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Jorge Almazán and Studiolab's New Book Spotlights Spontaneous Urban Design in Tokyo

Review: 'Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City' By Jorge Almazán + Studiolab

November 18, 2022

The Spanish-born architect and educator offers an insightful study of his adopted home, countering the claim of Tokyo’s "only-in-Japan" urban origin myth.

Moshe Safdie’s Life as an Architect

Review: 'If Walls Could Speak' by Moshe Safdie

Christopher Hawthorne

November 17, 2022

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In his new memoir, Safdie fills the pages with stories about his career and personal life, from his childhood in Israel to his time at Harvard GSD.

Sandy Hook Memorial Opens Ten Years After Shooting

Fred A. Bernstein

November 17, 2022

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The memorial design by landscape architects Dan Affleck and Ben Waldo offers a contemplative space in nature.

DESIGN:ED Podcast: Brooks + Scarpa

RECORD Editors

November 16, 2022

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Brooks + Scarpa principals Angela Brooks, Lawrence Scarpa, and Jeff Huber join the podcast to discuss designing for affordable housing, the climate crisis, and winning this year's AIA Gold Medal.

ABI Drops Below 50

RECORD Editors

November 16, 2022

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The latest architectural billings indicate a weakening demand for new projects—though a healthy backlog remains.

Kimbell Art Museum and Guggenheim Bilbao Celebrate Anniversaries

Joseph Giovannini

November 15, 2022

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This year marks the 50th anniversary of Louis Kahn’s Kimbell Art Museum, which opened in 1972 in Fort Worth, Texas, and the 25th for Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Bilbao, completed in 1997 in Spain.

RECORD Editor in Chief Cathleen McGuigan to Step Down

Deputy editor Josephine Minutillo will take on the role in 2023

RECORD Editors

November 11, 2022

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McGuigan, who has helmed the magazine since 2011, will be succeeded by deputy editor Josephine Minutillo in the new year.

NOMA “Unplugged” Conference in Nashville Draws 1,250 Architects and Designers

Katherine Williams

November 10, 2022

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The 51^st annual conference, with the theme “Unplugged,” offered education and networking sessions, along with opportunities to explore the city.

At COP27 activists demanded climate finance and debt relief

COP27: Will the Private Sector Pick up the Climate Mantle?

Katharine Logan

November 9, 2022

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Building industry experts attending the UN climate summit in Egypt see opportunity in addressing global warming even as governments fail to make meaningful commitments.