Letter from the Editor: Unprecedented Collaboration

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The Architectural Showcase is always an exceptional issue, but this one is just a little more special. Many of the facilities featured this year — as well as from years past — sat empty for the better part of the spring. Gleaming new rec centers were forced to close their doors, while state-of-the-art stadiums and arenas fell silent or were converted into healthcare facilities, COVID-19 testing sites or temporary housing shelters.

This is the right time to recognize these facilities as more than just buildings, but rather as vital hubs of entire communities. In many cases designers actually considered the possibility that these facilities might have to accommodate a crisis like the one in which we currently find ourselves, and their operators' and occupants' adaptability and willingness to help in a time of need are testaments to the kinds of people that inhabit these places.

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