Leopoldo Villardi

Neri&Hu Designs a Tailor-Made Boutique for a Burgeoning Fashion Label

Shanghai

September 18, 2023

Located inside a bustling Shanghai mall, Ms MIN's second shop was inspired by the material language of textile production.

Tribute: Myron Goldfinger (1933–2023)

Leopoldo Villardi

August 16, 2023

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A student of Louis Kahn, the New Jersey-born architect garnered professional notoriety—and won a 1971 Record House Award—upon completing his own home in the suburbs of New York City.

Tribute: Thierry Despont (1948–2023)

Leopoldo Villardi

August 16, 2023

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“My practice is devoted to the design of houses, not shelters or ‘machines for living,’” wrote the late architect who designed residences for high-profile clients including Calvin Klein, Mickey Drexler, and Bill and Melinda Gates.

L/AND/A Fills a Fixer-Upper Townhouse in Brooklyn with Light, Air, and Elegant Details

Brooklyn, New York

Leopoldo Villardi

July 17, 2023

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A 19th-century brownstone is restored to its former glory and updated for the present.

OMA Designs a New Wing for Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Leopoldo Villardi

July 5, 2023

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The Buffalo AKG Art Museum welcomes visitors after a seven-year effort that included complex negotiations with preservationists.

‘One House Per Day’ Catalogs an Architect’s Ongoing Social Media Experiment

Review: ‘One House Per Day’ by Andrew Bruno

Leopoldo Villardi

May 2, 2023

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Every day since November 2019, Andrew Bruno has sketched a single dwelling and shared it with his Instagram following—his new book reflects on the first 365 days of this self-initiated drawing exercise.

TenBerke's Two Residential Colleges at Princeton University Rethink Campus Living

Princeton, New Jersey

Leopoldo Villardi

May 1, 2023

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The New York–based practice, newly renamed, gives the university's mission a worthy architectural expression.

Deborah Berke Partners Relaunches as TenBerke

Leopoldo Villardi

April 18, 2023

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Joined by partners Maitland Jones and Arthi Krishnamoorthy, Deborah Berke spoke with RECORD about her firm's name change, what it means for the 60-person practice, and her forthcoming book ‘Transform.’