My Worst Project Never Killed Anyone
Our value is not just in the total square footage that we produce, but in the role we play in ensuring that the built environment is healthy, humane, beautiful, productive,
Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport to become Germany’s largest refugee camp
Berlin is to extend the refugee camp at the decommissioned Tempelhof Airport, making room for 7,000 people in and around one of the German capital’s most iconic buildings.
Architect Laurence Quinn welcomes us to his renovated Barbican home
Here is an almost perfect apartment. I would add a few colorful rugs and some more art. But it’s my kind of pad.
Noe House / Studio VARA
Gorgeous photos by our pal Bruce Damonte of a local Noe Valley house by Studio VARA. I think they are one to watch.
Bachor fills unsightly city potholes with vibrant glass and marble mosaics
About three years ago, Jim Bachor began to beautify the streets of his native Chicago by filling the city’s potholes with vibrant glass and marble mosaics.
Postcard from Baltimore: Beauty and Struggle
Baltimore may epitomize America’s arc. Flying high during the booming industrial age and trying to reinvent itself forever afterwards—all at a great human cost. Visiting Baltimore in the middle of
S.F. planners back bold original vision for Mid-Market project
San Francisco’s Mid-Market — that long-blighted zone now starting to boom — has just survived a narrow escape.
Myra Hoefer Design and David Baker Architects Renovate Hotel Healdsburg
Our pals at David Baker Architects return to the Hotel Healdsburg.
Gordon Parks Arts Hall / Valerio Dewalt Train Associates
Gordon Parks Arts Hall is a symbol of many things.
LACMA gets gravity-defying John Lautner-designed home featured in ‘The Big Lebowski’
Good news for fans of John Lautner.
Step Inside the Studio Apartment of Le Corbusier in Paris
This was one of the highlights from our last trip to Paris.
Ai Weiwei Wraps Berlin’s Konzerthaus With 14,000 Refugee Life Jackets
Over the past month, Ai Weiwei has been working from the Greek island of Lesvos, where thousands of refugees land after battling the harsh and unrelenting sea.
A legacy of Bangladeshi architecture on show at the Dhaka Art Summit
Part of the second edition of the Dhaka Art Summit, a look at the legacy of modernist architects Muzharul Islam and Louis Kahn, alongside the role of architecture in building
Missing Buildings: Thom and Beth Atkinson document the scars left on London by the Blitz
What’s missing is what’s there.
Close Up: David Ireland’s 500 Capp Street Project
David Wessel and his team at ARGCS put back together a piece of art and architecture.
Architects Look Forward and Back at Boston City Hall and Plaza
Boston City Hall architect Michael McKinnell and others debated possible futures for Boston City Hall and its adjacent plaza at a recent BSA forum.
Modernity and the Monument: Renovating the Ford Foundation
A legendary landmark of architecture showcased in RECORD in 1968 faces a controversial interior renovation.
MoMA’s New Expansion Plan: Another Reality Check for Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Once again, with the recent revisions to the Museum of Modern Art’s expansion plans, Diller Scofidio + Renfro‘s transgressively creative but farfetched architectural follies have been (mercifully) abandoned.
Blair Kamin on the Chicago Biennial, George Lucas, and the magic of Jeanne Gang
Martin Pedersen talks with Chicago Tribune’s architecture critic Blair Kamin.
The Bad Deed That Robbed Compton Avenue Of Its Most Iconic Church
An amazing story about a church designed by RM Schindler.
Estate of Grace: Confronting Privilege and Possibility at SANAA’s Grace Farms
Grace Farms a New Canaan, Connecticut architectural treasure.
PG&E Mission Substation
TEF Design revitalizes a PG+E substation and returns it to its original glory.