In March, civic projects include a reimagined Halifax waterfront, Zurich hockey arena, memorial at Milan Central Station, Iowan fire station, and municipal office building in San Francisco. House of the Month is a weekend retreat near Madrid and Landscape showcases an overwater plaza in Shanghai. Elsewhere, an ancient Tokyo shrine gets an update and Brussels’ European Parliament Building readies for a redesign. Close-Up highlights a transparent NYU facade and CEU covers ethical materials. Two Philadelphia exhibits spotlight women architects, while new books tackle climate displacement and inequities in Chicago’s public realm. RECORD also interviews Marsha Maytum and remembers B.V. Doshi.
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This month, RECORD explores civic architecture across a variety of building types, ranging from a Holocaust memorial in Milan to a hockey arena in Zurich.
For nearly 90 years, each issue of RECORD has been anchored by a building-type study, but one—devoted to civic uses—elicits more questions in the selection process than any other.
Already nicknamed the "mini-Bean," the British-Indian artist's yet-untitled version of his famous 'Cloud Gate' sculpture in Chicago is now on display on a well-trod intersection in TriBeCa.
Recognizing the best built work in the Americas completed between December 2018 and June 2021, the prize spotlights six projects including a Mexico City museum expansion and an earthen housing block in Paraguay.
The artist’s nine-screen video installation brings the work of the Italian-born Brazilian Modernist to the museum's Frank Gehry–designed Williams Forum.
Architectural historian Molly Lester, curator William Whitaker, and photographer Elizabeth Felicella "create an archive in the absence of one" for the lesser-known Philadelphia architect.