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RECORD Returns to MIT for Second Annual Sustainability in Practice Conference

April 22, 2024

Climate-responsive design, circular construction, and PV-topped fast-food franchises were among the topics of conversation at the April 17th event.

Sustainability in Practice

The Tallest Tower in Boston’s Financial District Moves the Energy Performance Needle

Boston

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

April 2, 2024

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The 691-foot-tall Winthrop Center, by Millennium Partners and Handel Architects, also contains the world's largest Passive House office space.

Höweler + Yoon Aims for Box Office Gold with an Ambitious Expansion to a Boston-area Landmark

Brookline, Massachusetts

A. Krista Sykes

February 7, 2024

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Packed with film references, the Coolidge Corner Theatre's addition primes the nonprofit art house cinema for its next century of operation.

Logan Airport's Flashy New Terminal Offers Hidden Calm

Boston

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

January 16, 2024

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Within AECOM and Luis Vidal + Architects' lipstick-red airport terminal in Boston is a stress-free environment, with ample daylight and finishes rendered primarily in white.

MIT’s New Campus Gateway Doubles as a Subway Headhouse

Leopoldo Villardi

January 8, 2024

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The geometric ensemble by NADAAA and Perkins&Will acknowledges the needs and motivations of both the institute and the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority.

Höweler + Yoon Completes a Trio of Residential Buildings in Boston

Boston

Eric Höweler, FAIA

October 10, 2023

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Eric Höweler writes about the various approaches to design and construction taken on a series of projects aimed at increasing housing density.

RECORD Launches Sustainability in Practice Summit in Boston

RECORD Editors

June 27, 2023

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The half-day event was the first in a series of conferences focusing on integrating sustainability into architectural practice.

Design Vanguard 2023: Studio J. Jih

Boston

A. Krista Sykes

June 1, 2023

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According to firm principal J. Jih, whose studio works out of a converted warehouse in Boston’s South End arts district, architecture is a place “to dissect value, encounter the values of others, and continually evolve one’s own values.”

February 2023: Dates and Events

Pansy Schulman

February 16, 2023

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This month's dates and events includes an exhibition of the colorful work of British-Nigerian artist and designer Yinka Ilori at the Design Museum in London.

MASS Design Group and Hank Thomas Willis's 'The Embrace' Unveiled at the Boston Common

MASS Design Group and Hank Willis Thomas Unveil Boston Memorial to MLK and Coretta Scott King

Ilana Herzig

January 18, 2023

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The Embrace, a large-scale bronze sculpture conceived by the nonprofit architecture collective and the Brooklyn-based artist, is met with mixed reviews.