Architectural Record

2022 December

In this issue, RECORD’s Continuing Education and building types make a study of art and culture projects in Taipei, France, and the U.S. House of the Month reveals a getaway in rural Ontario; Snapshot showcases a dramatic Czech lookout; A mountain-top park and cave-like restaurant-cum-residence showcase the craft of Japanese architecture, while a new museum at MIT explores the school’s history. The editors close 2022 with a series of their favorite design monographs, RECORD’s Products of the Year, an interview that reveals playwright David Hare’s Robert Moses fascination, a London music industry redevelopment, a tribute to Mike Davis, plus a preview of the next U.S. Pavilion in Venice.

Check back throughout the month for additional content.

Arts & Culture Projects 2022

December 1, 2022

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This month's cultural projects highlight innovative museums, performing arts centers, and libraries in Asia, Europe, and across the U.S. that challenge convention.

At OMA’s Taipei Performing Arts Center, Building as Public Performance

Three mute volumes float above the city, promising new possibilities for theater

Izzy Kornblatt

December 1, 2022

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The Rem Koolhaas-designed center embraces the visual chaos of Taipei.

Morphosis’s Highly Sculpted Art Museum in Orange County Responds to its Urban Context

Costa Mesa, California

Sarah Amelar

December 1, 2022

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Thom Mayne's new museum in Costa Mesa, California, has a wrapper that warps, skews, and bends.

Charles Negre Library and Cultural Center

Beaudouin Architectes and Ivry Serres Foster Community with the Charles Nègre Cultural Center in France

Grasse, France

Andrew Ayers

December 1, 2022

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The cultural center and winner of l'Équerre d'argent—France’s most esteemed architecture award—gets up close and personal with its neighbors in a dense historic town in the south of France.

Diamond Schmitt and Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects Reimagine David Geffen Hall

New York

James S. Russell, FAIA

December 1, 2022

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A gut renovation upgrades the sound, circulation, and community engagement of Lincoln Center's primary concert venue.

Arts & Culture Projects 2022

December 1, 2022

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This month's cultural projects highlight innovative museums, performing arts centers, and libraries in Asia, Europe, and across the U.S. that challenge convention.

On London’s Rebuilt Denmark Street, the Band Plays On

Tim Abrahams

December 1, 2022

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The historic center of London's music industry retains its character in a major redevelopment.

Cleveland Gallery SPACES to Produce “Everlasting Plastics” for U.S. Pavilion at 2023 Venice Biennale

Fred A. Bernstein

November 1, 2022

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Six designers and artists were commissioned for the U.S. installation on the theme of the impact of plastics at this year's architecture biennale.

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.

Tribute: Mike Davis (1946-2022), L.A.'s Prescient Truth-Teller

Christopher Hawthorne

November 1, 2022

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Former Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne reflects on the influence of the author and activist, who died last week of esophageal cancer.

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

This session will outline the basics of embodied carbon and introduce a range of tools for measuring your project’s kilograms of CO₂ emitted per meter squared.

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

This webinar features several case studies where high-performance glass and glazing not only provides a beautiful-to-look-at façade but also increased performance at every level.