We explore Boston, the host city of the 2008 convention for the American Institute of Architects. Read about must-see buildings, recent projects, and the best places to dine. Watch videos, view slide shows, and contribute to our Boston photo gallery.

The deadline is almost here (May 15) for two of our most popular awards programs: "Good Design Is Good Business," whose winners are featured in both the pages of RECORD and BusinessWeek; and Record Interiors, which showcases the best work done by registered architects in the US.

We present a mix of striking projects, including a kinetic office and retail building by Shigeru Ban, a fiery theater by UN Studio, a quartz-like tower by Krueck & Sexton, and Austrian tram stations by Zaha Hadid.

Visit our vastly expanded Continuing Education center, where you can read articles and take tests online to earn valuable health, safety, and welfare credits. This month, we explore the use of daylighting in art museums and look at two case studies.
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In developing their design for the new Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in Chicago, architects Krueck & Sexton realized that the façade would be the public face of a very unique institution. Read about their ingenious solution.

This month’s products include an array of innovative lighting fixtures and technologies, as well as a look at what’s new in doors, from design to accessibility and performance. We’ve also review Marmomacc, the premier stone expo hosted each year in Verona, Italy.

If you're looking for an alternative to conventional architectural practice, you might consider working as an owner's representative. This month's column explores what owner's reps do and the pros and cons of being one.

We're back in Los Angles and New York City, and our only excuse is that both cities are boiling over with rising young architects. Grzywinski Pons takes Manhattan one hotel and apartment building at a time, while the L.A.-based F-Lab creates a table for the digital age.

Illuminated facades do more than increase nighttime visibility of buildings; they lend meaning to the urban fabric. This month, we look at several projects that represent a dramatic melding of architecture and lighting design.

The 1,400-square-foot House at Further Lane, designed by Leroy Street Studio, is one of three structures on a 12-acre compound on Long Island. With its stone walls, hovering roof planes, and taut private wing, the house is part of the perfect family retreat. View a slide show.

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.

Renzo Piano Building Workshop and FXFOWLE present a quietly luminous addition to the Manhattan skyline with The New York Times Building. See images, view videos and read stories about the $1 billion project.

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