In July 2020, Architectural Record highlights health-care projects, including four medical facilities in Africa. The issue also spotlights a cultural museum in a historic village in China and a mixed-use complex in a former cheese factory in Arkansas. Reported stories in the news section examine structural racism in the profession, as well as design strategies for restaurants reopening during the pandemic. The Continuing Education feature explores antimicrobials in the built environment. And don’t miss our coverage of new health-care and flooring products.
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Shenzhen-based designer Ju Bin's first ground-up project emerges from the ruins of a historic village outside Shanghai. Watch a video about the project below.
A former cheese plant in Bentonville, Arkansas, is reimagined as a dynamic mixed-use development, offering visual, performance, and culinary experiences.
The ranks of architects must open up to many more African Americans in education, practice, and leadership—and must collaborate with Black communities to push for real change in the built environment.
In architecture, where demographics skew toward white male homogeneity, many are beginning to interrogate the ways that systemic racism has shaped the profession and the built environment.
After an extensive renovation, controversy once again dogs the Michael Graves–designed building, which may be delisted from the Historic Register due to the radical change of materials.
This Texas-sized tome presents a rich history of an “outsider” architect and individual, with stunning archival photography of the inventive buildings and interiors he designed.