Architects must often feel invisible. Look at news articles about new buildings or real-estate deals and notice how rarely they are cited for their designs.

Infrastructure doesn’t just mean big-muscle projects like highways and airports.

We were wrapping up this issue of Architectural Record in the days after the most divisive national election in living memory.

Anyone who attended the symposium for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture last month couldn’t miss the irony that it was held in Dubai.

When many of us went to college, no matter how beautiful the campus, the dining hall was for dining only, with few choices on offer; the snack bars served bad coffee; the gym was generic with old equipment.

I grew up during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and, like many others of my generation, I like to think I am well-informed about the history of race in the United States.

I am writing this letter in a setting that is soon to be obsolete—a small private office assigned just to me, sitting at an L-shaped desk, with a few photographs, mementos, and the odd quotation pinned to the wall.

To be in Venice for this year’s Architectural Biennale is to face an inevitable irony.

The architects of a number of striking projects featured in this month’s record have radically reimagined new spaces within existing structures.

We at RECORD were deep into preparing this month’s issue when the startling, sad news broke of Zaha Hadid’s death at age 65.