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The Bauhaus may have been short-lived in Germany, but its reach was long.

"The Bauhaus is the Keith Richards of design schools," writes John Ronan. "Influential, legendary, and stubbornly refusing to die." In this essay, the Chicago-based architect asks why we are still talking about the Bauhaus—and why no design school in the intervening century has superseded its influence.

In this special section, RECORD takes a long look into the short-lived school—which had a lasting influence as part of the larger Modernist project.

With the 2022 FIFA World Cup imminent, Qatar is on a tear to reshape its capital, building stand-out architecture and legacy infrastructure that will shape the city for decades.

Swiss architect Peter Zumthor’s controversial design for LACMA has turned into Los Angeles’ most serious cultural issue in the last decade, writes commentator Joseph Giovannini.

Single-family dwellings used to outrank other buildings in the architectural canon. No more.