Suzanne Stephens

Suzanne Stephens, a former deputy editor of Architectural Record, has been a writer, editor, and critic in the field of architecture for several decades. She has a Ph.D. in architectural history from Cornell University, and teaches a seminar in the history of architectural criticism in the architecture program of Barnard and Columbia colleges.

Queens Museum

The World of Tomorrow Today: A long-span-steel structure cloaked in modern-classical-style architecture has proved to be flexible for reinvention.

Suzanne Stephens

February 15, 2014

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A long-span-steel structure cloaked in modern-classical-style architecture has proved to be flexible for reinvention.

Dunbar Senior High School by Perkins Eastman and Moody Nolan

Washington, D.C

Suzanne Stephens

January 16, 2014

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A famous school gets back on track blending modern and traditional design elements.

Kicking Horse Residence

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson creates a flexible vacation house by separating public and private areas into discrete structures.

Suzanne Stephens

December 16, 2013

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In designing a house for a family of five at the Kicking Horse ski resort in Golden, British Columbia, architect Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (BCJ) wanted to make the most of views while preserving privacy on a tight site.

America's Top Architecture Schools 2014

Suzanne Stephens

November 19, 2013

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RECORD presents this year’s rankings—along with related findings about architecture education—compiled by Greenway Group and published by DesignIntelligence.

Lee Hall Addition, Clemson University

Machine for Learning: An architecture school expands into a steel and glass structure that showcases its structural and energy-efficient features.

Suzanne Stephens

November 15, 2013

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Architects don’t often get to design a new building for their alma mater. Yet Thomas Phifer, based in New York City, showed it’s possible to go home again—with success.

Alfond-Lunder Family Pavilion, Colby College Museum of Art

A new gallery designed by Frederick Fisher at Colby College in Waterville, Maine adds onto existing spaces for displaying art, including a 1999 wing designed by the architect himself.

Suzanne Stephens

November 15, 2013

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For a small, private educational institution, Colby College has assembled a formidable cache of American art, including work by John Singleton Copley, Winslow Homer, John Marin, and Alex Katz, among others.

Suzanne Stephens

October 24, 2013

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The outgoing dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) discusses the thinking behind his experimental legacy. In September, Mark Wigley, dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), announced that he would step down from his position at the end of the academic year, in June 2014. Wigley, who has a B.Arch. (1979) and a Ph.D. (1987) from the University of Auckland in New Zealand, assumed the deanship in 2004. Since coming to the United States in the late 1980s, Wigley has produced a series of provocative books and exhibitions on

Suzanne Stephens

October 16, 2013

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Libreville, Gabon FATmaison Italian architects FATmaison design a private chapel in Gabon using an unusual mix of materials Photo courtesy FATmaison The architects designed a private memorial chapel in Libreville, Gabon, using a mix of modern and traditional materials and forms. The apse, enclosed in Cor-Ten steel and incised with a cross, is finished inside with Carrara marble and pine. The architects designed a private memorial chapel in Libreville, Gabon, using a mix of modern and traditional materials and forms. The apse, enclosed in Cor-Ten steel and incised with a cross, is finished inside with Carrara marble and pine. Several

Suzanne Stephens

August 20, 2013

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Meier (standing) at Westbeth, a nonprofit affordable housing complex for artists in New York's West Village, in 1970. Also shown in photo: Barbara Littenberg; Gerry Gurland (in front of Meier); and Tod Williams (behind Gurland). This October Richard Meier celebrates the 50th anniversary of establishing his own office in New York City. Over the years, Meier has witnessed significant changes in architectural practice—including his own. It has become more global in a world where he and other "design"-oriented architects are now able to attract a gamut of large-scale commissions. Richard Meier & Partners currently has major projects going up in

House in the Mountains

Gluck+ has partially buried a house in Colorado to preserve the view and save on energy use.

Suzanne Stephens

August 16, 2013

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Houses embedded in the earth are becoming a specialty of Gluck+, the New York architect-led design-build firm formerly known as Peter Gluck and Partners.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 1 IIBEC CEH

Evaluate advanced PVC solutions that improve fire resistance, support WUI compliance, and enhance resilience in residential and commercial building design.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU

Upon course completion, participants will possess a deeper understanding of glass railings to help ensure that safety, aesthetic, and performance objectives are achieved.