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Stadium Complex: The True Cost of Sports Megadevelopments

Pansy Schulman

July 8, 2024

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Forum: As proposals expand in scale and scope, and public spending increases, large-scale pro sports developments fall flat as gestures of urban goodwill.

Civic Center Public Space Plan for San Francisco

RECORD Forum

Civic Renaissance: Rethinking Municipal Centers

Owen Kennerly, AIA

June 1, 2024

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Throughout the U.S., cities are revitalizing their aging Beaux-Arts and Midcentury Modern civic centers through community-driven design.

Pattern of triangle stair in black and white tone

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Exit Strategy: The Case for Single-Stair Egress

Alex Armlovich

May 9, 2024

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Forum: Reforming U.S. building codes to permit single-stair apartment buildings would facilitate cost-effective and higher-density housing.

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New Frontiers: Praxis and the Pitfalls of Techno-Utopias

Pansy Schulman

March 4, 2024

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Forum: An ambitious city-building initiative expresses conflicting desires through architecture, writes Pansy Schulman.

Alexander Gorlin and Victoria Newhouse Collect Strategies to House the Nation

Excerpt: 'Housing the Nation: Social Equity, Architecture, and the Future of Affordable Housing,' edited by Alexander Gorlin and Victoria Newhouse

Alexander Gorlin, FAIA Victoria Newhouse

February 8, 2024

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In this forthcoming volume, experts take stock of America’s affordable-housing crisis and suggest various solutions to rectify it.

RECORD Forum

On Preservation: Heritage, History, and Exclusion

Susan Nigra Snyder George E. Thomas

February 5, 2024

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Forum: Susan Nigra Snyder and George E. Thomas argue that historic districting is a form of social injustice.

Sanya Dong’an Wetland Park, Sanya, Hainan Province, China, 2021. Photo ©Turenscape courtesy The Cultural Landscape Foundation.1.jpg

Landscape Architect and “Sponge City” Guru Kongjian Yu Wins 2023 Oberlander Prize

Matt Hickman

October 19, 2023

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The founder of Beijing-based Turenscape is the second person to be awarded with the prestigious honor following Julie Bargmann in 2021.

Projects from Around the World Demonstrate Diverse Approaches to Building with Wood

RECORD Editors

June 1, 2023

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In-process, completed, and on-the-boards projects featuring wood, including housing, office towers, museums, and academic buildings from Europe and North America.

Playwright David Hare Explains his Fascination with Robert Moses

Cathleen McGuigan

December 5, 2022

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The "Straight Line Crazy" writer on why he took on a quintessentially American figure for a play originally staged in London.

DESIGN:ED Podcast: BJ Siegel and Tomas Rossant

RECORD Editors

October 27, 2022

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Juno co-founder BJ Siegel and Ennead partner Tomas Rossant (a recent RECORD Innovation speaker) join the podcast to discuss their unique approach to design and construction, the future of cities, and the role of mass timber in creating affordable housing.

EVENTS

Webinar

10/19/23 to 10/31/24

Contact: Tiffany

Navigating the Urban Design Landscape

NOW ON DEMAND

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

This webinar explores the challenges, solutions, and creative options available to architects and planners looking to improve the modern community through the use of 3D BIM software.

Industry

10/22/24 to 10/24/24

University of Florence, Italy

P.za di San Marco, 4, 50121 Firenze FI, Italy

Florence

United States

Contact: Menna Mahmoud

Urban Planning & Architectural Design for Sustainable Development (UPADSD) – 9th Edition

The 9th edition of the “Urban Planning and Architectural Design for Sustainable Development (UPADSD)” conference extensively covers a multitude of topics that pertain to sustainable design practices in urban planning and urbanism. Read More

Industry

12/8/24 to 12/10/24

German Jordanian University (GJU), Jordan

Jordan

United States

Contact: Esraa khaled

Resilient and Responsible Architecture and Urbanism

RRAU will explore a wide range of topics related to resilience and responsibility in architecture and urbanism, sustainable building design, construction technologies, and urban planning strategies that promote social equity and inclusivity, innovative approaches to energy efficiency and renewable technologies, the integration of nature in urban environments, and many other cutting-edge research and practical applications. Read More

NOW ON DEMAND

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

Science teaches us that matter moves from order to disorder. Amazingly, the same thing can happen to buildings! What once was sparkling and new can eventually slide into disrepair.

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

Join managing editor Leopoldo Villardi for a follow-up conversation to September’s panel with three more of this year’s winners: Takk, Garnett.DePasquale, and Architensions.