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Austrian architect Christoph Mayrhofer was hired to create a noteworthy home in an otherwise bland neighborhood outside Vienna. The result is a tube-like form with windows that frame spectacular vineyard views while keeping the neighbors visually at bay.
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When architects deploy space, light, and materials to bring modern design into historic structures, they create concretized shifts between moments in time that can be perceptually arresting. We explore 13 plays of history in structures that range from a palace in Beijing to a biscuit factory in downtown L.A.
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Join us October 7-8 for Architectural Record’s sixth annual Innovation Conference, where we will study net zero-energy buildings. The program features a series of case studies and a roster of notable speakers, including professor Daniel Nocera of MIT on bio-inspired energy and architect Christoph Ingenhoven on sustainable design.
If you haven’t visited our video library, you’re missing dozens of clips designed to inform, inspire and, yes, entertain you: Interviews with leading architects. Building tours hosted by top designers. Episodes of Good Design Is Good Business. And much more.
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This summer, all eyes are on Beijing, and RECORD has put together a special section of our site dedicated to the city. View and comment on high-profile projects, browse photographs and post your own, read Beijing recommendations from people who know the city, and more.
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This summer, all eyes are on Beijing, and RECORD has put together a special section of our site dedicated to the city. View and comment on high-profile projects, browse photographs and post your own, read Beijing recommendations from people who know the city, and more.
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The American Institute of Architects recently published a new set of legal documents supporting Integrated Project Delivery, or IPD. The agreements could restructure relationships among professionals and reformulate the processes of designing and building.
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From Olympic venues and a massive airport terminal to an equally eye-catching residential development, the 15 projects that we profile this month—including work by Andreu, Foster, Herzog & de Meuron, Holl, Pei-Zhu, and other renowned designers—have helped place Beijing at the vanguard of 21st-Century architecture.
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This month’s technology section looks at the National Swimming Center in Beijing. We examine the innovative digital process that produced the building and its surprising, and highly integrated, envelope and structure.
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This month’s products include our favorite selections from trade shows, including the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show, the Milan furniture fair, and the Salone del Mobile. We’ve also got a roundup of new and innovative ceiling systems, our pick for the best new series of bath fittings, and a call for entries for our annual Product Reports.  |
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As China prepares for its Olympic coming-out party, Michael Sorkin examines historic neighborhoods in Beijing and Shanghai. He also charts the influence of 20th-century styles and contemporary projects on the country’s cityscapes. |
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The three principals at Redtop Architects have more in common than red hair. They're all accomplished architects who started their firm to give equal time to designing great spaces and raising families. Also seeking innovative solutions are the emerging designers involved in this year's Van Alen Institute Fellowship Program.
Join us October 7-8 for Architectural Record’s sixth annual Innovation Conference, where we will study net zero-energy buildings, one of the most important strategies for securing a sustainable future.
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Photo © Benny Chan Our roundup of residential projects aims to find out what happens when architects become their own clients. We look at four houses on vastly different sites that architects have designed to meet their specific living and working needs. |
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Given the growing concern about sustainability, it’s a good time to look back to the originating seeds of green, to the anarchic 1960s and Bucky Fuller’s philosophy of doing more with less.
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Photo © Andy Ryan Photography Our quarterly roundup of notable interiors includes a 1902 town house rethought by Christoff:Finio Architecture, a new home for New York University’s Philosophy Department by Steven Holl, and a Roman and Williams revamp of the Royalton Hotel’s Philippe Starck-designed lobby. |
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In our new series of Newsmaker interviews, we speak with people making headlines in the architecture world. This week’s installment is a conversation with Marvin J. Malecha, who will become AIA president in 2009.
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