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Architectural Record - June 2025

2025 June

For June’s focus on industry, RECORD rolls up its sleeves for profiles of a mass-timber education center on the campus of a German machine-tool manufacturer, a Chicagoland ironworkers training facility, and a hulking, 19th-century Manhattan storehouse transformed into a biophilic workplace. Practice Matters, a special five-part CE section, examines pertinent topics impacting practitioners today, while our 26th-annual Design Vanguard program showcases 10 promising young firms hailing from Milan, Michigan, and beyond. Also in the issue, we assess the newly revamped Sainsbury Wing of London’s National Gallery, and report back from the Venice Architecture Biennale and Expo 2025 in Osaka.

Check back throughout the month for additional content.

Ecological Pavilion by the Sea

Design Vanguard 2025 Winners

June 9, 2025

This year's Design Vanguard cohort includes 10 emerging firms hailing from Michigan, Mexico City, Milan, and beyond.

Villa RP02

Design Vanguard 2025: Fondamenta

Milan

June 9, 2025

Francesca Gagliardi and Federico Rossi, the duo behind Milan-based Fondamenta, conjure geometric and spatial complexity.

Dar El Farina

Design Vanguard 2025: Leopold Banchini

Geneva

Andrew Ayers

June 10, 2025

Geneva-born Leopold Banchini travels the world to unlearn his ‘European certainties’ and discover how they do it elsewhere.

300 John Lemley Lane

Design Vanguard 2025: Ben Pennell

Christiansburg, Virginia

Dante Ciampaglia

Dante A. Ciampaglia

June 11, 2025

Do-it-yourselfer Ben Pennell advocates for a more hands-on approach to running a studio—with a pathbreaking portfolio to boot.

PRISM Coffee and Reading Space

Design Vanguard 2025: HCCH Studio

Shanghai

Cliff P

Clifford A. Pearson

June 9, 2025

Shanghai-based HCCH Studio, led by Chenchen Hu and Hao Chen, excels at exploring novel materials with tight constraints.

LBS House

Design Vanguard 2025: Felipe Alarcón

Linares, Chile

June 13, 2025

A devastating earthquake off the coast of Chile, and a rediscovery of the country's vernacular buildings, changed the trajectory of architect Felipe Alarcón.

The Warehouse

Design Vanguard 2025: T+E+A+M

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Izzy Kornblatt

June 16, 2025

Michigan's T+E+A+M—Thom Moran, Ellie Abrons, Adam Fure, and Meredith Miller—has forged a different model of practice, individually and collectively.

Omasake Bar

Design Vanguard 2025: Sala Hars

Mexico City

June 17, 2025

In their adopted home of Mexico City, Douglas Harsevoort and Juan Sala, founders of Sala Hars, have discovered qualities they seek to reflect in their own work.

Sister Dreamer

Design Vanguard 2025: Current Interests

Los Angeles

June 9, 2025

In Los Angeles, Mira Henry and Matthew Au of Current Interests leverage their creative backgrounds to craft spaces well suited for artists.

Haus der Tagesmütter

Design Vanguard 2025: Ozaeta-Fidalgo

Madrid

June 9, 2025

The husband and wife team of Álvaro Fidalgo and Arantza Ozaeta, in Madrid, are redesigning the design process to include clients and users.

Myrtle Avenue Loft

Design Vanguard 2025: Almost Studio

New York

Leopoldo Villardi

Leopoldo Villardi

June 20, 2025

When designing projects big and small, Almost Studio’s Dorian Booth and Anthony Gagliardi playfully repurpose architectural and art history.

Trumpf Education Center

Industry

Barkow Leibinger’s Mass-Timber Training Center Buzzes with Activity

June 2, 2025

A honeycomb-shaped education facility showcases modern manufacturing machinery, and the people operating it.

Terminal Warehouse

Industry

CookFox Transforms a 19th Century Manhattan Storehouse into a Modern Workplace

New York

June 6, 2025

A historic brick and timber warehouse, once home to an infamous nightclub, gets a new lease on life.

IW 63 Training Center

Industry

A Gensler-Designed Training Facility Prepares the Next Generation of Chicago’s Ironworkers

Broadview, Illinois

Matthew Marani

June 23, 2025

The structure is clad in black-tinted glass and features a single open space to run trials of curtain wall installs.

Architectural Competitions

Continuing Education: Practice Matters

June 1, 2025

RECORD tackles pressing issues facing firms today, including the rewards and pitfalls of design competitions, strategies for succeeding in an unpredictable business climate, succession planning, and trends in digital technology.

Centre Pompidou

Practice Matters

No Contest: Architectural Competitions

June 3, 2025

Even with ballooning submission requirements and meager stipends, architects are still drawn to design competitions.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Practice Matters

Sealing the Deal: Mergers and Acquisitions

Leopoldo Villardi

Leopoldo Villardi

June 5, 2025

Mergers and acquisitions offer architects one way—with many caveats—to plan for the future.

Planning in Uncertain Times

Practice Matters

High Anxiety: Planning in Uncertain Times

June 10, 2025

In an unsettled business climate, architects are doing their best to predict what’s ahead and insulate their firms from economic fallout.

Practice Matters: AI and Design

Practice Matters

Thought Partner: AI and Design

Dante Ciampaglia

Dante A. Ciampaglia

June 12, 2025

Despite slow adoption across the profession, AI has proven adept at augmenting—not replacing—the work of architects.

Game Engines for Visualization

Practice Matters

Game Changer: Video Game Engines for Visualization

Matthew Marani

June 16, 2025

Firms are exploiting video game engines to push the boundaries of project visualization and management.

Josephine Minutillo, Editor in Chief of Architectural Record

June 2025 Editor’s Letter

Practice Matters

Josephine Minutillo

Josephine Minutillo

June 3, 2025

A flurry of recent events around architecture—from the Venice Biennale to this week's AIA Conference—can sometimes obscure the realities of everyday practice, which we focus on this month.

Grand Ring at 2025 World Expo in Osaka

Record Reviews

Osaka‘s World Expo Arrives, Out of Step with Its Moment

Osaka

Cliff P

Clifford A. Pearson

May 29, 2025

Instead of looking to the future, the Expo‘s gathering of 158 nations exchanging visions of peace and progress feels stuck in the past.

Arsenale at Venice Biennale

Record Reviews

In Venice, an Architecture Biennale with a Dystopian Flair

Venice

May 30, 2025

The atmosphere was that of a 'shadow-realm Coney Island where the only prize is the grim certainty that the end is nigh,' writes Ian Volner of the Venice Biennale's 19th Architecture Exhibition.

Tips from the Top

Books

‘Tips from the Top’ Gathers Advice and Wisdom from More than 60 Global Architecture Practitioners

Excerpt: ‘Tips from the Top: Architects Share Their Advice for Success,’ edited by Clifford Pearson, Ken Yeang, and Raghda Alhayali

June 4, 2025

A selection of advice gathered from more than 60 practitioners from around the world offer valuable wisdom for anyone in the profession.

The Neon Museum, Las Vegas

What Happens in Vegas: Three Days at Duck Duck Shed

Izzy Kornblatt

May 13, 2025

Contributing editor Izzy Kornblatt attends the Neon Museum’s annual gathering.

Cambridge Housing Authority Buildings

RECORD Forum

Buyer’s Market: Public Housing Agencies Find Opportunities in Market-Rate Buildings

June 10, 2025

The acquisition of existing buildings has emerged as an increasingly important tactic for nonprofits as an affordable-housing solution.

Trinity Church and Hancock Tower in Boston

Record Reveals

The Architect’s Guide to Boston

RECORD’s guide to visiting the AIA25 host city

June 2, 2025

Coinciding with AIA25, RECORD editors turn to local practitioners to share their recommended must-visit destinations in Boston, Cambridge, and beyond.

South Station Concourse

In Focus

Pelli Clarke & Partners Completes a Monumentally Scaled Concourse at Boston’s South Station

Boston

Matthew Marani

June 3, 2025

The gateway is the first completed piece of South Station’s multiphase transformation.

Sainsbury Wing Renovation

Close Up

Selldorf's Controversial Renovation of the Sainsbury Wing Reopens to the Public

London

June 3, 2025

The transformation at London’s National Gallery aims to fly under the public radar.

Boulder Fire Station

Building Technology

Davis Partnership Uses Salvaged Steel on a New Colorado Firehouse

Boulder, Colorado

Katharine Logan

June 24, 2025

Steel from a hospital slated for demolition is incorporated into the structure of a new fire station.

CS2 House

House of the Month

Using Simple Geometry, Nemestudio Reimagines the Traditional Single-Family House in Denver

Denver

June 20, 2025

CS2 House connects a cylindrical volume with a sloped shed roof to create an eccentric prototype for low-cost living.

Top Architectural Monographs - Summer 2025

Books

The Editors Pick the Top Monographs for Summer 2025

June 18, 2025

This roundup includes volumes focused on the work of David Chipperfield Architects, WORKac, Frei Otto, and many others.

S9 Architecture Mixed Use Development

Snapshot: S9 Revives a Crumbling Meat Packing Plant in Nashville as a Mixed-Use Complex

Nashville

Joann Gonchar

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

June 23, 2025

Within an old industrial facility overlooking the Cumberland River, architects create interconnected courtyards and framed views.

European Automobile Factory

Guess the Architect: June 2025

June 9, 2025

This factory, built by a European car manufacturer in the early 20th century, was concieved as an elongated upward spiral from which completed vehicles would emerge on the building’s rooftop.

New Glass and Glazing Products for Spring 2025

Products

New Glass and Glazing Products for Spring 2025

June 26, 2025

Raise your glass—metaphorically—to these new products, which range from bird-safe glazing to sleek, contemporary interpretations of yesteryear's fads.

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