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In this section we will feature photo essays that have been in the pages of Architectural Record as well as photo essays not seen in print that are exclusive to our Web site. Sit back and enjoy our photographic journeys.

 

Artwork for MX in Hong Kong
Various Artists
View the 16 custom-made art pieces decorating the walls of MXheart illustrations created by 16 Asian artists. The designers intend these panels to reflect and embody the thoughts, feelings, and actions of MX’s employees and customers. Click here to view.

 

Night for Night—a surreal L.A. captured in nighttime images
By Kevin Cooley
Kevin Cooley, a Brooklyn- based photographer, turned his lens to television and movie sets during a six-month sojourn in Los Angeles, exploiting the intense juxtaposition of ordinary suburban houses and extraordinary lighting created by studio crews. Click here to view.

Photo © Kevin Cooley
 

To the Gulf: photographs of Kuwait and Dubai
By Robert Ivy, FAIA
View editor in chief Robert Ivy's personal photo journal from his trip to the Middle East. Click here to view.

Photo © Robert Ivy, FAIA
 

Snapshots of Biloxi
Photography by Lori Baker
Lori Baker, a resident of upstate New York, could not believe the devastating images from Katrina’s aftermath. With a strong desire to help, she packed up her car and drove to Biloxi, Mississippi where she joined the volunteer group “Hands on USA.” Here is a only a part of the destruction she witnessed. Continue...

Photo © Lori Baker
 

Juan Valdez Flagship Café
Hariri & Hariri - Architecture
with RIR Arquitectos

Organic shapes blend old and new café style. See our two web-exclusive featuring the construction of the 'liquid wall' and the façade screen for this project. Read on...

Photo courtesy Hariri & Hariri - Architecture
 

Common Ground Community
At the Prince George Hotel ballroom in New York City, a non-profit organization turns the clock back on a long-neglected jewel. See how the ballroom was restored to its historical condition in our web-exclusive image gallery. Read on...

Photo © FCharles
 

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Photography by Sebastian Mittendorfer
Peter Eisenman’s vision for Berlin’s Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. See our web-exclusive images gallery of construction photos of the making of this memorial. Read on...

Photo © Sebastian Mittendorfer
 

Las Vegas Gambles on Growth:
Aerial photography by Alex S. MacLean
It still galls a lot of people that a Strip festooned with a desperate neon exuberance, that preys on get-rich-quick dreams and advertises has-been headliners, could become an economically vital metropolis of 1.8 million people. Read on...

Photo © Alex S. MacLean / Landscapes
 

Mockbee: The artist
Not strictly an architect, Samuel Mockbee also created lively and imaginative artworks. This special section gives a glimpse into another medium of Sambo's artistry. Continue.

Pictured: Untitled painting by Samuel Mockbee
 

The Quirkiness of the Quotidien
By Joshua Lutz
Among those who have turned their critical attention to the everyday landscape in the modern world is Joshua Lutz, a New York photographer. Continue.

Pictured: Soldier Field; Photo © Joshua Lutz
 

Photos of China
By Andy Ryan

Reflections on Chinese landscape design and the enduring power of history and context. Continue.

Pictured: Summer Palace; Photo © Andy Ryan
 

Photos of China
By Sam Lubell

China is both a blur and a frozen moment. Only here are buildings erected at a faster pace than perhaps anywhere in the history of the world, while most of the country is still living as it did centuries ago. Continue.

Pictured: The Great Wall; Photo © Sam Lubell
 

Photos of China
By Robert Ivy

In early April 2003, Editor-in-Chief Robert Ivy traveled to China. His purpose was to follow a successful New York based American practitioner, Brad Perkins, FAIA, the chairman of Perkins Eastman Architects. Continue.

Pictured: Summer Palace; Photo © Robert Ivy, FAIA
   

The Irish Hunger Memorial
By Roger Shepherd

Designed by Brian Tolle and a collaborative team of architects and designers, the Irish Hunger Memorial commemorates all those who died from starvation or left their homes as a result of the potato blight in Ireland in the 1840s and immigrated to the United States. Continue.

Photo © Roger Shepherd
 

Photos of Greenwood Cemetery
By Susannah Shepherd

After walking through the giant gothic gate, I could feel a definite calming energy and I soon found myself surrounded by hundreds and hundreds of figures. Continue.

Photo © Susannah Shepherd
 
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