Architect and planner Vishaan Chakrabarti and his firm Practice for Architecture and Urbanism have unveiled a scheme addressing problems with New York City's Penn Station.

As you peer through the elegantly glazed vestibule of the new 53rd Street Library in Manhattan, instead of book-lined shelves, you see a large amphitheater with expansive wood tiers.

Fifty years ago, in the 75th-anniversary issue of RECORD, editor in chief Emerson Goble addressed an issue he was constantly asked about—why the magazine wasn’t as critical as it had been in its early years.

Adding on to a successful work of architecture is hard enough.

The Four Seasons Restaurant, designed by Philip Johnson in 1959, leaves the Seagram Building with only memories intact.

An elegantly modern medical spa and resort in Germany exudes luxury and calm.

In spite of users’ grumbling about noise, distractions, and lack of privacy, the open-plan workplace—in its post-cubicle incarnation, with flexible, casual seating, and ample places to commune and play—continues to gain dominance in office design.

One of the most incisive architectural critics of the 20th century, whose work was regularly published in record, was a cartoonist. No joke.

The New York architecture community has been in a swivet since the posting of an article titled “MoMA to Abolish Architecture and Design Galleries” in Architects Newspaper on April 12.