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Resources on Race and Architecture from the Architectural League of New York

June 12, 2020

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Resources for reading and viewing on race and architecture, compiled by Mario Gooden, with Mabel O. Wilson and the Architectural League staff

Review of "The Iconic Interior: 1900 to the Present"

By Dominic Bradbury

Wendy Moonan

June 10, 2020

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British design journalist Dominic Bradbury presents 100 influential residential interiors.

Photographic Portfolio: Nic Lehoux

June 4, 2020

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See images from the West Vancouver Art Museum's early 2020 exhibition "Presence & Absence: Nic Lehoux and Attilio Fiumarella."

Review of 'Building America: The Life of Benjamin Henry Latrobe'

By Jean H. Baker

Richard Korman

May 14, 2020

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This compendium explores the career of "America’s first architect and engineer."

Nine New and Notable Design Books

Suzanne Stephens

May 13, 2020

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A roundup of publications highlights new findings about the past and present.

Review of 'Villa of Delirium'

By Adrien Goetz

Suzanne Stephens

April 10, 2020

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Adrien Goetz’s fictionalized history of the actual Villa Kerylos on the French Riviera demonstrates both a convincing commitment to facts and a dramatic ability to animate characters, events, and settings of the past.

Review of 'Edgy Architecture: Living in the Most Impossible Places'

By Agata Toromanoff

Josephine Minutillo

April 8, 2020

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The projects in Agata Toromanoff's new book are experimental, avant-garde, but also edgy in the literal sense, as in built on an edge.

Review of 'Le Corbusier Paper Models: 10 Kirigami Buildings to Cut and Fold'

By Marc Hagan-Guirey

Linda C. Lentz

April 7, 2020

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Hone your knife skills, and you can recreate semblances of 10 works of the Modernist master with this challenging collection of model templates devised by British paper artist Marc Hagan-Guirey.

Review of 'The Urban Fix: Resilient Cities in the War Against Climate Change, Heat Islands and Overpopulation'

By Douglas Kelbaugh

Aleksandr Bierig

February 13, 2020

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Douglas Kelbaugh argues that cities are a frontline in the “war” against climate change and need to be reoriented through urban planning and design.

Review of 'The Museum Is Not Enough'

By Canadian Centre for Architecture

Cynthia Davidson

February 11, 2020

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A book from the Canadian Centre for Architecture grapples with the question: What is the architecture museum’s role?

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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.

The New Wood: Carbon, Technology, and Craft

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

Wood, one of the oldest construction materials, is undergoing a high-tech makeover. Architects are increasingly looking to timber for its ability to store carbon, but also for its compatibility with digital design, sophisticated engineering, and precision fabrication. Join Architectural Record and a panel of experts to explore timber projects making the most of these techniques to push structural limits, create unexpected forms, and reinterpret craft.

Architectural Record Innovation Conference

Architectural Record brings together key figures who are generating a range of creative solutions for the built environment today and into the future. From small scale interventions to large developments, the projects presented at the conference will highlight how shifting values, emerging technologies and new concepts are driving the future of architecture.

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Resources on Race and Architecture from the Architectural League of New York

Review of "The Iconic Interior: 1900 to the Present"

Photographic Portfolio: Nic Lehoux

Review of 'Building America: The Life of Benjamin Henry Latrobe'

Nine New and Notable Design Books

Review of 'Villa of Delirium'

Review of 'Edgy Architecture: Living in the Most Impossible Places'

Review of 'Le Corbusier Paper Models: 10 Kirigami Buildings to Cut and Fold'

Review of 'The Urban Fix: Resilient Cities in the War Against Climate Change, Heat Islands and Overpopulation'

Review of 'The Museum Is Not Enough'

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Three Books on Frank Lloyd Wright

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