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Tribute: James Stewart Polshek (1930–2022)

September 12, 2022

The late architect and former dean of Columbia GSAPP dedicated himself to public projects consistent with his politics, from the Rose Center for Earth and Space at New York’s Natural History Museum to the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock.

September 2022: Dates and Events

Pansy Schulman

September 9, 2022

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This month, ongoing exhibitions include a display of park bench prototypes by Scottish designers on the grounds of Mount Stuart, a palatial 18th century estate on the Isle of Bute.

The Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards Honor Architects

Fred A. Bernstein

September 8, 2022

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Architects will take home several key awards of the prestigious program this year.

Tribute: John K. Rauch (1930–2022)

The Venturi, Rauch & Scott Brown co-founder, known for project management and technical design, was also a skilled designer in his own right

Izzy Kornblatt

September 7, 2022

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As a close collaborator of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Rauch helped change the course of 20th-century architecture.

Herzog & de Meuron’s Design Revealed for Alexander Calder Exhibition Site in Philadelphia

Fred A. Bernstein

September 7, 2022

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The planned Calder Gardens will seamlessly link indoor and outdoor spaces along the city’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Radical Pedagogies Explores Teaching Lessons from the Past

Review: 'Radical Pedagogies,' By Beatriz Colomina, Ignacio G. Galán, Evangelos Kotsioris, and Anna-Maria Meister

Eric Höweler, FAIA

September 6, 2022

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A dossier of 1960s and ’70s pedagogical experiments from around the world, a new book collects accounts of teaching techniques and organizational models that resonate today.

Michael Heizer’s Sprawling Land Art Piece, Called City, Opens Today in Nevada’s High Desert

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Ilana Herzig

September 2, 2022

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The maverick artist began work on his mythological sculptural work in the state’s Great Basin 50 years ago.

RECORD Announces the 2022 Winners of the Women in Architecture Awards

Pansy Schulman

August 31, 2022

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Now in its ninth year, the annual award recognizes women who lead and inspire in architectural practice and beyond.

Q&A with Riding the Vortex: This Year’s AIA Whitney M. Young Jr. Award Winner

The collaborators discuss supporting Black women in architecture

Ilana Herzig

August 31, 2022

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Since 2007, this collaboration of African American women architects has fought for better representation in the field.

The Skyscraper Museum Surveys the Fast-Paced Transformation of Lower Manhattan

Review: “Residential Rising: Lower Manhattan Since 9/11”

Matthew Marani

August 29, 2022

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“Residential Rising” is a story of significant adaptive reuse, as the symbolic hub of American capitalism has seen dozens of its aging office buildings transformed into housing.