Interviews

Architectural Record presents brief interviews with top newsmakers from the architecture world. From leading architects and designers, to noteworthy clients and policy makers, RECORD is constantly in conversation with the people shaping the profession.

ARTICLES

Interview with Incoming NOMA President Jason Pugh

Miriam Sitz

November 30, 2020

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The architect and planner spoke with RECORD about his 2021-2022 goals for the National Organization of Minority Architects.

Interview with Journalist Frances Anderton

Anna Fixsen

November 3, 2020

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The longtime host of the KCRW show DnA: Design and Architecture is leaving L.A.'s public radio station. She talks with RECORD about what's next.

nne Harris (left), Louis P. Nelson (center), and Damon Rich (right).

Architecture and Racism: A Conversation

October 22, 2020

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Two scholars and a practitioner explore the history and ongoing impact of whiteness and white supremacy in the built environment and in design education.

Interview with Designer-Activist De Nichols

Kara Mavros

September 29, 2020

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The St. Louis–based artist, educator, and 2020 Harvard GSD Loeb Fellow has been using her “visual voice” to condemn racial injustices for over a decade.

Interview with Page & Turnbull's Ruth Todd

Miriam Sitz

August 20, 2020

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The president of the San Francisco–based architecture, planning, and preservation firm spoke with RECORD about the complexities of preserving cultural heritage.

Interview with Glenn LaRue Smith

Kara Mavros

August 7, 2020

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The Washington, D.C.–based landscape architect speaks with RECORD about his career and latest initiative: the Black Landscape Architects Network.

Interview with Walter Hood on History and Race in Landscape Design

Cathleen McGuigan

August 4, 2020

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Editor in chief Cathleen McGuigan speaks with the landscape designer about his work in the public realm and his forthcoming book, 'Black Landscapes Matter.'

Three Architects Discuss Whiteness and Racism in the Built Environment

Cathleen McGuigan

July 30, 2020

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RECORD convened a panel of three professionals in practice and education—Mabel O. Wilson, Mario Gooden, and Justin Garrett Moore—to explore how racism has shaped, and operated within, the profession of architecture.

Interview with NOMA President Kimberly Dowdell

Miriam Sitz

April 20, 2020

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The Chicago-based architect spoke with RECORD about how systemic disparities have exacerbated COVID-19's effect on communities of color—and how the pandemic’s economic repercussions might impact the next generation of designers.