https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1438-diller-scofidio-renfro en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/18106 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:02:04 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/18106-diller-scofidio-renfro-rebuilds-a-manhattan-apartment-to-house-museum-quality-art-and-its-collector http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17885 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17885-in-qatar-diller-scofidio-renfro-realizes-a-sanctuary-where-women-can-worship-and-learn kuthg@bnpmedia.com (Grace Kuth) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17822 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17822-diller-scofidio-renfro-creates-a-sculptural-facade-for-an-expanded-cartier-boutique-in-the-miami-design-district http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17621 Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:46:05 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17621-with-a-new-outpost-designed-by-diller-scofidio-renfro-londons-v-and-a-museum-invites-the-public-into-its-storage goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the V&A East Storehouse is a publicly accessible museum storage facility set within Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. 

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17225 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:00:26 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17225-the-victoria-and-albert-museums-cabinet-of-curiosities-in-east-london-will-open-in-may http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16817 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:06:17 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16817-diller-scofidio-renfro-returns-to-the-broad-in-los-angeles-for-100-million-expansion-project http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16373 Wed, 12 Jul 2023 12:06:41 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16373-dallas-museum-of-art-unveils-finalist-design-concepts-for-reimagined-campus http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16230 Thu, 27 Apr 2023 17:27:28 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16230-dallas-museum-of-art-announces-shortlist-for-international-design-competition Dallas-Museum-of-Art-Finalists-2.jpg Dallas Museum of Art (in July 2015), edited. Photo by Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, https: creativecommons.org licenses by-sa 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Dallas-Museum-of-Art-Finalists-1.jpg Dallas Museum of Art. Photo by arcticpenguin, via Flickr A new performing arts center takes center stage on the College of the Holy Cross’s Worcester, Massachusetts campus.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15863 Wed, 28 Sep 2022 09:02:43 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15863-diller-scofidio-renfro-design-a-cross-shaped-performing-arts-center-for-one-of-the-countrys-oldest-catholic-colleges goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15545 Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15545-transparency-links-town-and-gown-at-columbias-new-business-school The winners of the AIA’s 2022 Architecture Awards span from the modernization of Seattle’s Space Needle to a high school in suburban Massachusetts to the new U.S. embassy in London.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15517 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 15:43:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15517-aia-announces-winners-of-2022-architecture-awards US-Embassy-London U.S. Embassy in London (2017) by KieranTimberlake. Photo © Richard Bryant Shed-AIA-Award-2022 The Shed (2019) by Diller Scofido + Renfro, Lead Architect, in collaboration with Rockwell Group. Photo © Iwan Baan Courtesy of DS+R Olmstead-AIA-Award-2022 Richardson Olmsted Campus (2017) by Deborah Berke Partners with Flynn Battaglia and Goody Clancy. Photo © Christopher Payne Courtesy of Deborah Berke Partners Billerica-AIA-Award-2022 Billerica Memorial High School (2020) by Perkins&Will. Photo © Chuck Cloi Owsley-AIA-Award-2022 The Owsley Brown II History Center (2017) by de Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop. Photo © Roberto de Leon Jr. Menil-AIA-Award-2022 Menil Drawing Institute (2018) by Johnston Marklee. Photo © Richard Barnes Courtesy of the Menil Collection Marine-AIA-Award-2022 Marine Education Center at the University of Southern Mississippi (2018) by Lake|Flato Architects with Unabridged Architecture. Photo © Casey Dunn Thaden-AIA-Award-2022 Home Building at the Thaden School (2019) by EskewDumezRipple. Photo © Tim Hursley Kendeda-AIA-Award-2022 Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design (2019) by Miller Hull Partnership. Photo © Jonathan Hillyer Century-AIA-Award-2022 The Century Project at the Space Needle (2018) by Olson Kundig. Photo Courtesy of Hufton + Crow Adlinger-AIA-Award Adlinger Center for Energy & the Environment (2016) by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners. Photo © Michael Moran http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15346 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:36:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15346-elizabeth-diller-creates-light-show-for-bill-t-jones-deep-blue-sea Deep-Blue-Sea-01-B.jpg Deep Blue Sea. Photo © Brett Beyer, courtesy of DS+R Deep-Blue-Sea-04.jpg Deep Blue Sea. Photo © Brett Beyer, courtesy of DS+R Deep-Blue-Sea-03.jpg Deep Blue Sea. Photo © Brett Beyer, courtesy of DS+R Deep-Blue-Sea-02.jpg Deep Blue Sea. Photo © Brett Beyer, courtesy of DS+R Deep_Blue_Sea_Brett_Beyer_New_archrecord_1170_ss_0.jpg Deep Blue Sea. Photo © Brett Beyer, courtesy of DS+R Deep_Blue_Sea_Brett_Beyer_New_archrecord_1170_ss_1.jpg Deep Blue Sea. Photo © Brett Beyer, courtesy of DS+R The architect talks to Record about the firm’s first, and biggest project, still incomplete, for Dissona.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15244 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:43:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15244-diller-scofidio-renfro-designed-a-massive-livework-campus-in-china DSR_Dissona_archrecord_1170_ss_0.jpg Diller Scofidio + Renfro's Dissona live/work campus in China (Aerial View). Photo © Zhang Chao  DSR_Dissona_archrecord_1170_ss_1.jpg The building facade of DS+R's Dissona project in China. Photo © Zhang Chao  DS+R_Dissona_archrecord_1170_ss_2 DS+R's Dissona project in China. Photo © Zhang Chao  Diller Scofidio + Renfro designs faceted formations for a Juilliard outpost in China.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15072 Wed, 07 Apr 2021 15:42:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15072-tianjin-juilliard-by-diller-scofidio-renfro 01_Tianjin-Juilliard_Zhang-Chao-South-Plaza.jpeg South Plaza Photo © Zhang Chao 02_Tianjin-Juilliard_Zhang-Chao-Lobby-and-Bridges.jpeg Lobby and bridges Photo © Zhang Chao 05_Tianjin-Juilliard_Zhang-Chao-Imagination-Space.jpeg Imagination Space Photo © Zhang Chao 06_Tianjin-Juilliard_Zhang-Chao-Roof-with-View-to-Hai-River.jpeg Roof with view to Hai River Photo © Zhang Chao The City of London cited today’s “unprecedented circumstances” in ending plans to build a new home for the London Symphony Orchestra.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15003 Thu, 18 Feb 2021 17:15:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15003-diller-scofidio-renfros-370-million-uk-concert-hall-cancelled http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14778 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14778-us-olympic-paralympic-museum-by-diller-scofidio-renfro The latest addition to the New York institution sleekly manages its girth.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14392 Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14392-museum-of-modern-art-addition-by-diller-scofidio-renfro-with-gensler A cantilevered steel canopy calls out the double-height entrance lobby that replaces the 2004 one. Photo © Iwan Baan / courtesy MoMA The Jerry Speyer and Katherine Farley Building Photo © Iwan Baan / courtesy MoMA The architects sank a new retail story below grade and installed frameless structural-glass walls along the street. Photo © Brett Beyer / courtesy DSR Galleries on the second floor are separated by a blackened-steel portal. Photo © Iwan Baan / courtesy MoMA The double-height Studio in the Speyer Farley Building showcases an interactive acoustical work by David Tudor. Photo © Danica O. Kus Two galleries, the Daylit on the left and the Project Gallery on the right, are double-height spaces Photo © Brett Beyer / courtesy DSR In the first expansion phase, DSR created a lounge on the first floor of the 1939 Goodwin Stone Building (shown); the same Grand Antique marble is used in the new sixth-floor Terrace Restaurant, where Kerstin Brätsch’s art is installed. Photo © Iwan Baan / courtesy MoMA In the first expansion phase, DSR created a lounge on the first floor of the 1939 Goodwin Stone Building; the same Grand Antique marble is used in the new sixth-floor Terrace Restaurant, where Kerstin Brätsch’s art is installed (shown). Photo © Brett Beyer / courtesy DSR DSR restored the Bauhaus stair in the Goodwin Stone building, adding Grand Antique marble to the base. Oscar Schlemmer’s painting, Bauhaus Stairway, 1932, again hangs on the landing, underscoring the connection between this stair and Gropius’s design for the Bauhaus Building in Dessau. Photo © Iwan Baan / courtesy MoMA Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro The Blade Stair refers to a four-flight stairway wrapping around a 6-inch-thick steel central wall suspended from the sixth floor.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14391 Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14391-a-closer-look-at-momas-signature-circulation-element Photo © Iwan Baan / courtesy MoMA Photo © Brett Beyer / courtesy DSR Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro The opening of the renovated and expanded Museum of Modern Art in New York prompts a look at the newly organized galleries of the Architecture and Design Department.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14306 Wed, 09 Oct 2019 17:01:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14306-architecture-and-design-galleries-reopen-at-moma-in-new-york Museum of Modern Art’s main entrance on 53rd Street, redesigned as part of  renovation/expansion by Diller Scofidio Renfro and Gensler. Photo © The Museum of Modern Art. Iwan Baan Rendering of section elevation of 11 West 53rd Street showing (on far left ) the 53 West 53rd Street condominium tower by Ateliers Jean Nouvel with the MoMA galleries of the Geffen Wing starting on the second floor. To the right of it are galleries in the footprint of the former Folk Art Museum with a street-level one free to the public. Above is a MoMA gallery, and in the double-height space of the fourth and fifth floor is the Studio for performing arts events.  To the right is the sliver- like “blade stair” connecting to the lobby and the sunken book store. At the far right is the DSR design canopy entrance leading into a new double-height lobby.  Drawing Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art An installation from Architecture Systems organized by chief curator of the architecture and design department Martino Stierli on the fourth floor of the Taniguchi-designed Rockefeller Building. Shown is a fragment of the original curtain wall of the UN Secretariat Building in New York placed in front of a clip from Jacques Tati’s futuristic spoof, Playtime (1967). Photo ©The Museum of Modern Art. Robert Gerhardt An installation from Building Citizens organized by architecture and design department curator Sean Anderson on the second floor of the Taniguchi-designed Rockefeller Building. Photo ©The Museum of Modern Art. John Wronn An installation from Energy, organized by architecture and design department curator Paola Antonelli on the first floor of the new wing in the footprint of the former Folk Art Museum. The space will be free to the public and accessible from the street. Photo © The Museum of Modern Art. Heidi Bohnenkamp Conceptual master plans by Dorte Mandrup, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Weiss/Manfredi take different approaches to unifying the disjointed museum campus.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14251 Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14251-three-proposals-for-transforming-the-la-brea-tar-pits Concept by Dorte Mandrup Surrounded by Pleistocene fauna, a series of boardwalks connects all activities in the park and lead people curiously up towards the new, open foyer in the Page Museum. Rendering © Dorte Mandrup / Martha Schwartz Partners Concept by Dorte Mandrup In the open foyer, visitors passing through get glimpses of activities in the building – below, and above, the collection of spectacular creatures are presented in excavations, laboratories and exhibit spaces. Rendering © MIR Concept by Dorte Mandrup Exploratory wayfinding, active research sites, a megafauna playground, and prehistoric plants and trees throughout the site aim to spark creativity. Rendering © Martha Schwartz Partners Concept by Dorte Mandrup Visitors are invited into the world of science, as research activities are an integrated part of the new, daylit exhibition spaces. A new public roof top garden and the Tar Bar concludes the journey. Rendering © Dorte Mandrup / Martha Schwartz Partners Concept by Diller Scofidio + Renfro A new arrival plaza at the corner of Wilshire & Curson welcomes visitors to the Tar Pits and extends into a ramped museum forecourt, descending 12 feet and 20,000 years in the past. Rendering © Diller Scofidio + Renfro Concept by Diller Scofidio + Renfro The reimagined Page Museum lobby is anchored by a hovering “Archive Block,” a glass enclosed repository for the museum’s collection and surrounded by public circulation and an ascending circuit of exhibition galleries. Rendering © Diller Scofidio + Renfro Concept by Diller Scofidio + Renfro A publicly accessible dig site is supported by a new Mobile “Dig Rig,” designed to anticipate current and future digs anywhere in the park. Rendering © Diller Scofidio + Renfro Concept by Diller Scofidio + Renfro Public engagement with science occurs throughout the masterplan, including new glass edge of the Tar Pit Lake, revealing this site feature to be a former asphalt mine since filled by rain water. Rendering © Diller Scofidio + Renfro Concept by WEISS/MANFREDI The La Brea Loops and Lenses form a triple mobius that links all existing elements of the park to redefine Hancock Park as a continuously unfolding experience. Rendering © WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism Concept by WEISS/MANFREDI Panoramic labs flank the exhibition pit, encouraging dialogue between the past and present. Here, the collection and active research are brought into sharp focus. Rendering © WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism Concept by WEISS/MANFREDI Within the Research and Revelation loop, renewed pit sites allow people to witness active excavation taking place under shaded canopies. Playgrounds throughout provide spaces for children to learn about site’s geology through play and tactile experience. Rendering © WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism Concept by WEISS/MANFREDI The existing terrace on the museum’s roof is doubled to become a new multi-purpose plateau for public events. Here, the fiber-glass frieze finds its crystalline counterpart in the expansion which reveals La Brea’s artifacts through a glass facade. Rendering © WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism A public walkway on the eastern reaches of the Thames opened July 5, predictably drawing comparisons to the High Line from local media.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14182 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14182-the-tide-by-dsr-with-with-neiheiser-argyros-opens-in-london Photo © Charles Emerson Photo © Charles Emerson Twenty-eight structural columns support the first phase of the Tide, which opened July 5. Photo © Charles Emerson Several projects currently underway at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, institution aim to engage with their surroundings.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14134 Wed, 03 Jul 2019 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14134-mits-building-boom-brings-new-slate-of-major-architects-to-campus Graduate student housing building by NADAAA in collaboration with Perkins + Will Rendering courtesy NADAAA MIT-Construction-02.jpg Building with academic and commercial office space by Weiss/Manfredi Rendering courtesy Weiss/Manfredi Building with academic and commercial office space by Weiss/Manfredi Rendering courtesy Weiss/Manfredi Building with academic and commercial office space by Weiss/Manfredi Rendering courtesy Weiss/Manfredi The MIT Museum’s lobby, designed by Boston firm Höweler + Yoon Rendering courtesy Höweler + Yoon The new undergraduate dormitory on Vassar Street, designed by Los Angeles–based firm Michael Maltzan Architecture Rendering courtesy Michael Maltzan Architecture The new undergraduate dormitory on Vassar Street, designed by Los Angeles–based firm Michael Maltzan Architecture Rendering courtesy Michael Maltzan Architecture The new undergraduate dormitory on Vassar Street, designed by Los Angeles–based firm Michael Maltzan Architecture Rendering courtesy Michael Maltzan Architecture Old Metropolitan Storage Warehouse, which Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DSR) will redesign   Photo © Bryce Vickmark, courtesy MIT Department of Facilities The Spur has just opened on the south edge of Hudson Yards.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14130 Fri, 07 Jun 2019 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14130-lush-hillock-and-public-art-plinth-culminate-nycs-high-line “Brick House” by Simone Leigh, is a monumental bronze bust of an African-American woman presiding above the traffic-clogged cacophony of 10th Avenue. Photo © Timothy Schenck A passage through the piers culminates in a mass of trees planted on a steeply sloped hillock. As it continues, it slices through the hillock, walled by thick sheets of weathering steel. Photo © Timothy Schenck Delicate wood-floored balconies project over the sidewalk below, offering kaleidoscopic views of the surroundings and a look back along the original High Line. Photo © Liz Ligon The monumental broze bust sits in a surprisingly welcome open plaza. Photo © Liz Ligon The entire 1.4-mile park, with its elevated vistas of the surrounding city, draws millions of visitors every year to the improbable wild garden planted on the old viaduct. Photo © Liz Ligon With just one striking design move, an ambitious cultural building in New York lets the creative activity it fosters make all the noise.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14044 Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14044-the-shed-by-diller-scofidio-renfro-with-rockwell-group Inflatable ETFE, a fluorine-based plastic, wraps the structure, giving it a balloon-like appearance. Photo © Iwan Baan Inflatable ETFE, a fluorine-based plastic, wraps the structure, giving it a balloon-like appearance. Photo © Iwan Baan The new venue features two levels of gallery space. Reich Richter Pärt, an immersive art and live-music performance, currently occupies the second-floor gallery Photo © Iwan Baan The new venue features two levels of gallery space. Reich Richter Pärt, an immersive art and live-music performance, currently occupies the second-floor gallery Photo © Iwan Baan The building’s retractable shell slides out on eight 6-foot-diameter bogie wheels. Photo © Iwan Baan For large concerts, the galleries’ glass walls behind the McCourt open to allow extra space for the audience. Photo © Iwan Baan For large concerts, the galleries’ glass walls behind the McCourt open to allow extra space for the audience. Photo © Iwan Baan Inside its movable shell, the new High Line landmark houses a vast event space called the McCourt. Photo © Timothy Schenck Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro New York’s newest cultural institution opens to the public on Friday, April 5.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14004 Wed, 03 Apr 2019 13:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14004-preview-of-the-shed-offers-sneak-peek-at-performances-and-spaces View of the Shed from Hudson Yards / North Elevation Photograph by Timothy Schenck, courtesy of The Shed View of McCourt from Griffin Theater Photograph by Timothy Schenck, courtesy of The Shed View of McCourt with Black Out Shades Drawn Photograph by Timothy Schenck, courtesy of The Shed Griffin Theater with View Towards McCourt Photograph by Timothy Schenck, courtesy of The Shed Level 2 Gallery: Reich Richter Pärt Installation View Photograph by Timothy Schenck, courtesy of The Shed The Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Skylights Photo © Architectural Record The Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Skylights Photo © Architectural Record Looking up through the Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Skylights Photo © Architectural Record The Bloomberg Building lobby Photo © Architectural Record The Shed leadership Photo © Architectural Record The long-awaited Shed—an eight-level, flexible structure for visual and performing arts programs—will open Friday, April 5 in New York.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14003 Fri, 29 Mar 2019 13:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14003-coming-soon-the-shed-new-yorks-newest-art-and-performance-space Evening view of The Shed from 30th Street Photography by Iwan Baan; Courtesy of The Shed Evening view of The Shed from Hudson Yards Plaza Photography by Iwan Baan; Courtesy of The Shed  The designer and photographer have been honored for their contributions to the field of architecture.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13882 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13882-liz-diller-and-h%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne-binet-win-2019-women-in-architecture-awards Women-in-Architecture-01.jpg Elizabeth Diller, one of the founding partners of New York-based firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro​, was recently awarded the 2019 Jane Drew Prize. Photo © Geordie Wood Women-in-Architecture-02.jpg Swiss-French photographer Hélène Binet, whose photo of the Heydar Aliyev Centre was featured in RECORD's portfolio last year, won the 2019 Ada Louise Huxtable prize. Photo  © Hélène Binet http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13868 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:15:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13868-renderings-unveiled-for-diller-scofidio-renfros-london-centre-for-music Centre for Music Exterior View Rendering courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Centre for Music Exterior View Rendering courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Concept Design: Centre for Music Concert Hall Rendering courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Concept Design: Centre for Music Coda Rendering courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Concept Design: Centre for Music Studio Rendering courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Concept Design: Educational Pods off the main Concert Hall Rendering courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Concept Design: Centre for Music Concert Hall Rendering courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro The 200,000-square-foot cultural center, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with the Rockwell Group, has announced its official launch.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13851 Wed, 09 Jan 2019 09:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13851-the-shed-in-new-york-announces-opening-date The Shed as seen from the High Line in December 2018 Photo © Brett Beyer Charles Renfro of Diller Scofidio + Renfro argues for the preservation of the 1928 Shelor Motor Company Building—one of two remaining structures in downtown Houston’s Milam Street auto row.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13726 Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13726-opinion-adaptively-reusing-rather-than-demolishing-a-1920s-building-can-send-a-message-to-chevrons-customers The Shelor Motor Company Building in Houston Photo © Jim Parsons An archival photo of the Shelor Motor Company in Houston Photo courtesy Frank J. Schueter / Photograph collection at the Houston Public Library