This year's Design Vanguard cohort includes 10 emerging firms hailing from Michigan, Mexico City, Milan, and beyond.
Milan
Francesca Gagliardi and Federico Rossi, the duo behind Milan-based Fondamenta, conjure geometric and spatial complexity.
Geneva
Geneva-born Leopold Banchini travels the world to unlearn his ‘European certainties’ and discover how they do it elsewhere.
Christiansburg, Virginia
Do-it-yourselfer Ben Pennell advocates for a more hands-on approach to running a studio—with a pathbreaking portfolio to boot.
Shanghai
Shanghai-based HCCH Studio, led by Chenchen Hu and Hao Chen, excels at exploring novel materials with tight constraints.
Linares, Chile
A devastating earthquake off the coast of Chile, and a rediscovery of the country's vernacular buildings, changed the trajectory of architect Felipe Alarcón.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Michigan's T+E+A+M—Thom Moran, Ellie Abrons, Adam Fure, and Meredith Miller—has forged a different model of practice, individually and collectively.
Mexico City
In their adopted home of Mexico City, Douglas Harsevoort and Juan Sala, founders of Sala Hars, have discovered qualities they seek to reflect in their own work.
Los Angeles
In Los Angeles, Mira Henry and Matthew Au of Current Interests leverage their creative backgrounds to craft spaces well suited for artists.
Madrid
The husband and wife team of Álvaro Fidalgo and Arantza Ozaeta, in Madrid, are redesigning the design process to include clients and users.
New York
When designing projects big and small, Almost Studio’s Dorian Booth and Anthony Gagliardi playfully repurpose architectural and art history.
Industry
Barkow Leibinger’s Mass-Timber Training Center Buzzes with ActivityA honeycomb-shaped education facility showcases modern manufacturing machinery, and the people operating it.
Industry
CookFox Transforms a 19th Century Manhattan Storehouse into a Modern WorkplaceNew York
A historic brick and timber warehouse, once home to an infamous nightclub, gets a new lease on life.
Industry
A Gensler-Designed Training Facility Prepares the Next Generation of Chicago’s IronworkersBroadview, Illinois
The structure is clad in black-tinted glass and features a single open space to run trials of curtain wall installs.
RECORD tackles pressing issues facing firms today, including the rewards and pitfalls of design competitions, strategies for succeeding in an unpredictable business climate, succession planning, and trends in digital technology.
Practice Matters
No Contest: Architectural CompetitionsEven with ballooning submission requirements and meager stipends, architects are still drawn to design competitions.
Practice Matters
Sealing the Deal: Mergers and AcquisitionsMergers and acquisitions offer architects one way—with many caveats—to plan for the future.
Practice Matters
High Anxiety: Planning in Uncertain TimesIn an unsettled business climate, architects are doing their best to predict what’s ahead and insulate their firms from economic fallout.
Practice Matters
Thought Partner: AI and DesignDespite slow adoption across the profession, AI has proven adept at augmenting—not replacing—the work of architects.
Practice Matters
Game Changer: Video Game Engines for VisualizationFirms are exploiting video game engines to push the boundaries of project visualization and management.
Practice Matters
A flurry of recent events around architecture—from the Venice Biennale to this week's AIA Conference—can sometimes obscure the realities of everyday practice, which we focus on this month.
Record Reviews
Osaka‘s World Expo Arrives, Out of Step with Its MomentOsaka
Instead of looking to the future, the Expo‘s gathering of 158 nations exchanging visions of peace and progress feels stuck in the past.
Record Reviews
In Venice, an Architecture Biennale with a Dystopian FlairVenice
The atmosphere was that of a 'shadow-realm Coney Island where the only prize is the grim certainty that the end is nigh,' writes Ian Volner of the Venice Biennale's 19th Architecture Exhibition.
Books
‘Tips from the Top’ Gathers Advice and Wisdom from More than 60 Global Architecture PractitionersExcerpt: ‘Tips from the Top: Architects Share Their Advice for Success,’ edited by Clifford Pearson, Ken Yeang, and Raghda Alhayali
A selection of advice gathered from more than 60 practitioners from around the world offer valuable wisdom for anyone in the profession.
Contributing editor Izzy Kornblatt attends the Neon Museum’s annual gathering.
RECORD Forum
Buyer’s Market: Public Housing Agencies Find Opportunities in Market-Rate BuildingsThe acquisition of existing buildings has emerged as an increasingly important tactic for nonprofits as an affordable-housing solution.
Record Reveals
The Architect’s Guide to BostonRECORD’s guide to visiting the AIA25 host city
Coinciding with AIA25, RECORD editors turn to local practitioners to share their recommended must-visit destinations in Boston, Cambridge, and beyond.
In Focus
Pelli Clarke & Partners Completes a Monumentally Scaled Concourse at Boston’s South StationBoston
The gateway is the first completed piece of South Station’s multiphase transformation.
Close Up
Selldorf's Controversial Renovation of the Sainsbury Wing Reopens to the PublicLondon
The transformation at London’s National Gallery aims to fly under the public radar.
Building Technology
Davis Partnership Uses Salvaged Steel on a New Colorado FirehouseBoulder, Colorado
Steel from a hospital slated for demolition is incorporated into the structure of a new fire station.
House of the Month
Using Simple Geometry, Nemestudio Reimagines the Traditional Single-Family House in DenverDenver
CS2 House connects a cylindrical volume with a sloped shed roof to create an eccentric prototype for low-cost living.
This roundup includes volumes focused on the work of David Chipperfield Architects, WORKac, Frei Otto, and many others.
Nashville
Within an old industrial facility overlooking the Cumberland River, architects create interconnected courtyards and framed views.
This factory, built by a European car manufacturer in the early 20th century, was concieved as an elongated upward spiral from which completed vehicles would emerge on the building’s rooftop.
Products
New Glass and Glazing Products for Spring 2025Raise your glass—metaphorically—to these new products, which range from bird-safe glazing to sleek, contemporary interpretations of yesteryear's fads.
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