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Architecture magazines worth reading

From daily news to the monographs that define a career, these are the publications the profession actually reads. Following them is also how you learn which studios are doing the work you want to do — useful when you build a target list for speculative applications.

MagazineCountryKnown for
Dezeen ↗United KingdomWorld's most-read online architecture and design magazine; daily news, founded 2006.
ArchDaily ↗Chile / globalLargest online architecture platform; vast project and product database, founded 2008.
Domus ↗ItalyHistoric architecture and design monthly founded in Milan in 1928; guest-edited by leading architects.
Detail ↗GermanyMunich technical journal on construction detailing and building technology, since 1961.
El Croquis ↗SpainQuarterly bilingual monographs on the complete work of individual leading architects, since 1982.
Arquitectura Viva / AV Monografías ↗SpainFlagship Spanish magazine and monographic series (Luis Fernández-Galiano), since 1985.
The Architectural Review ↗United KingdomInternational architecture and criticism journal founded 1896; among the oldest in the field.
Architectural Record ↗United StatesLeading US professional architecture magazine, published since 1891.
Wallpaper* ↗United KingdomDesign, architecture and lifestyle magazine with strong contemporary coverage.
A+U (Architecture and Urbanism)JapanBilingual Japanese/English monthly on international contemporary architecture.
VolumeNetherlandsCritical/theoretical quarterly (successor to Archis, with AMO and Columbia C-Lab).
LogUnited StatesIndependent triannual journal of architecture criticism and theory, founded 2003.
Metropolis ↗United StatesNew York architecture, design and culture magazine with a sustainability focus.
Abitare ↗ItalyMilan design and architecture magazine founded 1961.
CasabellaItalyHistoric Italian architecture monthly founded 1928; shaped by Pagano, Rogers, Gregotti.
BauweltGermanyBerlin architecture and urbanism weekly, published since 1910.
BaumeisterGermanyOne of Germany's oldest architecture magazines (Munich, since 1902).
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen ↗SwitzerlandLeading Swiss architecture magazine, in German and French.
l'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui ↗FranceLandmark French international architecture review, founded 1930.
Architectural Digest (AD)United StatesCondé Nast interiors and architecture lifestyle magazine; many international editions.
PIN-UP ↗United StatesBiannual 'magazine for architectural entertainment' — design, culture, personalities.
IconUnited KingdomArchitecture and design magazine launched 2003, covering trends and culture.
Arketipo ↗ItalyInternational monthly on architecture and construction engineering.
RIBA Journal ↗United KingdomOfficial journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects; practice-focused.
BlueprintUnited KingdomLong-running UK architecture and design magazine for professionals.