This month, RECORD explores civic architecture across a variety of building types, ranging from a Holocaust memorial in Milan to a hockey arena in Zurich.

A memorial in Milan’s central station retraces the journey many took to Nazi extermination camps.

The well-being of first responders shapes the design of a fire station in a fast-growing Cedar Rapids suburb.

Known for rural houses, the Nova Scotia–based firm redefines urbanism in its downtown backyard.

By dressing a box with a textile-like concrete facade, the designers create an unconventional new home for the ZSC Lions.

The subterranean display within the floor of Sweden's national center for architecture and design presents an "archaeological excavation" of the work of the Stockholm-based studio and 2009 Design Vanguard.

The recently refurbished house museums of painters Sir Frederick Leighton and Thomas Gainsborough let art and life intermingle.

Inspired by Stowe’s early ski-lodge vernacular, the architects perched the house gently on the site, eschewing the excesses of resort culture.

The T Building, formerly the Triboro Hospital for Tuberculosis, was rehabilitated by Dunn Development, SLCE, Old Structures Engineering, and architectural conservator Mary Kay Judy.