Leopoldo Villardi

3 weeks ago | architecturalrecord.com | Leopoldo Villardi

Architecture News Last month, guests of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) gathered for the 44th Annual Arthur Ross Awards in New York.

3 weeks ago | architecturalrecord.com | Leopoldo Villardi

For Frances Halsband, who cofounded New York–based Kliment Halsband Architects with her late husband, Robert Kliment, in 1972, internal transition was, for this reason, not viable. “Our younger partners, in that atmosphere of fear during the pandemic, could not really picture taking on the risk of running a firm,” Halsband says.

1 month ago | architecturalrecord.com | Leopoldo Villardi

ProjectsArchitectural TechnologyArchitect Continuing EducationBuildings by TypeTall Building ProjectsWorkplace Design Milan bay be known for many things—fashion, design, art. Riveting skyscrapers, on the other hand, have been few and far between since 1958, when Gio Ponti’s Pirelli Tower and BBPR’s Torre Velasca first soared into existence.

2 months ago | architecturalrecord.com | Leopoldo Villardi

Italy’s Veneto is an agro-industrial hotbed. Small cities that dot otherwise broad swaths of farmland play host to a variety of manufacturing companies, from tanneries and mills to foundries and glassworks. One such town, Arzignano, 11 miles west of Vicenza, has become something of a design laboratory for Italian studio AMAA, cofounded in 2012 by former classmates Marcello Galiotto and Alessandra Rampazzo.

Mar 21, 2025 | architecturalrecord.com | Leopoldo Villardi

Architecture NewsOpinion This image of the building’s meditation chapel was featured in Architectural Record’s November 1969 cover story on the chapel. Photo © Ezra Stoller/Esto, Yossi Milo Gallery Last fall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art surprised many by mounting a “major” architecture exhibition—the first in some 50 years, according to the institution.