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15 Best Architecture Magazines And Publications

Architectural Magazines are a source of information on the architectural field for architects, architectural students, or anybody searching for information on architecture. The magazines are as well medium for building up industry knowledge by keeping up the architects and architectural students with the current trends.

In this article, we have talked about the 15 best architectural magazines and publications which are helpful and reliable in the architectural field. However, it is good to note that they are other types of architectural magazines you can find around with useful and reliable information as well not mentioned in this article.

1. Architectural Digest

Architectural Digest was launched in 1920 as a California trade quarterly, over the years the magazine evolved, increasing in frequency and broadening in scope until it became the byword for living well.

It is a vibrate monthly celebration of international design talents, inspiring decorating ideas, culture, travel, and innovative homes and products.

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2. Archdaily

Archdaily is the daily dose of architecture for everybody in the fraternity, whether they are the latest news or an actual architectural review.

One is able to comprehend the important feature of a project with Archidaily in the fastest way possible. It focuses on the right spotting of details, communication, being digital, and keeping great track of the time factor.

3. Domus

It is an architecture and design magazine which was founded back in 1928 by Gio Ponti, an Italian architect, industrial designer, artist, and publisher together with Barnabite.

The magazine is published by Editoriale Domus, and it is issued eleven times a year every month. Its headquarters are based in Rozzano, Milan, Italy.

4. Architectural Forum

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Architectural Forum was an American magazine that covered the home building industry and architecture. The ownership of the Forum passed from one individual to another, it passed from Time, Inc., Urban America, Inc., Whitney Publications, and finally to Billboard Publications in 1972.

The journal was published under several names throughout its history. From 1892 to 1916 it was known as The Brickbuilder and from 1917 to 1974 it was known as Architectural Forum.

5. The Architectural Review

The Architectural Review is a monthly international architectural magazine. It was published in 1896 in London. The magazine articles talk about the built environment such as landscape, interior design, urbanism, and building design.

It was founded by Percy Hastings, the owner of the Architectural Press together with Ernest Newton and an editorial board of Reginald Blomfield, Mervyn Macartney, as a monthly magazine in 1896.

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6. Architectural Record

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Architectural Record magazine is dedicated to interior design and architecture. It is a US-based monthly magazine widely known as an important historical record of the unfolding debates in architectural practice, criticism, and history in the 20th-century United States.

The Architectural Record readership is encouraged among engineering, architecture, and design professionals. BNP Medis is the current publisher of the magazine and it is written in English. The Magazine was founded back in the year 1891.

7. Architects’ Journal

Architects’ Journal is an architectural magazine published in London by Metropolis International. The architectural magazine has changed its name severally, initially, the architectural magazine was known as The Builder’s Journal and Architectural Record, it was later changed to The Builder’s Journal and Architectural Engineer from 1906 to 1910 and from 1911 to 1919 it was renamed The Architects and Builder’s Journal and since then it was given its current name.

It was founded back in 1895. In 2018, the Architects’ Journal won the PPA Business Magazine of the Year and it was named Editorial Brand of the Year in 2020 and 2021, at the International Building Press National Journalism Awards.

8. RIBA Journal

RIBA Journal is an architecture magazine and website published by the Royal Institute of British Architects, a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom. The online edition of this architectural magazine is updated daily and has additional content and is as well published monthly in print.

RIBA Journal was founded in 1834 and has undergone several name changes, in 1893 it was established as the Journal of Proceedings of the Royal Institute of British Architects and in the same year was renamed The RIBA Journal. It was later rebranded The Architect: The Journal of the RIBA, from 1986 to 1987, then it was reverted to the previous title.

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9. Architecture Australia

Architecture Australia is a national magazine covering the practice and works of architects and architecture in Australia. It is always published bi-monthly by Architecture Media.

It was founded back in 1904, under the name The Journal of the Institute of Architects of New South Wales. In 1912 it changed to The Salon, then Architecture in 1917 to Architecture in Australia in 1955, and in 1976 it obtained its current name Architecture Australia.

10. Harvard Design Magazine

Harvard Design Magazine was founded in 1997 by William S. Saunders and Nancy Levinson, an editor, and writer working in architecture, and urbanism among others. This magazine is a biannual publication of the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

It is indexed by the standard subject bibliographies, including the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, Artbibliographies Modern, and Bibliography of the History of Art.

11. Casabella

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Casabella is a magazine with a focus on modern, radical design and architecture. It is a monthly Italian architectural and product design magazine. Initially, it was known as La Casa Bella and was founded by Guido Marangoni in Milan in 1928.

Casabella has featured several famous architects and designers throughout its history such as Gae Aulenti, Marco Zanuso, and Franco Albini. They participated as creative editors of the magazine.

12. Metropolis

Metropolis is an internationally recognized design and architecture magazine. This magazine has a strong focus on innovation, sustainability, and ethics in the creative sector.

The Metropolis magazine was founded back in the year 1981 by Horace Havemeyer III, (a prominent New York family of German) of Bellerophon Publications.

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13. Building Design

Building Design is a British weekly architectural magazine. It is as well known as BD and is located in London. This architectural magazine was founded in 1969 and published by Morgan Grampian.

It is interesting to note that Building Design editors and staffs are mostly journalists, unlike other architectural publications where editors and staffs are architects.

14. El Croquis

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El Croquis is said to be one of the most prestigious architectural magazines in the world. Most of the leading international architects choose it as their showcase.

The architectural magazine was founded in 1982 and its editors are Fernando Márquez and Richard Leven, and in 2014, they received an International Fellowship from RIBA. In 1992, El Croquis received an award the Gold Medal for Exports by the Spanish Chamber of Commerce.

15. OnOffice

OnOffice is a quarterly architecture and design magazine. It was launched back in 2006 by publishing director Daren Newton. It features news, criticism, and case studies on architecture, interior, and product design for the commercial industry.

This architecture Magazine is owned by Media 10 LTD. Jessica-Christin Hametner is the present editor of the magazine.