For October, we visit a varied mix of projects that serve as cultural anchors in their respective communities: a soviet-era cineplex-turned-arts hub in the Kazakh city of Almaty; New Zealand’s earthquake-resistant new national archives; a gallery expansion at a cultural center on Arizona’s Cocopah Reservation; a centuries-old Belgian abbey transformed into an expanded art museum; and a vertical soundstage facility that enlivens an industrial corner of the Big Apple. We also venture to Giza for an inside look at the very long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum. The month’s single-project CEU focuses on a mass-timber academic building in Arkansas designed by a Pritzker Prize–winning Irish duo.
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For October, RECORD visits a varied mix of projects that serve as cultural anchors in their respective communities, spanning from New Zealand to Kazakhstan to Astoria, Queens.
An undulant screen of vertical fins greets visitors of the new Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture—the first private institution of its kind in Kazakhstan.
Architecture is a discipline conceived in three dimensions. The fourth—time—is not often talked about, but its passage can dramatically alter how a space is perceived and used.
Designed by Heneghan Peng Architects—long since removed from the project—the ambitious Cairo museum was stalled by a coup d'état, financial crisis, leadership changes, and other obstacles.
Realized in collaboration with Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf, Philly’s newest art destination—emphatically not billed as a museum— showcases a rotating array of works by Alexander Calder for temporary display.
Designed by local architect Jose Fernández-Llebrez, this understated multifamily home contains three apartments on four floors for a couple and the families of their two adult children.
To reach this idyllic retreat in the heart of of Ontario’s ‘cottage country’ on Lake Joseph, residents and guests pass through a crescent-shaped canyon carved out of solid rock.
The educator and curator talks to RECORD about teaching in the present climate, as well as his views on current museological approaches and architectural exhibitions.
Edited by RECORD contributing editor Izzy Kornblatt, the book features nearly 400 photographs depicting everyday environments from Las Vegas to Levittown and points in between.
Synonymous with one of South America’s most popular beaches, this stone promenade is the work of a landscape architect known for using playful compositions to generate fluid spatial sequences.