Architecture: Academic Journals and Articles
This guide brings together key resources to help you find information relating to Architecture, including architecture and landscape architecture.
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Use the academic journals listed below to find articles including the latest information on your subject.
Many academic journals are considered more reliable sources because they go through a peer review process.
Academic journals are usually peer-reviewed
Peer review involves experts in the field assessing the strength of a piece of work, usually an article or book, prior to publication. It is generally considered a mark of relevance, originality and credibility.
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Academic Journals
Here are some of the key journals in your subject area, some titles in the list below are peer reviewed.
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AbitareFounded in 1961 by Piera Peroni Abitare magazine has crossed the history of costume, architecture and design. Following the evolution of our ways of life and how we inhabit places.
Architect's JournalThe mission of The Architects’ Journal is to support architects in their day-to-day practice by providing news, industry insight and critical, technical building studies. Showcases recently completed buildings, sustainability and emerging talent.
Architectural DesignPeer reviewed journal, each issue is presented as a thematic volume edited by an invited guest-editor, who is an international expert in their field. Covering design and new technologies, plus topics as diverse as: architectural history and theory, the environment, interior design, landscape architecture and urban design.- Architectural HistoryArchitectural History is a double-blind, peer-reviewed international journal that publishes original and interpretive research on buildings, the built environment, the history of architectural theory, and architectural historiography.
Architectural TechnologyPublished quarterly, AT Journal features comprehensive and in-depth technical articles pertinent to the discipline both nationally and internationally.
ArqArq publishes work covering all aspects of architectural endeavour. Contents include building design, urbanism, history, theory, environmental design, construction, materials, information technology, and practice.
Blueprint : architecture, design and contemporary cultureBlueprint's aims to provide unrivalled coverage of the architecture, design and art worlds for professionals and enthusiasts alike.
Design IssuesInclude theoretical and critical articles by professional and scholarly contributors, extensive book reviews, and illustrations on design history, theory, and criticism, design issues and provokes inquiry into the cultural and intellectual issues surrounding design.
The Design JournalInternational peer-reviewed journal covering all aspects of design and its interdisciplinary practices
DetailThe magazine DETAIL devotes every issue to specific topics in construction and building details in architecture. Current international architecture projects are documented with photographs and comparable drawings at a scale of 1:20. Two times a year, the magazine features the special supplement Interiors.
DomusMonthly architecture and design magazine founded in 1928
FrameLoaded with nothing but the best in contemporary interior and product design , Frame is an inspiring and indispensable reference for design professionals.- Housing and SocietyHousing and Society is the journal of the Housing Education and Research Association (HERA). Topics in housing include: policy, design, social aspects, gerontology, behavioural aspects, energy/environment, equipment, interiors, economics, theory/model development, education, and program development or evaluation.
Journal of Architecture
Peer-reviewed journal from all areas of architectural and architectural design research. Including global challenges and their local manifestations such as: the climate emergency, economic scarcity, new technologies and societal upheavals and shifts.
Journal of Urban Regeneration and RenewalPeer-reviewed journal for all professionals concerned with physical, economic and social regeneration of urban communities. Articles and real world case studies on the latest strategy, policy making and current and best practice in the field.- Landscape JournalLandscape Journal offers in-depth exploration of ideas and challenges that are central to contemporary design, planning, and teaching. Besides scholarly features, Landscape Journal includes editorial columns, creative work, reviews of books, conferences, technology, and exhibitions.
LandskabLandskab communicates the Nordic landscape of architectural work. Among both readers and writers there are architects, planners, designers, researchers and artists. Landskab is published by Danske Landskabarkitekter in collaboration with the Association of Academic Architects.
Studies in ConservationPeer-reviewed journal for the conservation of historic and artistic works. Publishes original work on a range of subjects including advances in conservation practice, novel methods of treatment, preventive conservation, issues of collection care, conservation history and ethics, examination methods for works of art, new research in the analysis of artistic materials or mechanisms of deterioration, and conservation issues in display and storage.Topos
International publication about landscape architecture and urban design in English. It covers a broad range of topics from urban landscapes to rural areas, from infrastructure to gardens.
Urban DesignQuarterly journal published by the Urban Design Group.