Concrete jungle: why brutalist architecture is back in style
From Washington DC to London, concrete edifices aren’t to everyone’s taste, but they’re here to stay – and people have learned to love these sights
AN EXCLUSIVE: Getty Conservation Institute begins restoration of Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute
Restoring the luster of Louis Kahn.
Robert Polidori on Making Pictures, DIY Cities, and the Pull of India
Martin Pedersen interviews Robert Polidori
The Rogue Element: A Review of Richard Fernau’s “Improvisations on the Land: Houses of Fernau+Hartman”
Missed this in June. Worth reading.
David Baker Architects: Affordable Housing, Slower Streets
My pal Mark English posts an interview with another pal, David Baker.
A Modern Masterpiece, Restored — and Lived In
The L.A. designer Pamela Shamshiri recently brought her own historic R. M. Schindler house back to its original glory … and maybe, even, improved it.
Michael Murphy: Architecture that’s built to heal
This man talks about architecture in a way that makes sense.
Review: D.C.’s new African American museum is a bold challenge to traditional Washington architecture
Chris Hawthorne weighs in on the newest important building in DC.
Renovated Opera House a boon for the Bayview, but work remains
Good work from TEF Design, Knapp Architects, and Walter Hood.
Welcome to My House: Multifamily Housing
John King writes an essay on multifamily housing for Record. (Pal Owen Kennerly is mentioned!)
Leddy Maytum Stacy covers entire roof of Berkeley design centre with photovoltaics
The new building on UC Berkeley’s campus is a Maker Space for Interdisciplinary Design Innovation.
Has Jonathan Ive Designed Himself Out Of Existence?
He ushered in a great renaissance of industrial design—and helped accelerate its irrelevance.
Elmgreen & Dragset on Using Their Spectacular Art to Set Off a Quiet, Quizzical Revolution
Where art and architecture meet.
10 of Tel Aviv’s best examples of Bauhaus residential architecture
Tel Aviv is home to one of the best-preserved collections of Bauhaus.
Studio O+A Creates Colorful Nooks for Kimball Office’s Chicago Showroom
Part III of the Kimball Office Chicago location.
Architecture can feel like a paltry gesture in times like ours
Mimi Zeiger captures how I’m feeling.
Across the Decades with Architectural Record
A trio of editors discuss the changing world as reflected in the magazine’s pages.
Pushing Prefabrication
Our pal Russell Fortmeyer writes about prefab and includes another pal, David Baker.