Architectural Record Archives
An index of the magazine from 1891-2013
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Thanks to a partnership with USModernist.org, most issues of Architectural Record, going back to the the magazine’s founding in 1891, are now available to readers as high-resolution PDFs. Click through the links below to read coverage from years past. You can help in this effort to digitize our archives by submitting missing issues.
Archives by Decade:
| 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 |
| 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 |
| 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 |
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Request for help to find special edition on Chicago
April 2, 2019
Hi, I have subscribed to Architectural Record for the past 5 years in India. I have come to Michigan and spent a few days in Milwaukee and I'll be going to Chicago next. I remember a magazine which focused entirely on Chicago. I somehow misplaced it specifically and I'm not able to locate it in archives online as I don't remember the month and year. Kindly help if possible.
Re: Request for help to find special edition on Chicago
April 8, 2019
The Chicago issue was published in October 2015: https://www.architecturalrecord.com/topics/1984-chicago-past-present-future Thank you for reading!
Green Source Magazine
April 24, 2021
I wonder if is it posible to access Green Source Magazine archives through my current subscription to AR? Thanks
Mid-August 1978 is missing pages
July 26, 2021
Thanks for this great resource.
I'm sorry to see that the mid-August 1978 issue (https://www.architecturalrecord.com/ext/resources/archives/backissues/1978-08.pdf?270792000) is missing pages 65-78 and others as well.
Record archives
October 17, 2022
Download time for the new pdf version of back issues is exasperatingly slow. At least with the Phoenix library version, you could easily randomly search for enjoyable articles.
Great Opportunities for Research
January 10, 2023
As a practicing architect, I find your accomplishment in creating the AR Archives is an extraordinary accomplishment. This offering provides the field of architectural learning with the opportunity for exceptional research that will provide the world with an incomparable legacy.
