https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1385 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17842 Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:23:39 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17842-leers-weinzapfel-associates-designs-a-mass-timber-education-center-for-an-alabama-nature-preserve Along with a 26,000-square-foot expansion, the Leers Weinzapfel Associates–designed project includes the renovation of two historic buildings.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17213 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 01:05:56 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17213-the-new-davis-center-at-williams-college-features-charred-wood-cladding-and-a-folded-roofline Leers Weinzapfel Associates led the team behind Adohi Hall, a 200,000-square-foot dormitory with living-learning spaces.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14352 Tue, 12 Nov 2019 09:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14352-university-of-arkansas-completes-large-scale-timber-adohi-hall UArk-Modus-Studio-01.jpg The new Adohi Hall includes an L and U-shaped volume that sleeps up to 708 students. Photo © Timothy Hursley UArk-Modus-Studio-02.jpg Four residential floors across two buildings are connected by a main, glass-walled ground-floor common space. Photo © Timothy Hursley UArk-Modus-Studio-03.jpg Exposed wood beams are included throughout the design of the new residence hall. Photo © Timothy Hursley UArk-Modus-Studio-04.jpg Studio spaces for the hall’s residents—many of whom study architecture, art, and design—also live on the ground floor. Photo © Timothy Hursley The old football field may be long gone, but Mrs. Clark Thompson’s temperance-era rite was oddly prophetic. More than a century later, on the footprint of its grandstands, Ohio Field has been reincarnated as a new chilled-water facility.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11547 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 09:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11547-the-ohio-state-east-regional-chilled-water-plant The Ohio State East Regional Chilled Water Plant At once a piece of infrastructure and a campus gateway, OSU’s East Regional chiller is composed of two airy volumes. Photo © Brad Feinknopf The Ohio State East Regional Chilled Water Plant At once a piece of infrastructure and a campus gateway, OSU’s East Regional chiller is composed of two airy volumes. Photo © Brad Feinknopf The Ohio State East Regional Chilled Water Plant The glazed lower level is covered in a translucent frit to conceal the hulking machinery inside. An aluminum screen, meanwhile, shields a series of rooftop cooling towers. Photo © Brad Feinknopf The Ohio State East Regional Chilled Water Plant Rather than thunderous crowds, OSU’s former football field now hosts five booming chillers; a sixth will be added later. The architects included an overhead crane to assist maintenance crews. Photo © Brad Feinknopf The Ohio State East Regional Chilled Water Plant An aluminum screen shields a series of rooftop cooling towers. Photo © Brad Feinknopf The Ohio State East Regional Chilled Water Plant Steel braces support the facility’s dramatic cantilever. The dotted ceramic frit shields the glass, except where it meets the columns. Photo © Brad Feinknopf The Ohio State East Regional Chilled Water Plant LEDs are embedded in the floors so that at night the entire facility glows. Photo © Brad Feinknopf The Ohio State East Regional Chilled Water Plant “You don’t see everything going on inside, yet it isn’t gloomy or forbidding,” architect Jane Weinzapfel says. “It’s delicate, like a lampshade.” Photo © Brad Feinknopf The first challenge in designing the Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation for Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital began with the location.

]]> massachusetts-general-museum-leers-weinzapfel.asp Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7468-paul-s-russell-md-museum-of-medical-history-and-innovation Raw copper in 16-inchwide, 10-foot-long panels emphasizes the horizontality of the facade. Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and InnovationLeers Weinzapfel Associates ArchitectsBoston, MassachusettsRaw copper in 16-inchwide, 10-foot-long panels emphasizes the horizontality of the facade.Photo © Anton Grassl/Esto On the rear core, copper panels run vertically. Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and InnovationLeers Weinzapfel Associates ArchitectsBoston, MassachusettsOn the rear core, copper panels run vertically.Photo © Anton Grassl/Esto A stair leads to the lecture and reception area. Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and InnovationLeers Weinzapfel Associates ArchitectsBoston, MassachusettsA stair leads to the lecture and reception area.Photo © Anton Grassl/Esto Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and InnovationLeers Weinzapfel Associates ArchitectsBoston, MassachusettsPhoto © Anton Grassl/ESTO Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and InnovationLeers Weinzapfel Associates ArchitectsBoston, MassachusettsPhoto © Anton Grassl/Esto Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and InnovationLeers Weinzapfel Associates ArchitectsBoston, MassachusettsPhoto © Anton Grassl/ESTO Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and InnovationLeers Weinzapfel Associates ArchitectsBoston, MassachusettsImage courtesy Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and InnovationLeers Weinzapfel Associates ArchitectsBoston, MassachusettsImage courtesy Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and InnovationLeers Weinzapfel Associates ArchitectsBoston, MassachusettsImage courtesy Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and InnovationLeers Weinzapfel Associates ArchitectsBoston, MassachusettsImage courtesy Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects Harvard University recently acquired the 1887 Hasty Pudding Club building, formerly owned by the oldest society at Harvard, a secret society that transitioned into a theatrical group by the 1840s.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12026 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12026-harvard-university-new-college-theatre Photo © Alan Karchmer/Esto Photo © Alan Karchmer/Esto Photo courtesy Leers Weinzapfel Associates Photo © Alan Karchmer/Esto Image courtesy Leers Weinzapfel Associates Image courtesy Leers Weinzapfel Associates Image courtesy Leers Weinzapfel Associates Image courtesy Leers Weinzapfel Associates