https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1566 en-us Opening this weekend is a host of new exhibition and education spaces that double the footprint of Alice Walton’s Bentonville, Arkansas, museum. http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/18244 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:04:36 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/18244-safdie-architects-returns-to-the-crystal-bridges-museum-of-american-art-for-major-expansion Architect Moshe Safdie and Rod Bigelow, executive director of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, join the podcast to discuss the Bentonville, Arkansas, museum's upcoming expansion. http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/18185 Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:06 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/18185-design-ed-podcast-moshe-safdie-and-rod-bigelow Featuring a cantilevered pool and a sunken garden, Edition Hotel's new outpost combines architectural bravura with the city-state's green mandates. http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17033 Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:04:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17033-safdie-architects-returns-to-singapore-to-expand-a-hotel-brands-portfolio BIG, Safdie Architects, and Ateliers Jean Nouvel are behind a slate of completed and in-progress housing projects across the South American city. BIG, Safdie Architects, and Ateliers Jean Nouvel are behind a slate of completed and in-progress housing projects across the South American city.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16196 Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:50:23 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16196-developer-uribe-schwarzkopf-brings-an-a-list-roster-of-architects-to-the-ecuadorian-capital-of-quito BICUBIK_0080.webp Aquarela, a 570-unit housing complex designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel in Quito's suburban Cumbayá district. Photo courtesy Uribe Schwarzkopf 13. Qorner and IQON. Courtesy of Uribe Schwarzkopf.jpg Bjarke Ingels Group's Iqon (at left) and the Safdie Archiects–designed Qorner facing Parque La Carolina in Quito, Ecuador. Photo courtesy Uribe Schwarzkopf 5. Aerial shot of Qorner. Courtesy of Uribe Schwarzkopf (1) (1).webp Aerial view of Qorner. Courtesy Uribe Schwarzkopf In his new memoir, Safdie fills the pages with stories about his career and personal life, from his childhood in Israel to his time at Harvard GSD. http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15922 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 00:08:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15922-moshe-safdies-life-as-an-architect Moshe Safdie joins the podcast to discuss his new memoir, how he turned his college thesis into Montreal’s Habitat 67, and redefining how people interact with the built environment. http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15839 Wed, 14 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15839-design-ed-podcast-moshe-safdie The Arkansas art museum, first built by the firm in 2011, will increase in size both inside and out. The Arkansas art museum, first built by the firm in 2011, will increase in size both inside and out.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15070 Wed, 07 Apr 2021 10:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15070-safdie-architects-unveils-expansion-for-crystal-bridges-museum crystal-bridges-safdie-architects-architectural-record-900-col1.jpg Image courtesy Safdie Architects crystal-bridges-safdie-architects-architectural-record-900-col4.jpg Image courtesy Safdie Architects goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) In Singapore, designers reinvent the airport experience with deft engineering, unusual geometry, and a vast indoor garden. In Singapore, designers reinvent the airport experience with deft engineering, unusual geometry, and a vast indoor garden.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14153 Mon, 01 Jul 2019 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14153-jewel-changi-airport-by-safdie-architects Tubular pedestrian bridges connect the building to two of Changi’s terminals. Photo © Tim Hursley The centerpiece of Jewel’s toroidal glass-and-steel dome is a funnel-shaped oculus from which a “rain vortex” flows at up to 10,000 gallons per minute. Photo © Tim Hursley Slot-like slices through Jewel’s “valley” allow views to neighboring spaces and the exterior, helping prevent visitors from becoming disoriented by the circular form. Photo © Tim Hursley As visitors approach Jewel from Changi’s Terminal 1, to which it is directly connected, the vendors and the central green space beyond come into view. Photo © Tim Hursley A shopping mall encircles the valley on four levels above grade and two below. Photo © Tim Hursley The doughnut-shaped grid shell consists of hollow-section steel beams connected by precision steel nodes. Image courtesy Safdie Architects Designers compare the parametric model of the domed enclosure to a “recipe” for determining the size, shape, and number of its triangular glazing units. Image courtesy Safdie Architects In addition to the Instagrammable rain vortex, Jewel contains several other folly-like attractions, including a set of foggy bowls (shown) and a series of sculptural, mirrored slides. Photo © Tim Hursley In addition to the Instagrammable rain vortex, Jewel contains several other folly-like attractions, including a set of foggy bowls and a series of sculptural, mirrored slides (shown). Photo © Tim Hursley In addition to the Instagrammable rain vortex (shown), Jewel contains several other folly-like attractions, including a set of foggy bowls and a series of sculptural, mirrored slides. Photo © Tim Hursley Image courtesy Safdie Architects Image courtesy Safdie Architects The $1.26 billion development, which opens to the public today, combines retail, restaurants, entertainment venues, and lush gardens under a vast toroidal glass roof. The $1.26 billion development, which opens to the public today, combines retail, restaurants, entertainment venues, and lush gardens under a vast toroidal glass roof.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14014 Wed, 17 Apr 2019 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14014-moshe-safdies-jewel-changi-airport-in-singapore-opens-to-the-public Jewel-Changi-Airport-Singapore-Moshe-Safdie-Architects-01.jpg Singapore’s new Jewel Changi Airport is enclosed by a toroidal glass-and-steel roof that spans 650 feet at its widest point. Photo © Darren Soh The rain vortex at the center of the Jewel is the world’s tallest indoor waterfall. Photo © Jewel Changi Airport Devt The airport’s skytrain travels through the Jewel, providing a glimpse of the rain vortex to passengers in transit between terminals. Photo © Jewel Changi Airport Devt Smaller water features are included in the terraced landscape of the forest valley. Photo © Petra Loho A bridge suspended 25 feet above ground level connects some of the attractions of the building’s top floor, known as the canopy park. Photo © Petra Loho The canopy park has features that include a hedge maze and a bouncing net (shown). Photo © Jewel Changi Airport Devt Architect Moshe Safdie gives journalists a tour of the Jewel in early April. Photo © Petra Loho Developed for the 1967 World’s Fair in Montreal, this utopian modular-housing system married urban density with the spaciousness and individuality of suburban houses. Developed for the 1967 World’s Fair in Montreal, this utopian modular-housing system married urban density with the spaciousness and individuality of suburban houses.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12479 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12479-habitat-67-by-moshe-safdie Photo © Studio Graetz Photography courtesy Safdie Architects Photography © Studio Graetz Photography © Timothy Hursley Photography © Timothy Hursley Photography © Timothy Hursley Photo courtesy Safdie Architects Beginning with an innovative multi-unit housing project he built in Montreal nearly 50 years ago, Moshe Safdie, this year's AIA Gold Medal–winner, presides over a successful global practice, creating large-scale mixed-use complexes while keeping a firm hand on nearly every aspect of design. 1505-moshe-safdie-interview-aia-gold-medal.asp Sat, 16 May 2015 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/5918-beyond-habitat-interview-with-moshe-safdie---aia-gold-medal-recipient Moshe Safdie, 2015 AIA Gold Medal Recipient   Marina Bay Sands, the resort and mixed-use development in Singapore (2006–11) that recast Safdie’s practice.   Image courtesy of Safdie Architects Moshe Safdie, 2015 AIA Gold Medal Recipient   Scheme of a roof terrace atop one tower of a residential complex in Colombo, Sri Lanka.   Image courtesy of Safdie Architects Moshe Safdie, 2015 AIA Gold Medal Recipient   The competition-winning design for Project Jewel, at Singapore’s Changi Airport, creates a mixed-use attraction featuring an enormous garden under glass for travelers and local residents alike.   Image courtesy of Safdie Architects Moshe Safdie, 2015 AIA Gold Medal Recipient   The competition-winning design for Project Jewel, at Singapore’s Changi Airport, creates a mixed-use attraction featuring an enormous garden under glass for travelers and local residents alike.   Image courtesy of Safdie Architects Moshe Safdie, 2015 AIA Gold Medal Recipient   A rendering of Chongqing Chaotianmen Center in China, now under construction. The design of this mega-complex was inspired by the sailing ships that once docked at this historic port on the Yangtze River.   Image courtesy of Safdie Architects Moshe Safdie, 2015 AIA Gold Medal Recipient   Golden Dream Bay, a high-density residential beachfront community under construction in Qinhuangdao, China.   Image courtesy of Safdie Architects Moshe Safdie, 2015 AIA Gold Medal Recipient   A view of the plan features stepped, stacked volumes, terraces, and other ideas first explored in Habitat.   Image courtesy of Safdie Architects Moshe Safdie, 2015 AIA Gold Medal Recipient   View of east facade   Photo courtesy Safdie Architects Moshe Safdie, 2015 AIA Gold Medal Recipient   View of east facade   Image courtesy Safdie Architects Moshe Safdie, 2015 AIA Gold Medal Recipient   Podium level   Image courtesy Safdie Architects Moshe Safdie, 2015 AIA Gold Medal Recipient   The Forest Valley   Image courtesy Safdie Architects Moshe Safdie, 2015 AIA Gold Medal Recipient   The Forest Valley   Image courtesy Safdie Architects Moshe Safdie, 2015 AIA Gold Medal Recipient   View of sky garden   Image courtesy Safdie Architects Moshe Safdie, 2015 AIA Gold Medal Recipient   View of sky garden   Image courtesy Safdie Architects Moshe Safdie, 2015 AIA Gold Medal Recipient   Photo © Jerry Spearman Moshe Safdie, 2015 AIA Gold Medal Recipient   Image courtesy Safdie Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced Moshe Safdie and Ehrlich Architects as recipients, respectively, of its 2015 Gold Medal and Architecture Firm Award, the organization’s highest honors. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced Moshe Safdie and Ehrlich Architects as recipients, respectively, of its 2015 Gold Medal and Architecture Firm Award, the organization’s highest honors.

]]> 141211-moshe-safdie-wins-aia-2015-gold-medal-ehrlich-architects-recieves-firm-award.asp Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/3292-moshe-safdie-wins-aia---gold-medal-ehrlich-architects-recieves-firm-award A prominent Arkansas designer conceives a study in contrasts for the architecture school where he teaches. 1311-fay-jones-school-of-architecture-marlon-blackwell-architect.asp Fri, 15 Nov 2013 23:30:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7582-fay-jones-school-of-architecture-by-marlon-blackwell-architects Fay Jones School of Architecture   The designers’ new addition (foreground) continues a line from Old Main (background) to a former library building (middle) through to two other buildings in the campus’s historic heart.   Photo © Tim Hursley Fay Jones School of Architecture   A light well brings daylight into a central chamber in the older building through a rectangular oculus set in a backlit fabric ceiling.   Photo © Tim Hursley Fay Jones School of Architecture   The light well pierces through two new classrooms, admitting daylight through a band of red Plexiglas windows.   Photo © Tim Hursley Fay Jones School of Architecture   A light well pierces two new classrooms, admitting daylight through a band of red Plexiglas windows.   Photo © Tim Hursley Fay Jones School of Architecture   In the former library, the main reading room has been converted into a studio with its original window frames preserved. Task lights built into custom desks'riffs on traditional library reading lamps'supplement pendant lights overhead.   Photo © Tim Hursley Fay Jones School of Architecture   Blackwell’s firm wrapped the auditorium, accessed from the ground and second floors, in plywood acoustical panels painted in the same red as the light well­—a nod, says Blackwell, to the university’s colors and to Fay Jones, who was heavily influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright.   Photo © Tim Hursley Fay Jones School of Architecture   A series of exhibition spaces line the ground floor’s main corridor.   Photo © Tim Hursley Fay Jones School of Architecture   Image courtesy Marlon Blackwell Architect Fay Jones School of Architecture   Image courtesy Marlon Blackwell Architect Fay Jones School of Architecture   Image courtesy Marlon Blackwell Architect Fay Jones School of Architecture   Image courtesy Marlon Blackwell Architect The Skirball Cultural Center, a Jewish educational institution in Los Angeles, has completed the fourth and final phase of its campus with the addition of Herscher Hall and Guerin Pavilion. The Skirball Cultural Center, a Jewish educational institution in Los Angeles, has completed the fourth and final phase of its campus with the addition of Herscher Hall and Guerin Pavilion.

]]> 131028-30-year-construction-draws-to-a-close-for-skirball-cultural-center-in-los-angeles.asp Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/3008---year-construction-draws-to-a-close-for-skirball-cultural-center-in-los-angeles Herscher Hall and Guerin Pavilion 30-Year Construction Draws to a Close for Skirball Cultural Center in Los AngelesHerscher Hall and Guerin PavilionPhoto © Timothy Hursley Herscher Hall 30-Year Construction Draws to a Close for Skirball Cultural Center in Los AngelesHerscher HallPhoto © Timothy Hursley Skirball Cultural Center campus 30-Year Construction Draws to a Close for Skirball Cultural Center in Los AngelesSkirball Cultural Center campusPhoto © Timothy Hursley Guerin Pavilion 30-Year Construction Draws to a Close for Skirball Cultural Center in Los AngelesGuerin PavilionPhoto © Timothy Hursley Main entrance, Skirball Cultural Center 30-Year Construction Draws to a Close for Skirball Cultural Center in Los AngelesMain entrance, Skirball Cultural CenterPhoto © Timothy Hursley Founders Courtyard and Museum rooflines 30-Year Construction Draws to a Close for Skirball Cultural Center in Los AngelesFounders Courtyard and Museum rooflinesPhoto © Timothy Hursley The centerpiece of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, in Bentonville, Arkansas, is a vast room that rises in a graceful arc of laminated-wood roof beams and swells outward with canted walls of glass as it vaults a pond. The centerpiece of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, in Bentonville, Arkansas, is a vast room that rises in a graceful arc of laminated-wood roof beams and swells outward with canted walls of glass as it vaults a pond.

]]> crystal-bridges-museum-american-art.asp Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7878-crystal-bridges-museum-of-american-art Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Visitors enter the chronological display sequence to the left of the dining-bridge (right), proceed across another bridge, and return through the modern-and-contemporary gallery-suite (foreground).   Photo © Timothy Hursley Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Below: Two vaulted, copper-and-glass bridges bookend concave-roofed gallery-suite pavilions. To enter, visitors descend via glass-faced elevators in the towers beyond. Education spaces open into the courtyard (visible at center of photo). Opposite top: A bridge devoted to dining and receptions opens from the entrance lobby of the museum. The outwardly-canted walls pick up daytime reflections from the pond, which are balanced by light from slit skylights between the Arkansas pine beams. Opposite bottom: A bridge at the northern end of the museum houses white-walled galleries for early-20th-century art. Bolt-through glass fittings attach to external vertical pipe supports that frame into a suspended horizontal cable. The cable follows the swelling top of the glass wall and supports the roof beams.   Photo © Timothy Hursley Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Modern and contemporary art hangs in the largest of the gallery-suites. The suites were shaped to fit into the steep slopes of the ravine setting, which resulted in draping ceilings with laminated-beam supports and bowed walls.   Photo © Timothy Hursley Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Modern and contemporary art hangs in the largest of the gallery-suites. The suites were shaped to fit into the steep slopes of the ravine setting, which resulted in draping ceilings with laminated-beam supports and bowed walls.   Photo © Timothy Hursley Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Modern and contemporary art hangs in the largest of the gallery-suites. The suites were shaped to fit into the steep slopes of the ravine setting, which resulted in draping ceilings with laminated-beam supports and bowed walls.   Photo © Timothy Hursley Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art   Photo © Timothy Hursley Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art   Photo © Timothy Hursley Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art   Photo © Timothy Hursley Moshe Safdie was nibbling crab cakes in the recently completed, 150,000-square-foot glass-and-concrete headquarters he designed for the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. Moshe Safdie was nibbling crab cakes in the recently completed, 150,000-square-foot glass-and-concrete headquarters he designed for the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C.

]]> institute-of-peace.asp Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/2336-a-permanent-home-for-peace United States Institute of Peace   The southeast facade is the public entrance to the Peace Institute.   Photo © Timothy Hursley United States Institute of Peace . View of southwest facade.   Photo © Timothy Hursley United States Institute of Peace   View of the National Mall.   Photo © Timothy Hursley United States Institute of Peace   View of south facade.   Photo © Timothy Hursley United States Institute of Peace   View of south facade.   Photo © Timothy Hursley United States Institute of Peace   The smaller of two, this atrium, lined with window-walled offices, faces the Potomac River and is a more secluded gathering space for institute employees.   Photo © Timothy Hursley United States Institute of Peace   Lobby.   Photo © Timothy Hursley Weeks before its grand opening, Safdie gives a behind-the-scenes tour of Alice Walton’s museum of American art. crystal-bridges-museum.asp Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/2328-first-look-moshe-safdies-crystal-bridges-museum Moshe Safdie's Crystal Bridges Museum   One of the ponds at the Crystal Bridges Museum—filled with muddy water following a torrential rain storm—seen in an iPhone photo by Safdie.   Photo courtesy Moshe Safdie Moshe Safdie's Crystal Bridges Museum   A view of the Crystal Bridges Museum in a photo shot by Moshe Safdie with his iPhone.   Photo courtesy Moshe Safdie Moshe Safdie's Crystal Bridges Museum   One of the Crystal Bridges Museum's pavilions.   Photo © Fred Bernstein Moshe Safdie's Crystal Bridges Museum   Safdie leads a tour of the museum.   Photo © Fred Bernstein After 40 years of building libraries, museums and government buildings around the world, Moshe Safdie may still be best known for Habitat 67, his experimental “town” of stacked housing units in Montreal. After 40 years of building libraries, museums and government buildings around the world, Moshe Safdie may still be best known for Habitat 67, his experimental “town” of stacked housing units in Montreal.

]]> 110407-safdie.asp Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/2172-moshe-safdie-designs-golden-dream-bay-in-qinhuangdao-china Moshe Safide Designs Golden Dream Bay   Moshe Safdie and his firm used their 40-year-old Habitat 67 project in Montreal, Canada, as the inspiration for their 2,400-unit housing development in Qinhuangdao, which will have apartments framing giant 20-story 'windows.'   Rendering courtesy of Safdie Architects Moshe Safide Designs Golden Dream Bay   Moshe Safdie and his firm used their 40-year-old Habitat 67 project in Montreal, Canada, as the inspiration for their 2,400-unit housing development in Qinhuangdao, which will have apartments framing giant 20-story 'windows.'   Rendering courtesy of Safdie Architects Moshe Safide Designs Golden Dream Bay   Moshe Safdie and his firm used their 40-year-old Habitat 67 project in Montreal, Canada, as the inspiration for their 2,400-unit housing development in Qinhuangdao, which will have apartments framing giant 20-story 'windows.'   Rendering courtesy of Safdie Architects Moshe Safide Designs Golden Dream Bay   Moshe Safdie and his firm used their 40-year-old Habitat 67 project in Montreal, Canada, as the inspiration for their 2,400-unit housing development in Qinhuangdao, which will have apartments framing giant 20-story 'windows.'   Rendering courtesy of Safdie Architects Moshe Safide Designs Golden Dream Bay   Safdie and his firm developed a number of alternative schemes for reinventing Habitat 67, including one they called the Undulating Membrane.   Rendering courtesy of Safdie Architects Moshe Safide Designs Golden Dream Bay   The Urban Window scheme became the basis of the Qinhuangdao project.   Rendering courtesy of Safdie Architects Moshe Safide Designs Golden Dream Bay   The Urban Window scheme became the basis of the Qinhuangdao project.   Rendering courtesy of Safdie Architects Moshe Safide Designs Golden Dream Bay   The Urban Window scheme became the basis of the Qinhuangdao project.   Rendering courtesy of Safdie Architects Moshe Safide Designs Golden Dream Bay   Safdie and his firm developed a Vertically Stacked scheme.   Rendering courtesy of Safdie Architects Moshe Safide Designs Golden Dream Bay   Safdie and his firm developed a Vertically Stacked scheme.   Rendering courtesy of Safdie Architects Moshe Safide Designs Golden Dream Bay   Safdie and his firm developed a scheme they called the 4-A Frame.   Rendering courtesy of Safdie Architects Moshe Safide Designs Golden Dream Bay   Safdie and his firm developed a scheme they called the Rhomboid.   Model photo courtesy of John Horner In a residential area of​ Del Mar, California, the architects designed a police station ​that successfully avoids the institutional aesthetic.​ http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12132 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12132-northwestern-division-police-substation-by-safdie-architects Photo © Brian Lima Photography Photo © Brian Lima Photography Photo © Brian Lima Photography Image courtesy Jeff Katz Architecture In 2000, California State Parks (CSP) spent just over $41 million acquiring 57 rolling acres for parkland after citizens of Culver City, California, had protested a planned residential development on the site. In 2000, California State Parks (CSP) spent just over $41 million acquiring 57 rolling acres for parkland after citizens of Culver City, California, had protested a planned residential development on the site.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12127 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12127-baldwin-hills Photo © Undine Pröhl Photo © Undine Pröhl Image courtesy Safdie Rabines Architects