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CAB 2025 installation

The Sixth Chicago Architecture Biennial is at Its Strongest When Championing Design as a Tool for Social Good

Matt Hickman
Matt Hickman
October 16, 2025
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Following the September launch of the Florencia Rodriguez–curated ‘Shift,’ new installations by biennial participants will be unveiled November 7 at a vacant retail space on the Magnificent Mile.
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The Edge at 30 Hudson Yards
RECORD Forum

Building Attractions: High-Rise Thrills

Nathan Eddy
October 13, 2025
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Catering to tourists and to developers’ demands, towers around the world are increasingly resembling theme parks, writes Nathan Eddy.
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Fall Book Roundup
Books

Fall Book Roundup: RECORD Editors Survey New Titles on Houses and Residential Architects

RECORD Editors
September 5, 2025
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Our dwelling-focused picks include monographs dedicated to Tom Kundig and Anne Fougeron, an expanded edition of ‘Fire Island Modernist,’ and a history of Neutra’s Lovell Health House.
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Tesla Diner, Hollywood

No Fun at the Drive-in: Tesla Diner is a Dud

Russell Fortmeyer
Russell Fortmeyer
August 20, 2025
11 Comments
With its subpar food and antiseptic atmosphere, Hollywood’s new multi-tasking attraction—open 24/7—pales in comparison to exuberant L.A. roadside eateries of yore.
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Summer Books Roundup
Books

Summer Book Roundup: RECORD Editors Survey New Sustainability Titles

RECORD Editors
August 11, 2025
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Our picks include a resource on teaching carbon neutral design and the latest from the head of MIT's Sustainable Design Lab.
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Opera House Parking
RECORD Forum

Comic Strip Criticism

Gabriele Neri
August 7, 2025
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Are architects too serious? Caricatures and cartoons might offer a way to enliven discourse and elicit a few laughs, writes Gabriele Neri.
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Nakagin Capsule Tower, MoMA exhibition

MoMA Resurrects Kisho Kurokawa's Nakagin Capsule Tower in a New Exhibition

Izzy Kornblatt
Izzy Kornblatt
July 23, 2025
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At the center of the small but powerful show is a restored dwelling unit that was saved when the Tokyo high-rise was demolished.
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Top Architectural Monographs - Summer 2025
Books

The Editors Pick the Top Monographs for Summer 2025

RECORD Editors
June 18, 2025
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This roundup includes volumes focused on the work of David Chipperfield Architects, WORKac, Frei Otto, and many others.
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Cambridge Housing Authority Buildings
RECORD Forum

Buyer’s Market: Public Housing Agencies Find Opportunities in Market-Rate Buildings

Aaron Smithson
June 10, 2025
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The acquisition of existing buildings has emerged as an increasingly important tactic for nonprofits as an affordable-housing solution.
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Marina Towers historic construction photo

A New Exhibition at the Skyscraper Museum in New York Traces the Evolution of Concrete in Tall Buildings

Joann Gonchar
Joann Gonchar, FAIA
May 29, 2025
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‘The Modern Concrete Skyscraper’ highlights key buildings such as Chicago’s Marina Towers, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, and 1903’s Ingalls Building in Cincinnati.
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