove of preserved panel reliefs, pendants, spandrels, and other building elements.

The Cooper Union Reflects on Sue Ferguson Gussow’s Prodigious and Intimate Body of Work

Matthew Marani

October 30, 2023

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On view through November 17, the exhibition features 86 paintings and drawings from the Cooper Union graduate—and longtime professor—with subjects including colleagues, friends, and former students.

Tracing the Legacy of Architect Theodor Cron, Overlooked Giant of Peruvian Modernism

Michael Snyder

October 13, 2023

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Edited by Irene Arce and Johann Schweig, a new monograph brings together essays, letters, photographs, drawings and more in a decade-long research project about the Swiss-born architect.

Naomi Pollock Explores Eight Decades of Japanese Residential Architecture

Excerpt: 'The Japanese House Since 1945'

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

October 10, 2023

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The RECORD contributor draws on her 30-year residence in the country to explore the social, technological, and historical context of 98 unique houses.