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Architectural Record’s 2020 Innovation Conference Showcases a Prestigious Lineup of Speakers

Kara Mavros

October 21, 2020

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This year’s virtual event will be held on October 27–28, 2020. Registration is free.

New Poll Shows Americans Prefer Classical Architecture for Federal Buildings

Laura Raskin

October 19, 2020

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The National Civic Art Society's findings are surprising given the backlash to a possible new Executive Order which RECORD uncovered in February.

NOMA’s 2020 Conference Commences Online

Kara Mavros

October 15, 2020

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During the event, architect Jason Pugh will be inducted as the organization's next president.

Review of 'Modern Architecture and Climate: Design Before Air Conditioning'

By Daniel A. Barber

Russell Fortmeyer

October 8, 2020

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Architecture’s past could be a key to a more climate-friendly future, which is the case the architectural historian Daniel A. Barber makes in his new book.

Watch: Video Honors 2020 Pritzker Laureates

October 7, 2020

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A short film celebrating Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara features a host of prominent architects, past laureates, and jury members.

Review of 'Hans Scharoun and the Development of Small Apartment Floor Plans: The Residential High-Rises Romeo and Julia 1954–1959'

By Markus Peter and Ulrike Tillmann

Josephine Minutillo

October 7, 2020

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Every now and then, an architecture book comes along that reminds you of all the things you love about architecture.

Lesley Lokko Explains Her Resignation from City College of New York's Spitzer School of Architecture

October 5, 2020

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The widely acclaimed educator and global design leader, who was appointed dean in June 2019, told RECORD about her decision to resign.

Commentary: Decarceration and Designing to Divest

Garrett Jacobs

Deanna Van Buren

October 5, 2020

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How do architects, designers, and planners help divest from systems of oppression and instead invest in the communities and people most negatively affected, ask Deanna Van Buren and Garrett Jacobs of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces.

October Editor's Letter: The Survival of Cities, Mankind's Greatest Invention

Cathleen McGuigan

October 2, 2020

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Cities have survived wars, depressions, and natural disasters—and they can survive Covid too.

Studio Gang’s twisting new 39-story Mira residential tower.

The Future of San Francisco's Transbay District

John King

October 2, 2020

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Tech offices are dark and storefronts are empty. But, as residential towers by Studio Gang and OMA show, the future of San Francisco’s new mixed-use district is planned for diversity and affordability.