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Civic Architecture 2024

June 3, 2024

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This month, RECORD explores civic architecture across a variety of building types.

Civic Architecture 2024

KieranTimberlake Transforms D.C.'s Folger Shakespeare Library

Josephine Minutillo

June 3, 2024

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A nearly century-old library steps up its role as a cultural institution by expanding below grade and becoming accessible to all.

Civic Architecture 2024

A Church and Community Center by Elding Oscarson Prizes Simplicity Over Spectacle

Gothenburg, Sweden

Leopoldo Villardi

June 3, 2024

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A new spiritual home for a Pentecostal congregation in Gothenburg, Sweden, balances sacred and secular aesthetics.

Civic Architecture 2024

In Springdale, Arkansas, Duvall Decker Designs a Civic Beacon on a Budget

Springdale, Arkansas

Matt Hickman

June 3, 2024

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The complex unites several once-scattered municipal entities, including a district court and city council chambers, at a single site near the heart of a fast-growing Northwest Arkansas community.

In Focus

New Standards Shape a Series of New Embassies and Consulates Representing the U.S. Abroad

James Gauer

June 1, 2024

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As global diplomacy evolves, complexes in Mozambique, Italy, Sri Lanka, and Qatar reflect stringent demands for both security and sustainability.

First Look

Quinn Evans Recharges Detroit’s Michigan Central Station for a Second Life

Detroit

Matthew Marani

June 1, 2024

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Painstaking material restoration guided the landmark building’s transformation—from a symbol of urban blight to the heart of a forward-looking innovation district.

In Tulum, a Handcrafted Residential Compound by Sordo Madaleno Models Mindful Development

Pansy Schulman

May 31, 2024

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The firm showcases how high-end development can sustainably accommodate the coastal Mexican city’s exploding population and tourism industry.

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Newark Urby Repurposes an 18-Story Parking Garage for Rental Apartments

Matthew Marani

May 30, 2024

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Dutch firm Concrete deftly carves out living and communal spaces within a former automated parking tower.

SuperBungalows, a New Cross-Laminated Timber Apartment Building, is a Los Angeles First

Russell Fortmeyer

May 23, 2024

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Start-up SuperLA seeks to raise the quality of rental housing in the city while finding ways to streamline its infamously cumbersome development process.

Ennead's Mass-Timber Apartment Building in Austin Pioneers ‘Productized’ Housing

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

May 20, 2024

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The 24-unit complex is the first project completed by Juno, a Texas startup promoting a novel approach to construction informed by the manufacturing principles of consumer electronics.