Articles from current issue of Architectural Record

...................... Agence Search, a Paris-based firm, has designed a new $16 million HQ for the Human Sciences Institute; the building is an exploration of cantilevers and levitation. Also, Morphosis is designing in China for the first time: a new headquarters for Giant Group Pharmaceuticals; the building’s narrow, winding form will twist around canals and a man-made lake. And OMA is building a 36-story condo tower in Singapore. Image: Singapore Scotts Tower; courtesy OMA. or your image view? please vsit www.archrecord.com Call for Entries: Two Competitions 1) Our annual Design Vanguard issue showcases the work of 10 emerging architects from around the world. Submit your project now—the deadline is Aug. 6. 2) Product Reports: A jury of architects, editors, and design experts will select the year's most interesting and useful new building products to include in the December issue. The deadline to submit is Sept. 7. Pictured: The Lago Vista Residence by Bercy Chen Studio, a Design Vanguard winner from 2006. Photo © Joseph Pettyjohn (Photos: Small-City Showcase) Architects who have designed an exceptional commercial or institutional building in a city or town with fewer than 250,000 inhabitants have been asked to submit examples of their work, and we have selected some of these for display in this gallery. Also check out our Green Projects Showcase and Residential Showcase. Pictured: Atrium at the N.Y. State Judicial Institute in White Plains, N.Y., designed by Kaeyer, Garment and Davidson. (Photos: Architectural Photography) Architectural photographers from around the world have been asked to submit examples of their work, and we have selected some of these images to display in this showcase gallery. Also check out our Student Showcase, our World of Design Showcase, and our Product Showcase. Pictured: "Lingotto Factory Lines," a photograph by Joel McKellar of a building originally designed by Giacomo Matté-Trucco and renovated by Renzo Piano Building Workshop. ....................................................................................... For more on above lines, please visit www.archrecord.com