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Architectural Record editors and critics review the latest books, films, and exhibitions about architecture and design.
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To Make ‘The Brutalist’ Monumental, the Filmmakers Approached Cinema as Architecture

Review: ‘The Brutalist,’ directed by Brady Corbet
Dante Ciampaglia
Dante A. Ciampaglia
December 20, 2024
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Directed and co-written by Brady Corbet, the 215-minute cinematic epic of midcentury America treats the discipline of architecture with immense seriousness and humanity.


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(Don't) Roll Credits: In Defense of the Cinema

Dante Ciampaglia
Dante A. Ciampaglia
December 16, 2024
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Movie theaters might seem expendable in the streaming age, but they’re essential civic spaces that must be protected.
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Building Culture
Books

In ‘Building Culture,’ Julian Rose Engages Architects to Discuss the State of Museums

Excerpt: ‘Building Culture: Sixteen Architects on How Museums Are Shaping the Future of Art, Architecture, and Public Space’ by Julian Rose
Julian Rose
December 12, 2024
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Read an excerpt from the new book which compiles a series of conversations with prominent architects—some responsible for many of today’s most recognizable and innovative spaces for art.
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The Museum After Spectacle

Julian Rose
December 10, 2024
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Thirty years after the ‘Bilbao Effect,’ museums are shunning exuberant form-making in favor of thoughtful programming that engages new audiences.
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Books for the 2024 Holiday Season Picked by the Editors

RECORD Editors
December 5, 2024
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This roundup of the year-end's most captivating reads includes monographs and more from Shigeru Ban, Fernanda Canales, Carol Ross Barney, and many others.
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Building Institution
Books

Kim Förster Challenges the Accepted Mythology of the Insitute for Architecture and Urban Studies in New Book

Review: 'Building Institution: The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, New York 1967–1985' by Kim Förster
Patrick Templeton
November 26, 2024
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The 584-page tome offers the first comprehensive outsider history of Peter Eisenman’s influential architectural think tank.
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‘Rosario Candela & The New York Apartment’ Sheds Light on the Life of the Italian-born Architect

Excerpt: ‘Rosario Candela & The New York Apartment: 1927–1937’ by David Netto
November 25, 2024
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An excerpt written by Paul Goldberger explores the work of an architect who designed many of New York’s most coveted apartment houses.
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A New Exhibition Surveys the Residential Work of New York Architect Myron Goldfinger

Sam Furnival
November 22, 2024
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‘Circle, Square, Triangle: Houses I Never Lived In’ is on view at the Paul Rudolph Institute for Modern Architecture in New York through March 22.
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RECORD Forum

Data Creep: The Geography of Artificial Intelligence

Pansy Schulman.
Pansy Schulman
November 13, 2024
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The energy demands of AI are driving a construction boom for data centers, illuminating the long-obscured physical network that powers our cloud-based world.
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Design for Survival: Adapting to a Changing World

The Architecture 2030 Palette
Edward Mazria, FAIA
November 11, 2024
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Architecture 2030’s Edward Mazria introduces 11 new ‘Swatches’ to a toolkit of strategies and resources that mitigate disaster risks and tackle current and future design challenges.
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Three Books on Frank Lloyd Wright

In celebration of the architect's 150th birthday, RECORD reviews three new books on Frank Lloyd Wright's life and work:

  • The Guggenheim: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Iconoclastic Masterpiece, by Francesco Dal Co
  • An Organic Architecture: The Architecture of Democracy, by Frank Lloyd Wright, with a new introduction by Andrew Saint
  • Travels with Frank Lloyd Wright: The First Global Architect, by Gwyn Lloyd Jones

Scroll through the slideshow below to read a mini-review of each.

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