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The Venice Architecture Biennale’s Optimistic Vision of the Future

Tim Abrahams

June 16, 2021

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This year's Venice Architecture Biennale had a strong sense of either recent history or the need to plan for our future.

Review of 'Built Up'

By Patrice Derrington

Julie Anne Hoffmann

June 7, 2021

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Real-estate developers have a reputation for valuing profit over contributing to the urban fabric. Patrice Derrington traces and critiques the evolution of the practices that guide their decision-making.

Review of 'Megastructure: Urban Futures of the Recent Past'

By Reyner Banham

Anthony Vidler

May 6, 2021

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A reprint of Reyner Banham’s historical survey provides insight into the aims behind what was called the “megastructural” movement.

Review of 'Unless: The Seagram Building Construction Ecology'

By Kiel Moe

Eric Höweler, AIA

May 6, 2021

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This critical assessment of Mies van der Rohe's Modernist icon demolishes much of the building's mythology.

Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Cosmic Nature’ Delights at NYBG

Kara Mavros

May 4, 2021

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The new exhibition by the Japanese artist is on view through October at New York Botanical Garden.

Review of 'Shared Structures, Private Spaces: Housing in Mexico'

By Fernanda Canales

Florian Idenburg

April 8, 2021

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Mexico City–based architect Fernanda Canales chronicles an extensive collection of housing projects across the country.

Review of 'My House Is Better Than Your House'

By Nader Tehrani

Stella Betts

April 7, 2021

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Architects Nader Tehrani and Preston Scott Cohen debate the design of the house at a disciplinary level.

The Legacy of Racism in the Making of Cities and Communities

Alicia Olushola Ajayi

March 18, 2021

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Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness, at MoMA, interrogates the past while imagining a liberated future.

Review of 'Our Days Are Like Full Years: A Memoir with Letters from Louis Kahn'

By Harriet Pattison

March 9, 2021

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A handsomely illustrated volume of Kahn’s love letters during the last 15 years of his complicated—and architecturally triumphant—life, salted with photographs, sketches, and personal memories.

Building a New World and Avant Garde as Method.

Review of 'Building a new New World: Amerikanizm in Russian Architecture' and 'Avant-Garde as Method: Vkhutemas and the Pedagogy of Space, 1920–1930'

By Jean-Louis Cohen; Anna Bokov

Eric Mumford

March 8, 2021

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Historians shed light on Soviet Design and pedagogy in two new books.

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Three Books on Frank Lloyd Wright

In celebration of the architect's 150th birthday, RECORD reviews three new books on Frank Lloyd Wright's life and work:

The Guggenheim: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Iconoclastic Masterpiece, by Francesco Dal Co
An Organic Architecture: The Architecture of Democracy, by Frank Lloyd Wright, with a new introduction by Andrew Saint
Travels with Frank Lloyd Wright: The First Global Architect, by Gwyn Lloyd Jones

Scroll through the slideshow below to read a mini-review of each.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 IACET CEU
May qualify for learning hours through most Canadian architectural associations

This course examines fire-rated glass door systems and how they can safeguard areas of egress while supporting a wide range of design goals.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 IACET CEU
May qualify for learning hours through most Canadian architectural associations

You will learn about how lighting and open-air ventilation promotes healthier and more effective learning with the advantages of operable glass walls over fixed walls.

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The Venice Architecture Biennale’s Optimistic Vision of the Future

Review of 'Built Up'

Review of 'Megastructure: Urban Futures of the Recent Past'

Review of 'Unless: The Seagram Building Construction Ecology'

Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Cosmic Nature’ Delights at NYBG

Review of 'Shared Structures, Private Spaces: Housing in Mexico'

Review of 'My House Is Better Than Your House'

The Legacy of Racism in the Making of Cities and Communities

Review of 'Our Days Are Like Full Years: A Memoir with Letters from Louis Kahn'

Review of 'Building a new New World: Amerikanizm in Russian Architecture' and 'Avant-Garde as Method: Vkhutemas and the Pedagogy of Space, 1920–1930'

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Three Books on Frank Lloyd Wright

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