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See list below for what we're missing from national design magazines.
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AIA Journal 1961: Aug,
part 2		    
American Architect 1879: 7-12 1880-1882 1883: 7-12 1884: 1-6 1890-1904 1907-1918 1919: 7-12 1922: 7-12 1923
1924: 7-12 1925-1926 1927 1928 1929 1935: 2-7
American Bungalow 1992:
Issue 4		 1993:
Issues 5, 6		 1994:
Issues 7-9		 1995:
Issue 11		 1997:
Issue 13		        
American Home 1932: 1, 2 1940: 8              
Apartment Life 1974-1980 1981: 1-3            
ARCADE 1982: Jun/Jul 1985: 4-12 1986-1995 1996: spring,
summer, fall		 1997: fall,
winter		 1998: winter 1999 2000: fall 2001-2003
2005: summer,
spring		 2011: spring 2012: winter 2013: winter 2014: winter,
summer		 2015: summer 2016: summer 2017: spring,
summer		 2018: winter,
summer
2019: spring,
summer		 2020: winter,
spring, fall		 2021 2022: fall,
spring		 2023-2024
Architect and Engineer 1905: 5-8 1959: 7-12 1960-1962
Architects Newspaper
(issue #)		 2005: 6, 8 2007: 11, 12, 13 2014: 4 2017: 8, 9, 10 2018: 6 2020: 4      
California Edition 2007: 5 2016: 5, 6, 7, 8              
Midwest Edition 2012: 10 2013: 4 2015: 1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10 2016: 1, 5-10          
Southwest Edition 2014: 6 2015: 1              
Architectural Digest 1920-1921 1922: Northern
California Edition		 1923: Southern
California Business Edition		 1925: v. 5 1926: v. 6,
no. 2		 1929: v. 7,
no. 2-3		 around 1932: v. 8,
no. 4		 around 1933: v. 9,
no. 1
1938-1964 1969: winter 1971: 9
Architectural Forum 1930: 4-2,
10-1, 10-2		 1931: 3-1,
3-2		 1933: 7-12 1937: 8, 9,
11		          
Architectural Index 2006 2009-2012              
Architectural Review (UK) 1896-1954 1968: 10 1969: 5,
7-12		  
Architecture and Urbanism 1971-2007 2008: 1-7 2009: 2,
4-8, 10-12		 2010-2012 2013: 1-4,
9, 12		 2014: 2, 4,
6, 8-12		 2015-2021    
Architecture California 1981 1989-1999              
Architecture West 1958-1964 1970-1980              
Arts and Architecture 1966: 1                
Better Homes & Gardens 1922-1924 1925: 1,
4-8, 10-12		 1926: 1, 2,
5, 8, 10, 11		 1927: 2,
4-12		 1928: 2-12 1929: 1-6,
8-12		 1930: 1-7,
10-12		 1931: 1-9,
11, 12		 1932: 2-7,
10-12
1933: 1-5,
7-12		 1934 1935: 1, 3-5,
7-9, 11, 12		 1936: 1, 2,
4-8, 10-12		 1937: 1, 3-7,
9-12		 1938: 1, 3-5,
7-12		 1939: 1, 2,
4-8, 10-12		   1941: 1-3,
5-12
1942: 1, 2,
4-6		 1943: 1, 3-8,
10-12		 1944-1945 1946: 2-7,
9-12		 1947-1948 1949: 8,
10-12		 1950: 7-12
1951: 7-12		 1975-1976 1977: 1, 2, 4,
5, 7, 9, 10, 12
1978: 1, 3-8,
11, 12		 1979: 1-8,
10-12		 1980: 1, 2,
4-6, 8-12		 1981: 1-10,
12		 1982 1983: 1-10,
12		 1984-1985 1986: 1-9,
12		 1987: 1, 2,
5-7, 10-12
1988-1989 1990: 1-5,
7-12		 1991-1994 1995: 1, 2,
4-12		 1996: 1-8,
11		 1997-2014 2015: 1, 2,
4, 6, 7, 8		 2016: 2-5, 7,
11, 12		 2017: 1-3, 6,
8, 11
2018: 1, 3, 7,
8, 12		 2019: 2 2020: 5, 12 2021: 1 2 5 7 2022: 1 2 5 7 8 9 12
California Arts
& Architecture 		1929: 1 1933: 4 6 8 9 11 1942: 7 1943: 3 10    
Contract 1960-1961,
1969-1973		 1974: 1-7 1975-1976 1980: 7-12 1981: 1-8 1985 1986: 4-6
1988 1989: 1-6 1990 1993: 10, 12 1994: 2 1995: 2 1996: 8
1998-2002 2003: 1-4,
7-9, 11		 2004-2006 2007: 1-6, 10 2008: 2 3 9 10 2009: 1-4, 9-12 2010: 7-8
  2011: 5-9 2012: 1-2 2013: 5 9-12 2014: 4 2015: 1 2 9 12 2016: 6 11 2017: 4 5
  2018: 4 5 7-12 2019 2020        
Faith and Form 1994: spring,
winter		 1995: winter 1996: winter 2002: 4 2019: 1      
Florida Architect 1945-1953 1954: 1-6 1961: 3 1977: 3-12 1978-1981 1993: fall 1994: winter 1995: summer,
fall, winter		 1996: spring,
summer, winter
1998: winter 2001: spring 2004 2005: winter 2006: fall 2007-2011 2012: summer,
fall, winter		 2013 2014: spring,
summer, winter
Frank Lloyd Wright
Newsletter (Heinz) 		1978: 4                
GA-Houses
by issue number 		1, 4, 7, 8 10, 12, 41 45, 48, 51, 55 59-81, 85, 86 88, 89, 92 98, 101, 103 109, 115-121 123-139 141-160
House Beautiful 1906-1996 1997: 1 3 4 1998: 11 12 1999: 8 10 2000: 6 12 2001: 5-12 2002-2024    
House+Home /
Housing 		1955: 5 1962: 8 1975: 2 1978: 4 1979: 6 1980: 1-3, 5,
6, 8, 9, 12		 1981: 4, 6, 7,
11, 12		 1982: 1, 2, 9
House & Garden 1996: 1-8   1998: 6 9     2001: 1,
9 12		 2002: 1, 2,
4, 6		    
2003: 1, 3, 4, 6,
7, 9, 10, 12		 2004: 1-3, 6,
9-11		 2005: 1, 2, 4,
5, 9, 10		 2006: 2, 3, 5,
7-11		 2007: 1-4, 8 2008: 1-4, 6-12 2009: 1-4, 6-12 2010  
Interiors 1955: 8-12 1956-1962 1963: 1-5 1964: 2 3 4 1965: 10 12 1966: 1 6 9 1967: 7    
  1968: 3 11 1970: 11 1971: 2 4 8 12 1972 1973: 2 7 1974: 2 6 8 10 11 1975: 1 2 10 1976-1978  
  1979: 1 2 3 4 9 10 12 1980 1981: 6 10 1982: 1 2 5 7 11 12 1983: 5 9 10 1984: 4 1985: 4 8 9 10 12 1986: 1 3 5 7  
  1987:  1 5 6 1988: 11 1991: 6 1993: 9 1994: 1 5 1995: 9 1996: 3 9 1997: 1 3  
  1999: 11 2000: 2 11 2001: 3 7-12 2002-2022          
Inland Architect 1962: 1-12 1963: 1-12 1964: 1-12 1965: 1-12 1966: 1-8, 10 1967: 1, 3 1968: 6, 8, 10 1971: 1-8, 10 1973: 3
  1979: 9 1982: 11/12 1984: 1/2,
5/6, 9/10		 1995: 3, 10 1996: 1/2,
9-12		 1997: 3-6,
9-12		 1998: 5-8,
11/12		 1999-close  
Metropolis 1981: 1-6, 12                
Metropolitan Home 1981: 4-9 1982: 6, 7, 9, 10, 12 1983: 3-5, 10-12 1984: 1-4, 7-10 1985: 1, 3, 5,
6, 8, 10-12		 1986: 1, 3, 4,
7-9, 11		 1987: 4 1989: 1-4, 8 1990: 4
  1992: 2 1998: 5 2003: 5 2006: 1          
Modern 2009: summer 2010: summer,
fall		 2011: winter,
summer, fall		 2014: summer,
fall		 2016: fall 2017: winter,
summer		 2019: fall,
summer		    
NEST 1997: fall 1998: fall,
winter		 1999-2003 2004: spring,
summer, fall
New Old House 2005: winter,
spring		 2007: winter 2008: fall,
summer		 2011: spring,
summer		 2012: spring,
summer		 2013 2014: spring,
summer, winter		 2015: spring,
winter		 2016: spring,
fall
  2017 2018 2019: spring,
summer, fall		 2020: spring,
summer, fall		        
Old House Interiors 2011: 6              
Oppositions 24 (Spring 1981) 25 (Fall 1982) 26 (Spring 1984)            
Perfect Home all issues              
Period Homes 2000: summer 2001: summer 2002: summer 2003: summer 2004: summer 2005: 7 2011: 3, 5,
7, 11		 2012: 9 2013: 3, 7
  2014: 5, 7 2015: 5, 7, 11 2016: 3 2017: 3, 7 2018: 1, 11    
Residential Architect 1997: Oct 1998: Jan/Feb
SAH Southern
CA Chapter 		2000: 7, 8              
SNAP 2009-2013 2014: 1, 3, 5, 11              
Sunset 1928: 1-7, 9-12 1929: 1-8, 10-12 1930: 1-4, 6-12 1931: 1, 3-8, 10, 12 1932: 3, 4, 6-12 1933: 1, 2, 4-11 1934: 2, 3, 5-7, 9, 11 1935: 1-7, 9, 12 1936: 1-9, 11
  1937: 2-4, 10 1938: 3, 5, 6, 9, 11 1939: 1-5, 8, 9, 12 1940: 5, 7, 8, 12 1941: 1-11 1942: 1-10, 12 1943: 3-12 1944: 1, 3, 5-11 1945: 4-9, 11
  1946: 1, 2, 4, 5,
7, 9-12		 1947: 2, 4, 5,
7-9, 11, 12		 1948: 3-6, 11 1949: 3, 6-10, 12 1984: 12 1992: 3 1993: 7 1996: 5 1997: 10-12
    1998: 1-3, 11 1999: 2, 5, 6, 8-11 2000: 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 2001: 2 2002: 6, 8 2003: 3, 6, 8 2008: 1, 4 2009: 11
  2010: 4 2012: 3, 5-7, 12 2014: 6 2016: 5, 8, 10-12 2017: 12 2018: 5 2020: 5-12 2021-2024  
Texas Architect 2000: all              
This Old House 1996: 3 1999: 9 11 2010-2013: all 2014: 1 2 3 6 2015: 3 4 5 7 2016: 3 5-12 2017-2024: all    
Traditional Building 1988: 11-12 1990: 3-4 1992: 1, 5, 7, 9 1993: 3, 9, 11 1994: 1, 3, 11 1995: 1-4, 7-12 1996: 1-8, Nov/Dec 1997: Jan/Feb 2001: 3, 5, 9, 11
  2002 2003: 1, 5-12 2004 2005: 1, 3-12 2006: 10-11 2010: 2-12 2011: 4, 6, 8, 12 2012: 2, 6, 8-10, 12 2013: 8-10, 12
  2014: 8-10 2015: 6 2016: 2, 10, 12            
UK Society of
Arch Historians 		1950-1958 1959: 1 1960-1966 1984 2006 2010
Wallpaper 1996: 9-12 1997: 1-12 2006: 2 2021: 5, 11, 12 2022: 1, 3-10,
12		 2023: 3-5,
8, 10		    
Western Architect 1904: 9-12 1909 1910: 1-11 1911: 1-4, 6-12 1913-1914 1916: 1-6 1917: 1-4, 7-9 1918: 3-12 1919: 1-7, 9-12
  1920-1922 1923: 1, 5-12 1924: 1-7, 9-12 1925: 1, 2, 6,
8, 9, 11, 12		 1928: 1, 4-7,
9-12		 1930-1931