In June, RECORD honors 2023’s Design Vanguard firms and focuses on wood, from mass-timber construction to sustainable sourcing to engineering innovations and seismic feats. The issue explores spiritual projects including a multi-denominational complex in Abu Dhabi; a Cape Town church; and a dual-congregation house of worship in Cologne. Stateside, Studio Gang’s Gilder Center at the American Museum of Natural History and a revamped Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts are both profiled. Also in the issue, June’s House of the Month finds inspiration in California’s strict energy code, our correspondent reports from Milan Design Week, and we catch up with David Adjaye.