In the March 2021 issue, Architectural Record is looking at civic design beyond government buildings, including places for community services and veterans’ resources, venues that provide public access to science, models of transformed urban spaces, and more. Read the continuing education story on redesigning urban streets for post-pandemic life and take an online quiz to earn one AIA learning unit. Also featured this month are walls & ceilings and flooring products.
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Chandra Robinson, a principal at LEVER who served on the woman-led design and development team behind the foundation's new Portland headquarters, is among the featured speakers at the June 20th Boston edition of Record on the Road.
Beyond Covid lies the opportunity to rebuild the civic realm in innovative ways around infrastructure, transportation, housing, health care, and public space—and in the process, seriously address equity, access, and sustainability.
Despite a new round of Covid–related event postponements, the architecture edition of the international exhibition is set to open for in-person attendance on May 22, 2021.
Architects look at transforming the ubiquitous roadside facilities, some of which have already been
converted to coffee shops, fast-food restaurants, or even hair salons.
A handsomely illustrated volume of Kahn’s love letters during the last 15 years of his complicated—and architecturally triumphant—life, salted with photographs, sketches, and personal memories.
Revered and beloved by the architects with whom he collaborated, Robertson, who died on February 11, may remain best known for engineering the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) with architect Minoru Yamasaki.