Just in time for the 2024 Summer Olympics, RECORD’s sports and recreation–focused July issue surveys new—and revamped—athletic facilities including a community aquatic center in sprawling Western Sydney; an ice rink–anchored Swedish sports hall built from mass timber; a flood-resilient riverside tennis facility in Upper Manhattan; and the revitalized Madrid home of one of Europe’s top soccer clubs. Elsewhere in the issue, we preview Paris’s reuse-heavy approach to Olympic venues; profile notable museum projects in Munich and Taiwan; visit this month’s House of the Month in Miami; and take a deep dive into bio-based materials for the July CEU.
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As controversy prevailed at the AIA Conference last month and RECORD probes the gamesmanship at the national organization, we also look to sports of a different kind.
For the fifth consecutive year, Gensler and Perkins&Will remain fixed at the highest positions on Architectural Record’s annual ranking of the Top 300 U.S. architecture firms by revenue.
Although based in Tokyo, the celebrated architect—winner of the 1993 Pritzker Prize and the 2011 AIA Gold Medal—kept close ties to the U.S., where he was educated and had launched his career.