The long-planned building for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, designed by Pritzker Prize–laureate Peter Zumthor, has been an ongoing target of criticism. The museum is now punching back, with new renderings and a fact sheet.

After a decade of contention and adaptation, the memorial is finally opening as both a dramatic tribute to the war hero who became President and a jewel of public space.

A coworking tech campus in Midtown Manhattan draws from the building's glamorous past.

A tiny museum garden in Salem, Massachusetts, draws on Asian and American influences.

A building in Edmonton, Alberta, emphasizes translucency, linearity, and sustainability.

Amazon jump-starts the transformation of an underdeveloped commercial area in downtown Seattle with a new headquarters.

In St. Petersburg, Florida, a historic pier is redesigned for a new era.

Proving less is more, Carol Ross Barney's firm aims for net zero with a fast food flagship in Disney World.

RECORD interrogates the ways that racism is embedded in the profession—from the whiteness of our Eurocentric history and built environment to education, licensure, and practice.

Practices are starting to address discrimination, but the hard conversations—and fundamental changes—are just beginning.