Named for life's marathon-like challenges, the playful 26 Point 2 apartment complex in Long Beach, California, provides residents with communal spaces and on-site services.
RECORD talks with Ann Philbin, longtime director of the Hammer who is stepping down next year, and Maltzan, a featured speaker at the upcoming Los Angeles edition of Record on the Road on November 13.
The shortlisted designs—from David Chipperfield Architects, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Johnston Marklee, Michael Maltzan Architecture, Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, and Weiss/Manfredi—are now open for public comment.
The six newly announced finalist teams will participate in a public forum in May ahead of showcasing their plans to revamp the Texas institution at an exhibition this summer.
The central gallery in the 50,000-square-foot Moody Center for the Arts at Houston’s Rice University is used for dance performances and social functions as well as traveling art exhibitions.