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Cathleen McGuigan

Cathleen McGuigan

Cathleen McGuigan is editor-in-chief of Architectural Record. She is responsible for leading the award-winning editorial team to deliver thorough coverage of news, projects, and practice issues to architects, design professionals, and building product manufacturers. Her broad experience as an editor, journalist, and critic provides strong leadership for this integrated print and digital portfolio, as well as strikingly relevant professional and cultural content for readers across the globe. Cathleen joined RECORD in 2011. Previously an architecture critic and arts editor at Newsweek, she has more than three decades of cultural journalism experience. Cathleen’s work has also been published in The New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian, Harper’s Bazaar, and Rolling Stone. A Michigan native, she serves on several design juries and is a former adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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Cathleen McGuigan

June 2022 Editor's Letter: The Climate Crisis Meets Social Justice

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Cathleen McGuigan
May 31, 2022
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Two complicated movements intertwine, locally and globally, with shared goals essential to saving the earth.
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May 2022 Editor's Letter: The Post-Pandemic Workplace

Back to the Drawing Board
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Cathleen McGuigan
May 3, 2022
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Architecture firms, like other enterprises, are experimenting with how best to return to the office.
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Cathleen McGuigan

April 2022 Editor's Letter: Ukraine, Climate Change, and The 2022 Pritzker Prize

A bright spot in gloomy times comes from the world of architecture
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Cathleen McGuigan
April 4, 2022
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It is April at last, and, though life and work are returning to a new kind of normal after two years of Covid, other enormous troubles loom.
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March 2022 Editor's Letter: Taking History Into the Future

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Cathleen McGuigan
February 28, 2022
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Preservation matters, not only for saving architecture’s valuable legacy but to create richly textured urban neighborhoods that enhance the civic realm.
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Tribute: Dr. Paul Farmer (1959-2022), MASS Design Group’s First Client

As a founder of Partners In Health, Farmer transformed public health facilities in impoverished communities
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Cathleen McGuigan
February 24, 2022
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MASS Design Group worked with Dr. Farmer, a global public heath advocate and a founder of Partners In Health, in his fight for quality healthcare as a basic human right.


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Interview with Lesley Lokko

The award-winning Ghanaian-Scottish architect and educator speaks to RECORD editor-in-chief Cathleen McGuigan
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January 27, 2022
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The curator of the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale discusses the opportunities and challenges for the African Futures Institute she recently founded in Accra, Ghana.


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January 2022 Editor's Letter: A Troubling Report on Bias in Architecture

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Cathleen McGuigan
January 13, 2022
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The results of the AIA-commissioned survey reveal significant gender and racial prejudice in architecture firms.
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Cathleen McGuigan

December 2021 Editor's Letter: Promise the World

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Cathleen McGuigan
December 14, 2021
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The road from the Glasgow climate confab is paved with good intentions but not enough action to halt global warming.
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November 2021 Editor's Letter: Beyond the Ivory Tower

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Cathleen McGuigan
November 12, 2021
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The best new campus architecture reflects the evolving priorities of colleges and universities.
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October 2021 Editor's Letter: Living Life Along the Edge

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Cathleen McGuigan
October 14, 2021
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A summer of uncertainty is a likely predictor of what the future holds.
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