Architectural Record 2023:12

In December, RECORD explores spaces for the arts in the context of shifting conceptions of culture, including a globular Las Vegas entertainment venue and a pyramidic monument-museum to an Albanian dictator that’s undergone a dramatic refresh. Elsewhere, we visit a landmark new cultural hub in Manchester, a revamped Parisian maritime museum, a performance-focused public plaza in Houston, and a renovated Washington, D.C., museum celebrating women in the arts. Also this month: a deep dive into museum daylighting, a first look at a quartet of new buildings at a woodsy Californian college, the House of the Month in Upstate New York, and the winners of our Products of the Year competition.