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Yale Turns to the Deep South for the Exhibition, ‘The Tuskegee Chapel: Paul Rudolph × Fry & Welch’

March 21, 2025

Famous for its associations with the architect, the Yale School of Architecture’s current show explores his seminal work completed in 1969 at an Alabama HBCU.

‘Hans Hollein transFORMS’ Opens at the Centre Pompidou

Andrew Ayers

March 18, 2025

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The Pompidou’s final architecture exhibition before it closes for renovations displays a career-spanning trove of the mischievous Austrian’s highly varied output, which runs the gamut from radical provocations to PoMo puckishness.

Books

A New Biography Captures Franklin D. Israel’s Brief but Influential Career

Review: ‘Franklin D. Israel: A Life in Architecture,’ by Todd Gannon

Peter Stamberg Paul Aferiat

February 21, 2025

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Todd Gannon’s intimate portrait chronicles the architect’s profound influence on American architecture before his untimely death in 1996.

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Save the Roundhouse? A Case for Demolition

Diana Lind

February 20, 2025

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While preservationists endeavor to adapt and reuse Philadelphia’s former police headquarters, Diana Lind argues for a clean slate.

RECORD Forum

Erasure, Reconstruction, and Standardization: Architecture After Conflict

Alberto Martínez García

February 7, 2025

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Wartime destruction, and the rebuilding that follows, can diminish architectural complexity, writes Alberto Martínez García.

‘Touristic Intents’ Ponders the ‘Guilt’ of Buildings with Difficult Histories

Dante A. Ciampaglia

January 31, 2025

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Mat Rappaport’s documentary focuses on the redevelopment of Prora, a colossal, never-completed seaside resort initiated by the Nazi Party.

A New Exhibition at MoMA Showcases Change-Stimulating Design Objects

Ian Volner

January 27, 2025

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With each piece representing an ‘enzyme necessary in our evolution,’ everything from Post-its to Spanx are on display in ‘Pirouette: Turning Points in Design.’

Countdown to 2030: Architecture and Planning Beyond Politics

Edward Mazria, FAIA

January 23, 2025

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‘The transformation of our built environment currently underway stands as one of the most remarkable yet understated stories in the fight against climate change and despair,’ writes Architecture 2030 founder Edward Mazria.

Books

‘Assembly by Design’ Challenges the Accepted Story behind the Design of UN Headquarters in New York

Review: ‘Assembly by Design: The United Nations and Its Global Interior’ by Olga Touloumi

Anthony Paletta

January 13, 2025

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Olga Touloumi’s book reveals how bureaucrats and technical advisors—not star architects—helped shape the design of the United Nations complex, with broadcast media top of mind.