Architectural Record

A patterned mosaic made from recycled car-windshield glass and carbon-neutral ­porcelain-tiles are the among this year's honored flooring products. All product photos courtesy the manufacturers. brnw.ch/21x6X9v

Congratulations to Ryan Chester and David Lieberman, winners of Architectural Record’s 2026 Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest! @jgma_architects

Learn more about this year's awardee in the Civic & Government category. Photo © Vinay Panjwani. architecturalrecord.com/arti…

Winning this category is a curved acoustic wall panel partially made from preconsumer recycled PET felt. Product images courtesy of the manufacturers. brnw.ch/21x6WZg

Learn more about the awardee in the Adaptive Reuse category. Photo © Grigory Sokolinsky. brnw.ch/21x6WME

In addition to celebrating the winners of the 2026 Record Awards, we highlight an aspect of the profession that may go unrecognized: architectural representation. Photo © Jillian Nelson. architecturalrecord.com/arti…

This year’s jury of New York City–based architects and engineers chose 78 products for their performance, sustainability, functionality, and inventiveness. Photo courtesy HBF Textiles. brnw.ch/21x6Vrt

Learn more about our Building of the Year, which won this year in the Office & Workplace category. Photo © Roland Halbe. brnw.ch/21x6VeK

Rather than graphic instructions for something that might or might not be built, the practice proposed an annotational architecture, drawn in and transforming a major public square. Photo: © FRENCH+TYE. brnw.ch/21x6TYJ

‘On the Perspective of Painting’ features eight of Piero’s surviving manuscripts, reconstructed and translated to English for the first time. Image courtesy MIT Press. brnw.ch/21x6TP5

Regarded as a top priority by some and vilified or rejected by others, aesthetics is an inseparable part of architecture. Architects variously turn to drawing to demonstrate a design's beauty. Drawing by Curtis Roth. brnw.ch/21x6Tzr

Published in celebration of its 50th anniversary, a new book documents the winners the Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition since it was established in 1974. Image © Tofan Rafati, courtesy AIA Dallas. brnw.ch/21x6Sgc

The U.S. Green Building Council’s annual conference and expo was held at the Javits Center in Manhattan from October 20–23. Photo courtesy USGBC. brnw.ch/21x6S8q

Because architecture must suit the needs of its occupants, the particularities of its contexts, and the ambitions of designers and clients, architects study the suitability of forms, spaces, and materials through drawing. Drawing © Tatiana Bilbao Estudio. brnw.ch/21x6RTj

See you Wednesday, November 4, at the 2026 Architectural Record Innovation Conference for discussions on architecture, design, and innovation. brnw.ch/21x6QOw

RECORD speaks with the cofounders of the Manhattan exhibition space and printmaking shop about their process and their focus on architectural drawings. Photo © Vincent Tullo. brnw.ch/21x6QAo

From comprehensive construction sets to details sketched on-site for the contractor, drawing is the medium architects most often turn to when communicating how things go together. Drawing by Young & Ayata. brnw.ch/21x6Qci

This family home in Baja California is organized as a collection of small buildings with rows of olive trees creating a formal entry. Photo © César Béjar. brnw.ch/21x6P72

Clad in timber and organized around a series of courtyards, the welcoming new building is one that students interact with frequently during major transitional periods. Photo © Chuck Choi. brnw.ch/21x6OQx

The Brooklyn-based studio has helped realize several projects that have recently appeared in RECORD. Photo courtesy Situ Fabrication. brnw.ch/21x6O8w