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Izzy Kornblatt

Izzy Kornblatt is a contributing editor at Architectural Record and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the history and theory of architecture at Yale University. Originally from Massachusetts, he studied philosophy at Swarthmore College and design studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He has contributed to several books, published in a variety of publications, and curated two exhibitions, among other projects.

Tribute: Thomas Moser (1935–2025)

Izzy Kornblatt

March 9, 2025

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Based in Maine, the furniture designer and self-taught woodworker offered contemporary, functionalist interpretations of Shaker designs.

In Memoir, Larry Silverstein Provides an Insider's View of Ground Zero's Transformation

Review: The Rising: The Twenty-Year Battle to Rebuild the World Trade Center by Larry Silverstein

Izzy Kornblatt

August 5, 2024

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The 93-year-old New York developer's retelling of his role in the World Trade Center's rebirth offers some real-estate insight, but avoids personal introspection.

Kris Yao | Artech’s New Taipei City Art Museum Bridges Art and Community

Taipei

Izzy Kornblatt

July 10, 2024

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The design challenges traditional museum typologies, seamlessly integrating galleries, artist studios, and public spaces to create a dynamic cultural hub.

RECORD Forum

Safe Space: A Pair of New Holocaust Museums Illustrate a Shift in the Architecture of Atrocity

Izzy Kornblatt

June 3, 2024

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Memorials and museums are moving from confrontation to comfort, diluting the past's potency.

Tribute: Kurt W. Forster (1935–2024)

Izzy Kornblatt

February 5, 2024

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The Zürich-born historian taught at Yale and Princeton among other institutions, and served as the inaugural director of the Getty Research Institute.

In Portugal, Brandão Costa Arquitectos Tops a Bus Terminal With an Elevated Walkway

Porto, Portugal

Izzy Kornblatt

January 11, 2024

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The Campanhã Intermodal Terminal stitches together heterogenous landscapes on the edge of Porto.

RECORD Forum

The Las Vegas Sphere and the Promise of a New Earth

Izzy Kornblatt

December 1, 2023

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Forum: Izzy Kornblatt looks to the Enlightenment to understand the lavishly immersive $2.3 billion venue.

Institute of Contemporary African Art and Film

Design Vanguard 2023: Studio Contra

Lagos, Nigeria

Izzy Kornblatt

October 17, 2023

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Olayinka Dosekun-Adjei, cofounder and creative director of 2023 Design Vanguard firm Studio Contra, is one of nine featured speakers at RECORD’s upcoming Innovation Conference in New York.