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New Design Initiative Aims to Elevate Asian and Pacific Islander Leadership

A Rising Tide, a new API collective, plans to host a series of events and launch an online design directory

June 8, 2022

Co-founded by nine API designers including Billie Tsien, the group promotes greater leadership representation at a time of rising anti-Asian hate crimes.

Top 300 U.S. Architecture Firms of 2022

Gensler, Perkins&Will, and HDR continue to top annual ranking by revenue

Izzy Kornblatt

June 8, 2022

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Gensler, Perkins&Will, and HDR continue a three-year streak atop Architectural Record’s annual ranking of the top 300 American architecture firms by revenue.

Aga Khan Award for Architecture Announces 2022 Shortlist

Pansy Schulman

June 3, 2022

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A post office rehabilitation by Studio Anne Holtrop in Bahrain, a university library by RMA Architects in India, and a wind tower by AGi Architects in Kuwait City are among the finalists.

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June 2022: Dates and Events

Pansy Schulman

June 3, 2022

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This month, ongoing exhibitions include "American Framing" at Chicago's Wrightwood 659 and a MVRDV-designed horticultural expo in Almere, Holland.

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“Laboratory of the Future” Will Be the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale Theme

Curated by Lesley Lokko, next year’s Biennale will center around Africa

Izzy Kornblatt

June 1, 2022

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Next year’s Biennale, curated by Lesley Lokko, will explore the twin imperatives of decolonization and decarbonization and center around Africa.

June 2022 Editor's Letter: The Climate Crisis Meets Social Justice

Cathleen McGuigan

May 31, 2022

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Two complicated movements intertwine, locally and globally, with shared goals essential to saving the earth.

Simone Leigh's “Sovereignty” Explores Colonial Histories at the Venice Biennale

Leigh is the first Black woman to present a solo exhibition at the biennale’s U.S. pavilion

Ilana Herzig

May 25, 2022

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Leigh’s sculptural pieces investigate colonial histories, Black feminist representation, and power objects of the African diaspora.

DESIGN:ED Podcast: Annabelle Selldorf

RECORD Editors

May 24, 2022

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Annabelle Selldorf, principal at Selldorf Architects, joins the podcast to discuss the process of designing San Diego’s Museum of Contemporary Art, her firm’s work at London’s National Gallery, and finding her way to architecture through the New York art scene.

Farshid Moussavi: “Architecture Is Like Sailing on an Unknown Sea”

An interview with this year's Jane Drew Prize recipient

Izzy Kornblatt

May 23, 2022

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RECORD spoke with the 2022 Jane Drew Prize recipient about the need to rethink housing, linking academic research and practice, and new work.

Frida Escobedo on Designing the Met’s New Wing and Building Communal Spaces

Ilana Herzig

May 20, 2022

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The Mexican architect known for blurring the boundaries of art and architecture will soon take on the design of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new modern and contemporary wing.