Architectural Record presents brief interviews with the personalities making headlines in the architecture world. From noteworthy architects to clients to policy makers, we speak with the people shaping the profession. Our latest Newsmakers:

Kevin Roche of Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates designed the master plan for New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. He recently worked with the museum’s American Wing chairman, Morrison Heckscher, on a renovation of the galleries and period rooms in the wing.

View all our Newsmaker Interviews with Monica Ponce de Leon, Daniel Libeskind, Wolf Prix,  Charles Gwathmey, Brad Cloepfil, and many more.

Photo courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art (top left); courtesy Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates (top right); © Michael Klinkhamer Photography (bottom)

Get to know some of the most interesting and important thinkers in architecture today in these in-depth, often career-encompassing conversations.

Frank Gehry, Matthew Teitelbaum, and David Thomson
RECORD speaks with the architect, with the director of the Art Gallery of Ontario, and with the son of the late media mogul and art collector Kenneth Thomson about the Gehry-designed addition to the AGO.

Sir Peter Cook
Had Peter Cook’s career ended in the early 1970s, this founding member of über-influential Archigram would still be considered one of the most important architects of our time. But in the decades since Archigram disbanded, Cook has continued to inspire as a highly regarded teacher and is now working on a high-profile commission: the London Olympic Stadium.

View all our featured Interviews with Renzo Piano, Bill Lacy, Thom Mayne, Beverly Willis, Nicholas Grimshaw, Tom Kundig, Vito Acconci, Annabelle Selldorf, and many more.

Photo © Thomas Mayer (top); courtesy UCL Bartlett (bottom)

RECORDecord sits down with prominent people in the architecture world to ask probing, on-camera questions. We speak with Eugene Kohn about founding KPF during a recession and how the firm has adapted to current economic  troubles. We discuss The Not So Big House with Sarah Susanka. And we talk with other luminaries, including Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, William Mitchell, and Frank Stella.

View all our video interviews here.

Pictured: Eugene Kohn

Meet emerging designers shaking up the profession with innovative approaches to design, material, and practice management.

Gage / Clemenceau Architects: Making their Mark(c)s
While many emerging architects feel they wear their hearts on their sleeves, Mark Foster Gage and Marc Clemenceau Bailly display theirs in Times Square. Commissioned to design a Valentine to the famous intersection, Gage and Clemenceau created an intricate, 12-foot tall stainless steel and luminescent Corian heart.

View all our articles and slideshows on tomorrow’s design leaders.

Photo courtesy Gage / Clemenceau

In the past 10 years, RECORD has interviewed some of the most important figures in the design world:

I.M. Pei — June 2004
At the twilight of his career, I.M. Pei shows few signs of slowing down.

Challenging Norms: Peter Eisenman's Obsession — October 2003
Architect, teacher and theoretician Peter Eisenman discusses his role in the architectural history and how he wants to be remembered.

Richard Meier after the Getty — September 2002
Discussing his current work, Richard Meier, FAIA, reflects on current issues of the day.

Tadao Ando — May 2002
Tadao Ando, the 2002 AIA Gold Medal winner, talks about craft, beauty, and the culture of architecture.

Philip Johnson — July 2001
Philip Johnson reflects on his tremendously long, genre-switching career in architecture.

Santiago Calatrava — August 2000
Santiago Calatrava fulfills an astonishing variety of roles in a specialized age: engineer, architect, sculptor, artist, builder, husband, father.

Photograph © Kinji Kanno (bottom)