Laura Raskin

Laura Raskin, a former RECORD editor, writes about architecture. She recently moved with her family from Brooklyn, New York, to the Green Mountains of Vermont.

The Lightbox by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Point Roberts, Washington

Laura Raskin

April 16, 2015

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Designed for an architectural photographer, a house in the woods has an innovative spirit and a modular concept that enables Modernism on a budget.

East Boston Branch Library

Narrative Arc: An open-plan, single-room branch library lends books and serves as a place for a young and diverse community to come together.

Laura Raskin

March 16, 2015

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An open-plan, single-room branch library lends books and serves as a place for a young and diverse community to come together.

Architecture for Humanity Closes, But Chapters Go On

Laura Raskin

February 12, 2015

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On January 1, the San Francisco-based nonprofit Architecture for Humanity (AFH) quietly closed.

Studio Ma, Phoenix

A sustainability-focused firm draws from the desert environment for its economical, innovative designs.

Laura Raskin

December 16, 2014

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Kindred spirits” is how the four partners at Studio Ma describe themselves, and their affinities can be broadly divided into two camps: their respect for and love of the American Southwest, where they are based, and the drive to produce good design on tight budgets.

Manzanita Hall at Arizona State University

Diamonds are Forever: A beloved '60s dormitory—once the tallest building in Arizona—was adapted to the needs of today's plugged-in students

Laura Raskin

November 15, 2014

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A beloved '60s dormitory—once the tallest building in Arizona—was adapted to the needs of today's plugged-in students Manzanita Hall makes a striking statement on the northern edge of the Arizona State University, Tempe, campus, across from the Sun Devil Stadium and blocks from the downtown.

Laura Raskin

September 15, 2014

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Perkins Eastman restored Albert Ledner’s 1964 National Maritime Union headquarters in Manhattan’s West Village, and inserted a stand-alone emergency department inside. When New York’s St. Vincent’s Hospital closed in 2010 after years of financial strife, Greenwich Village lost a beloved 150-year-old institution that had served the poor and working class and was “ground zero” when the AIDS epidemic erupted in the 1980s. While most of the St. Vincent’s campus was demolished, a quirky precast-concrete building on Seventh Avenue between West 12th and 13th streets, designed by Albert Ledner and completed in 1964, remained. St. Vincent’s purchased it in 1973, but

Sarah Oppenheimer

Laura Raskin

August 16, 2014

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Sarah Oppenheimer studied painting at Yale, where she received her M.F.A. in 1999, but, over the last decade, architecture has been her canvas and medium. Oppenheimer manipulates existing architectural spaces, distorting our perception of an interior’s geometry and programmatic logic.

Rob Fischer

Laura Raskin

August 16, 2014

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Rob Fischer, whose background is in sculpture, has been building domestic structures since college and often moves them from one remote rural landscape to another, exploring the seemingly opposing ideas of protection and adventure.

Katrín Sigurdardóttir

Laura Raskin

August 16, 2014

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Katrín Sigurdardóttir was born in Reykjavik and moved to the United States in 1988 to attend the San Francisco Art Institute. The artist now splits her time between studios in Long Island City, New York, and Iceland. As it is in her life, a kind of diasporic mobility is a key theme in Sigurdardóttir’s work.

Halsey Rodman

Laura Raskin

August 16, 2014

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Halsey Rodman constructed Gradually/We Became Aware/Of a Hum in the Room over a couple of weeks this spring, in Joshua Tree, California.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

Join us for this insightful webinar, where we'll delve into the principles of biophilic design and acoustical strategies.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

This webinar will explore the growing use of mass timber in K-12 schools and its transformative benefits across four key areas: health, well-being, durability, and sustainability.