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In Morocco, Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura Designs a Lecture Hall with a Deep-Green Auditorium at Its Core

Salé, Morocco

Leopoldo Villardi

August 13, 2024

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At UM6P's satellite campus near the country's capital of Rabat, the Barcelona-based atelier explores color and pure geometry.

Landscape

At UT Austin, Snøhetta’s Grove of Towering ‘Petals’ Transforms a Museum Campus

Austin

Jessie Temple

July 15, 2024

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A major landscape makeover reimagines the Blanton Museum of Art's grounds while providing improved gallery access to visitors.

Sports & Recreation 2024

Perkins&Will's No-Nonsense Tennis Center for Columbia University Adapts to Climate Challenges

New York City

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

July 1, 2024

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From innovative flood adaptation strategies to carefully considered materials, the courts balance practicality with thoughtful design.

Record Interiors 2024

An Adroit Revamp by Kwong Von Glinow Unifies a Chicago Art School's Library

Chicago

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

April 8, 2024

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Strategic interventions, such as a sculptural steel stair and double-height corridor, transform the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's disjointed Flaxman Library into a cohesive learning hub.

Energy Advancement and Innovation Center

Sustainability in Practice

A Luminous Lab at Ohio State Models Renewable Energy Strategies

Wanda Lau

April 1, 2024

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Smith-Miller+Hawkinson Architects' "living lab" incorporates a striking photovoltaic canopy and pioneering direct current systems.

Studio Gang Completes a Quartet of New Buildings in a Revamp of Kresge College at UC Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California

John King

December 7, 2023

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Three new residence halls and an academic center rise on a redwoods-cloaked California campus conceived by Charles Moore and William Turnbull Jr. in the 1960s.

Koning Eizenberg’s Student Pavilion at the University of Melbourne Emphasizes Socializing Over Studying

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

November 30, 2023

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Completed last year, the student hub features a food court, indoor and outdoor gathering spaces, and a library where magazines and popular fiction trump textbooks.

Timber Construction’s Past and Present Unite at ARO’s Milgard Hall on the UW Tacoma Campus

Matt Hickman

November 29, 2023

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Wrapped in brick and metal, the new mass-timber academic building serves students focused on STEM and business.

A Performance Venue at Brown University Gives the Arts Top Billing

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

November 27, 2023

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Revisit November’s cover story featuring a reconfigurable hall—five spaces in one—designed by REX to be used by all the performing arts.

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A New Home for the Arts and Sciences Opens at the University of Cincinnati

RECORD Editors

November 17, 2023

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LMN Architects, together with KZF Design, completes Clifton Court Hall as an academic and community hub for Ohio’s second-largest university.

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Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU; 1 IDCEC CEU/HSW

Science teaches us that matter moves from order to disorder. Amazingly, the same thing can happen to buildings! What once was sparkling and new can eventually slide into disrepair.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/Elective; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

Join managing editor Leopoldo Villardi for a follow-up conversation to September’s panel with three more of this year’s winners: Takk, Garnett.DePasquale, and Architensions.