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Revisiting Anna Bokov's 'Avant-Garde as Method: Vkhutemas and the Pedagogy of Space, 1920–1930'

Eric Mumford
February 10, 2023
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With the Cooper Union exhibition on Vkhutemas now moving ahead in spring after being postponed under a cloud of controversy, we take a look back at the comprehensive volume published in 2021 that precedes the forthcoming show.


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Fifty Years After ‘Learning from Las Vegas,’ Denise Scott Brown Gets Her Due

Review: 'Denise Scott Brown In Other Eyes: Portraits of an Architect,' edited by Frida Grahn
Izzy Kornblatt
Izzy Kornblatt
February 7, 2023
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An expansive new volume—the first collection of writings dedicated solely to Scott Brown—includes personal remembrances among other essays.


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The Co-Editor of ‘Inscriptions’ Offers a Spirited Counter to RECORD's Review

Andrew Holder
February 1, 2023
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Andrew Holder's rebuttal follows a review of his book ‘Inscriptions: Architecture Before Speech’ published in October 2022.


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Digesting Metabolism

A New Volume Provides Food for Thought on Metabolist Architecture in Japan

Review: Digesting Metabolism: Artificial Land in Japan 1954–2202 by Casey Mack
Naomi Pollock, FAIA
January 30, 2023
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As opposed to Modernism’s swapping of old for new, Metabolism promoted “replacement as an ongoing process.”


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Back in Print, Second Edition of 'African Modernism' Surveys Architecture Across the Continent

Review: 'African Modernism. The Architecture of Independence: Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Zambia,' edited by Manuel Herz with Ingrid Schröder, Hans Focketyn, and Julia Jamrozik
David Adjaye
January 26, 2023
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Reread David Adjaye’s thoughtful review of the compendium, originally published in Architectural Record in October 2015.
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Piranesi and the Modern Age

G.B. Piranesi, Influencer Across Centuries

Review: "Piranesi and the Modern Age" by Victor Plahte Tschudi
Izzy Kornblatt
Izzy Kornblatt
January 24, 2023
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A new book shows how Piranesi helped to define modernity—and how modernity in turn defined Piranesi.
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Architecture and Design Monographs

A Round-Up of New Design Monographs

RECORD Editors
December 15, 2022
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A handful of new books document practices across the globe, covering a range of cultural and civic projects and urgent ecological and societal issues.
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Emergent Tokyo

Jorge Almazán and Studiolab's New Book Spotlights Spontaneous Urban Design in Tokyo

Review: 'Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City' By Jorge Almazán + Studiolab
Daniel Brook
November 18, 2022
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The Spanish-born architect and educator offers an insightful study of his adopted home, countering the claim of Tokyo’s "only-in-Japan" urban origin myth.
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If Walls Could Speak

Moshe Safdie’s Life as an Architect

Review: 'If Walls Could Speak' by Moshe Safdie
Christopher Hawthorne
November 17, 2022
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In his new memoir, Safdie fills the pages with stories about his career and personal life, from his childhood in Israel to his time at Harvard GSD.
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G.E. Kidder Smith Builds: The Travel of Architectural Photography.

Excerpts from the Life and Work of One of the Nation's Most Talented, if Overlooked, Architectural Photographers

'G.E. Kidder Smith Builds: The Travel of Architectural Photography' By Angelo Maggi; Foreword by Michelangelo Sabatino
October 20, 2022
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Twenty-five years after his death, the first book dedicated to the work of architectural photographer G.E. Kidder Smith explores his impact on architectural appreciation in the U.S.
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