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Architectural Record celebrates 125 years of publishing. Find essays, vintage covers, archival articles and more on this page.

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Snapshots from RECORD’s 125th Anniversary Gala

September 21, 2016
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RECORD celebrated its 125th anniversary with cocktails and dinner at New York’s landmark Metropolitan Club and toasted 125 top works of architecture built since 1891.


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My Favorite Building
Celebrating 125 Years: The Past

My Favorite Building

RECORD asked a dozen leading architects to tell us which single building had the biggest impact on their thinking and design. Some of their answers may surprise you.
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Fred A. Bernstein
September 1, 2016
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Click through the following slides to read about the favorite buildings of twelve preeminent architects: Norman Foster, Thom Mayne , Richard Meier, Denise Scott Brown + Robert Venturi, Frank Gehry, Rafael Moneo, Fumihiko Maki, Jacques Herzog, Renzo Piano, Tadao Ando, and Toyo Ito.
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Celebrating 125 Years: The Past

RECORD’s Top 125 Buildings

A selection of the most significant works that defined architecture in our era.
September 1, 2016
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To commemorate architectural record’s 125th anniversary, our editors have chosen to honor 125 of the most important works of architecture built since the magazine’s founding in 1891.


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Across the Decades with Architectural Record

Across the Decades with Architectural Record

A trio of editors discuss the changing world as reflected in the magazine’s pages.
September 1, 2016
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To mark record’s 125th anniversary, the two living former editors in chief joined me for a conversation about record’s past and present.


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Visions of the Future
Celebrating 125 Years: Looking Forward

Visions of the Future

A group of prominent architects discuss their forecasts for the decades ahead.
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Fred A. Bernstein
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Josephine Minutillo
September 1, 2016
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Click through the following slides to read some forward-looking thoughts from Patrik Schumacher, Odile Decq, David Adjaye, Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill, Bjarke Ingels, Alejandro Aravena, Tatiana Bilbao, Toshiko Mori, Díebédo Francis Kéré, Gregg Pasquerelli, Shohei Shigematsu, Jeanne Gang, Greg Lynn, Meng Yan, and Sou Fujimoto.


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25 Cult Classics Collage
Celebrating 125 Years: The Past

25 Cult Classics

Lesser-known architectural landmarks acclaimed by various scholars and critics.
September 1, 2016
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A cluster of buildings cited by critics and historians for the “Top 125 Buildings” since 1891 didn’t make it onto our final list.


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The Road Ahead
Celebrating 125 Years: Looking Forward

The Road Ahead: Driverless Vehicles, Cities, and Architecture

Autonomous vehicles are on their way—but what will their arrival mean for density and sprawl?
Sarah Amelar
September 1, 2016
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The race to develop driverless vehicles is zooming full-speed ahead, engaging all the major car companies—as well as Google X, Apple, and various start-ups. 


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Material Futures
Celebrating 125 Years: Looking Forward

Material Futures

Designers and architects are going back to basics to develop an innovative palette of building blocks for generations to come.
Bradley Quinn
September 1, 2016
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Materials have undergone a radical transformation.


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25 Lost Treasures Collage
Celebrating 125 Years: The Past

25 Lost Treasures

Too many significant works of architecture from the last 125 years have been demolished or changed so radically as to be unrecognizable.
Robert A.M. Stern
September 1, 2016
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As an architect committed to the preservation of buildings from the near as well as the distant past, I have come to the conclusion that the architecture profession as a whole is not often as committed as I am.


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Changing Course
Celebrating 125 Years: Looking Forward

Changing Course in Architecture Academia

Architectural education is diversifying, with more options for students.
Jonathan Massey
September 1, 2016
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Walk into any of the 154 architecture schools certified by the National Architectural Accrediting Board and you are likely to encounter students working long hours in the design studio, learning their craft in small groups through desk crits and pinups.


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Record Houses Through the Years

Check out covers of Record Houses from 1956 to present, then vote for your favorite!

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Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West, 1958

Mildred F. Schmertz took these photos of Frank Lloyd Wright and members of the Taliesin Fellowship in February 1958, just fourteen months before the architect's death at age 89. They were included in the article "Frank Lloyd Wright: A Selection of Current Work" (RECORD, May 1958). Schmertz served as associate and senior editor before becoming the first female editor in chief of Architectural Record. View the images as a PDF.

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View vintage RECORD covers from throughout our 125 years. Check back each month for new additions!

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