Architectural Record

Seismic Training Efforts Help Haitians Help Themselves

Architectural Record - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 14:33
An old Chinese proverb sums up several projects that mark the dawn of seismic-resistant design and construction in earthquake-devastated Haiti: "If you give a person a fish, you feed that person for a day. If you teach a person to fish, you feed that person for a lifetime."
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Newsmaker: Henry Urbach

Architectural Record - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 13:07
Henry Urbach Named Director of Philip Johnson's Glass House.
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A’maree’s

Architectural Record - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 13:58
Haute Couture: A restaurant with a Modernist pedigree is rescued from the vintage bin, reborn a high-end clothier.
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AIA Chooses Sustainable Projects for Volunteer Program

Architectural Record - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 14:10
The AIA's Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) has selected seven communities to receive pro bono design and planning services.
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Design Selected for AIDS Memorial Park in New York City

Architectural Record - Mon, 01/30/2012 - 09:29
The AIDS Memorial Park organization, Architectural Record, and Architizer have announced the winner of a competition to design a memorial for victims of AIDS and an education center in Manhattan’s West Village, across from the now-closed St. Vincent’s hospital.
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How Do I Love You, Mr. Foster? Let Me Count the Buildings

Architectural Record - Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:29
Norberto López Amado and Carlos Carcas' documentary How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?, currently playing in New York City, is a starry-eyed, unabashed love letter to one of the world's leading starchitects. It's also soulless hagiography.
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Revival on the Horizon for Historic Miami Marine Stadium

Architectural Record - Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:28
Today, the Miami City Commission is expected to give a nonprofit group the green light to rehabilitate Miami Marine Stadium, an abandoned Modernist landmark designed in 1963 by then 27-year-old Cuban-American architect Hilario Candela.
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Ellsworth Kelly and Peter Zellner Turn an L.A. Gallery Into Public Art

Architectural Record - Mon, 01/23/2012 - 10:21
Ellsworth Kelly has been collaborating with architects since the 1950s. His latest project with Peter Zellner turns an L.A. gallery into public art.
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Imploding the Pruitt-Igoe Myth

Architectural Record - Mon, 01/23/2012 - 07:29
A new documentary attempts to alter how we look at St. Louis's infamous public housing project.
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Havana: Bracing for a Boom

Architectural Record - Thu, 01/19/2012 - 11:24
For decades, Havana has charmed foreigners who visited the Caribbean city well-known for its sultry music, world-class cigars, and cacharros, the vintage American automobiles imported to the country prior to the 1959 revolution.
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New Film Celebrates an Unsung Icon of Modern Cuban Architecture

Architectural Record - Thu, 01/19/2012 - 11:24
If architecture embodies a culture’s history and values, perhaps no project better represents Cuba since the 1960s than the National Art Schools in Havana.
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Marysville Getchell High School Campus

Architectural Record - Wed, 01/18/2012 - 13:03
Divide and Conquer: In a district plagued by years of bond failures and overcrowding, a high school initiates a fresh start with collegiate learning tracks and a complementary campus.
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At Drexel University, a Green Rebirth Planned for a Former Frat House

Architectural Record - Wed, 01/18/2012 - 12:46
Situated on a tree-lined street on the Drexel University campus in West Philadelphia, a stone-clad dwelling circa 1872 served as the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity house for three-plus decades.
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Haiti, Two Years After the Quake

Architectural Record - Thu, 01/12/2012 - 09:30
Architects report some gains, but slow progress in the rebuilding effort.
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Newsmaker: Michael Graves

Architectural Record - Wed, 01/11/2012 - 13:42
The architect discusses winning this year’s Driehaus Prize, which honors classical architecture and traditional urbanism, and how he plans to spend the $200k award.
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