Architectural Record

6 days ago | architecturalrecord.com | Pansy Schulman

Architecture News RECORD’s monthly list of upcoming and ongoing exhibitions, events, and competitions. Upcoming Exhibitions RIBA Royal Gold Medal ExhibitionLondon, LiverpoolMay 2-31, 2025Opening simultaneously at the Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) London headquarters and the Tate Liverpool, this exhibition celebrates the career of this year's RIBA Royal Gold Medallist SANAA, the collaborative practice of Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa.

1 week ago | architecturalrecord.com | Matthew Marani

New York’s Ditmas Park neighborhood is about as close as one can get to suburban living in Brooklyn. The area, with its century-old Queen Anne and Colonial Revival detached houses and their idyllic front lawns and rear yards, contrasts sharply with the rowhouses and apartment buildings synonymous with the borough.

1 week ago | architecturalrecord.com | Pansy Schulman

Architecture NewsOpinion Biophilic design is a buzzy, but fuzzy, concept, encompassing everything from the simple act of adorning a space with potted plants all the way to complex infrastructural interventions. In simplest terms, the design philosophy argues that incorporating natural elements and processes into the built environment improves human health, cognitive function, and emotional well-being.

1 week ago | architecturalrecord.com | Ian Volner |Carlo Ratti

Architecture NewsInterviews Curating the Venice Architecture Biennale is never an easy job. At the best of times, the role entails a hefty logistical lift, marshaling some 750 participants from around the world and then bringing them together on a tiny, damp, expensive island. But in the present global situation, with cultural and economic conflict seemingly at every hand, it takes a special kind of daring to stage-manage architecture’s biggest international show.

1 week ago | architecturalrecord.com | Pansy Schulman

ProjectsBuildings by TypeSpiritual Projects Traditionally, religious architecture embraces monumentality and grandeur: soaring cathedral ceilings, intricately detailed mosque domes, ornate temple facades. But the Jewish mikvah, a ritual bath central to the religion for millennia, stands apart in its fundamental intimacy.