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As citizens and officials remove statues across the country, RECORD speaks with architectural historians and preservationists about the role of such artifacts.

A new documentary on PBS explores the life and career of America's first female landscape architect.

Across the country, architecture offices are developing toolkits for safely reopening educational facilities.

The AIA reports that the Architecture Billings Index, a leading economic indicator for nonresidential construction activity, moderated slightly in May 2020.

After an extensive renovation, controversy once again dogs the Michael Graves–designed building, which may be delisted from the Historic Register due to the radical change of materials.

In architecture, where demographics skew toward white male homogeneity, many are beginning to interrogate the ways that systemic racism has shaped the profession and the built environment.

"We believe that removal may be necessary to achieve the greater good of ensuring racial justice and equality," said the organization in a statement.

With safety concerns at the forefront, architects are helping clients large and small to re-envision their open-plan, collaborative workspaces.

Breaking with Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, the school says it will move to two sites in Arizona owned by the Paolo Soleri–founded Cosanti Foundation.

From modular solutions and retrofits to strategies used in health-care facilities, design firms are exploring how to keep diners and food-service workers healthy.