First Look Sauerbruch Hutton Anchors a Mixed-Use Plot with a Glinting Jewel Box Leopoldo Villardi January 2, 2025 No Comments In Berlin, the firm adapts an unbuilt Miesian scheme for the 21st century using its preferred building medium: architectural terra-cotta.Read More
Studio Gang’s Populus Takes Inspiration from Colorado’s Towering Aspens Denver Leopoldo Villardi December 9, 2024 No Comments With an ambitious ‘carbon positive’ goal, the 13-story hotel in downtown Denver features eye-like windows that echo bark patterns.Read More
Arts & Culture 2024 Saunders Architecture’s Trailblazing Park Facility Straddles a Remote Ridge in Northern Maine Maine Leopoldo Villardi December 3, 2024 2 Comments The Tekαkαpimək Contact Station orients visitors to the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, and the overlooked Indigenous culture around them.Read More
With One River North, MAD Architects Experiments with Biophilic Design in Denver Denver Leopoldo Villardi October 2, 2024 No Comments The apartment tower challenges conventional urban living with a planted sculptural ‘canyon,’ but faces hurdles before it can flourish.Read More
ZGF’s Portland Airport Terminal Sees the Forest for the Trees Leopoldo Villardi September 23, 2024 One Comment A verdant main terminal expansion at PDX ushers in a new era of civic-scale mass-timber construction, with sustainable forestry practices top of mind.Read More
Spotlight Amid Andean Volcanoes, Max Núñez Builds a Secluded Retreat at His Family’s Favored Camping Spot Leopoldo Villardi September 12, 2024 No Comments The Chilean architect speaks to RECORD about the vision behind the off-grid residence.Read More
Record Houses 2024 In the Hills Overlooking Silicon Valley, WOJR’s House of Horns Balances Tranquility with Unorthodoxy Los Altos Hills, California Leopoldo Villardi September 4, 2024 No Comments The first major completed work by the 2013 Design Vanguard firm reuses a preexisting foundation and is capped by a sextet of light monitors.Read More
In Morocco, Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura Designs a Lecture Hall with a Deep-Green Auditorium at Its Core Salé, Morocco Leopoldo Villardi August 13, 2024 No Comments At UM6P's satellite campus near the country's capital of Rabat, the Barcelona-based atelier explores color and pure geometry.Read More
Food, Wine & Hospitality 2024 Max Núñez Treads a Different Path with Explora's Eco-Tourism Lodges in Bolivia Jirira, Bolivia Leopoldo Villardi August 5, 2024 No Comments To build with minimal impact, the Chilean architect bucks conventional wisdom about locally sourced materials.Read More
Sports & Recreation 2024 A Multiuse Recreation Complex in Sweden Pushes the Envelope (Literally) with Mass Timber Gothenburg, Sweden Leopoldo Villardi July 3, 2024 No Comments Wahlström & Steijner cleverly navigate site constraints to equip a suburban neighborhood in Sweden with two arenas for practice and games.Read More