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Architectural Record - February 2025

2025 February

February’s special Sustainability in Practice section highlights materials, design approaches, research, and technology that reduce carbon footprints across scales and typologies, from biomass plants to office towers to mass-timber structures with big green ambitions. The issue’s project focus on renovation, restoration, and adaptation complements the sustainable theme: a hockey rink-turned-collegiate art hub in Colorado, a 19th-century Swiss barn transformed into a small art museum, a Manhattan office building melding the new and renewed, and a thoughtfully revived public library in France. Similarly, the House of the Month is a Bay Area residence that has been nipped, tucked, and expanded.

Check back throughout the month for additional content.

One Madison Avenue

Renovation, Restoration, & Adaptive Reuse 2025

February 11, 2025

From suburban France to the heart of Manhattan, these thoughtful architectural interventions highlight the latest alternatives to destruction.

Honnen Arts

Renovation, Restoration, & Adaptive Reuse: 2025

Kennedy & Violich Revive a Disused Colorado Ice Arena as a Light-Filled Arts Hub

Colorado Springs

February 14, 2025

An innovative renovation preserves the character of the vaulted thin-shell structure, while creating fabrication spaces for Colorado College's arts programs.

Bibliotheque Renaud Barrault

Renovation, Restoration, & Adaptive Reuse: 2025

Jakob + MacFarlane Dusts Off a 1980s Library in France

February 10, 2025

The Paris-based firm ‘prunes’ a failing building to meet 21st century needs.

One Madison Avenue

Renovation, Restoration, & Adaptive Reuse: 2025

KPF’s Overhaul of a Madison Avenue Office Offers a Template for Upgrading Manhattan’s Commercial Stock

New York City

Matthew Marani

February 17, 2025

The firm revitalizes a 1950s office block by preserving its historic base and adding a sleek tower above.

Collection Du Crest

Renovation, Restoration, & Adaptive Reuse: 2025

Pictet + Broillet Adapts a 19th-Century Hayloft for the Collection du Crest

Jussy, Switzerland

Andrew Ayers

February 13, 2025

The barn, located on the Château du Crest estate, is now home to a private collection of Swiss landscape paintings that honor the museum’s agricultural setting.

Shenzhen Energy Ring

Sustainability in Practice: February 2025

February 3, 2025

This special section highlights materials, design approaches, research, and technologies that can reduce carbon footprints across scales and typologies.

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Headquarters

Sustainability in Practice

Bucholz McEvoy and ZAS Create a Mass-Timber Showcase for a Toronto Environmental Agency

Toronto

Joann Gonchar

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

February 3, 2025

A new home for the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority embodies its mission through climate-conscious design.

Piraeus Tower

Sustainability in Practice

A Team of Architects Transforms a Greek Port City’s Dormant Tower Into a Sustainable Landmark

Piraeus, Greece

Phoebus Panigyrakis

February 5, 2025

After five decades of disregard, the Piraeus Tower in skyscraper-averse Greece undergoes a refresh led by Pila Studio.

Horyu-ji temple

Sustainability in Practice

John Ochsendorf in Conversation with Guy Nordenson

February 6, 2025

The Sustainabilty in Practice speaker talks to fellow structural engineer Guy Nordenson about building renewal and material reuse.

DH Palencia Power Plant

Sustainability in Practice

Translucent Panels Sinuously Wrap FRPO’s Biomass Plant in Spain

Palencia, Spain

February 10, 2025

Even industrial buildings should have architectural bravura, according to the Spanish startup that hired the 2012 Design Vanguard firm.

Shenzhen Energy Ring

Sustainability in Practice

Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s Shenzhen Energy Ring Redefines Industrial Architecture in China

Shenzhen, China

February 7, 2025

One of the world’s largest waste-to-energy plants is encircled by a distinctive permeable skin.

Josephine Minutillo, Editor in Chief of Architectural Record

February 2025 Editor’s Letter

A Time for Reflection

Josephine Minutillo

Josephine Minutillo

February 4, 2025

As unprecedented fires consume Los Angeles, the architectural profession confronts an urgent need to revolutionize building practices and policy in an era of climate crisis.

Philadelphia Roundhouse

RECORD Forum

Save the Roundhouse? A Case for Demolition

February 20, 2025

While preservationists endeavor to adapt and reuse Philadelphia’s former police headquarters, Diana Lind argues for a clean slate.

Manilla Intramuros Walled City - 1939

RECORD Forum

Erasure, Reconstruction, and Standardization: Architecture After Conflict

Alberto Martínez García

February 7, 2025

Wartime destruction, and the rebuilding that follows, can diminish architectural complexity, writes Alberto Martínez García.

Animal Care Centers of New York Pet Adoption Center

In Focus

Studio Joseph Creates a Vibrant East Harlem Haven for a New York Animal Shelter

New York City

February 18, 2025

A dilapidated 1930s garage gains new life—and a color-shifting facade—as a welcoming space for both animals and humans.

House of the Month - Complex

House of the Month

Spiegel Aihara Workshop Expands a 1930s Silicon Valley House into a Veritable Family Compound

Atherton, California

February 21, 2025

What began as a renovation project grew over the course of five years to include significant additions and ground-up construction.

Pavilion for the Weisman Art Foundation

Books

A New Biography Captures Franklin D. Israel’s Brief but Influential Career

Review: ‘Franklin D. Israel: A Life in Architecture,’ by Todd Gannon

Peter Stamberg Paul Aferiat

February 21, 2025

Todd Gannon’s intimate portrait chronicles the architect’s profound influence on American architecture before his untimely death in 1996.

Guggenheim Museum

Books

In ‘Beyond Architecture,’ Critics and Practitioners Reflect on the Legacy and Future of Historic Preservation

Excerpt: ‘Beyond Architecture: The New New York,’ edited by Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel

February 6, 2025

In an excerpt from this volume of essays, Guy Nordenson explores the traces of history left behind by different construction techniques.

La femme et la marechal ferran

Currents: ‘Wall Power!’ at the Clark Institute Explores the Art of Tapestry

February 11, 2025

The exhibition includes works by the likes of Joan Miró, Henri Matisse, Sonia Delaunay, and Kiki Smith, as well as Le Corbusier.

Poughkeepsie Cistern

Snapshot: MASS Design Group Transforms an Abandoned Hudson Valley Cistern Into an Underground Arts Venue

Poughkeepsie, New York

Dante Ciampaglia

Dante A. Ciampaglia

February 20, 2025

A 1923 water tank in Poughkeepsie emerges as a unique and naturally climate-controlled cultural destination.

American Colonial District

Guess the Architect: February 2025

February 13, 2025

Located in the colonial district of an American city, this project consists of a set of reconstructed 18th-century buildings, an underground museum, and the sculptural steel outline of a house.

New Flooring Products for Winter 2025

Products

New Flooring Products for Winter 2025

February 24, 2025

RECORD rounds up the latest in flooring, from colorful Italian tile to European white oak planks.

New HVAC Products for Winter 2025

Products

New HVAC Products for Winter 2025

February 24, 2025

These innovative HVAC solutions offer optimized thermal comfort, reduced energy consumption, and enhanced ease-of-use.

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