Join RECORD on September 23 in Chicago for Two Signature Events
Both the Sustainability in Practice conference and the Women in Architecture Awards will be held at Crown Hall at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
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In Situ Studio Leans into Curving Plans and Ribbonlike Surfaces for the Design of an Abode in Raleigh
This North Carolina residence nestles into the contours of the Piedmont hills, achieving privacy on a pie-shaped lot by balancing openness and opacity.
The Lucas Museum Set for September 22 Opening
The futuristic, MAD Architects-designed complex dedicated to narrative art first broke ground at Exposition Park in Los Angeles in March 2018.
Editor's Letter: September 2026
From an open-air subterranean dwelling to art-filled estates, the comforts of home run the gamut in this year's Record Houses.
In Peru’s Coastal Desert, Leggett & Cahuas Designs a Fully Open-Air and Off-Grid Retreat from Modern Life
At first glance, the concrete-block Casa Cerro Negro looks like retaining walls lining a ravine, and then perhaps some sort of land-art installation.
Record House 2026 Honorees
Our Record Houses program returns for a late-summer celebration of excellence in residential design with eight featured projects, all located in the Americas.
Continuing Education: Biogenic Materials
In this special section, RECORD showcases houses that offer low-carbon—and carbon-sequestering—plant- and earth-based alternatives to conventional construction materials.
Chybik+Kristof’s Scarlet-and-Silver Horácká Arena Rises in the Czech City of Jihlava
The 5,650-seat multifunctional venue is jacketed in brightly colored perforated panels, earning it instant-landmark status.
In Fire-Ravaged Spokane, a Public Middle School Focused on Building Community Stands Strong
Designed by NAC Architecture, Pauline Flett Middle School emphasizes the importance of place.
In Vancouver, D’Arcy Jones Architects Designs a Surprising Split-Level Residence
Populating an awkward site, Brick House delivers a more sculptural form and a richer spatial sequence than are typical of an urban lot.
Architect and Urban Designer Steven Peterson Dies at 85
With wife and partner Barbara Littenberg, in 1978 Peterson established a New York architecture and urban design practice best known for its plans for the World Trade Center site.
A Bay Area House Takes Cues from the Site’s Distinctive Topography
Designed by San Francisco’s Schwartz and Architecture, the Meander reads less as one structure than a wood-clad trio of angled rectangular forms likened to boulders in a landscape.
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