USModernist® Magazine Library

Access to legacy publications has never been more critical for preservation, and architects, realtors, sellers, buyers, and the design-loving public need an easier way to research architecture and design magazines. Be part of this breakthrough documentation project by contacting us to donate missing magazines or donate funds to acquire more magazines. USModernist is a 501C3 nonprofit and donations are tax-deductible.

Call 919.740.8407 or email george@usmodernist.org to verify needed issues before sending. If requested, we provide boxes and free ground FedEx shipping (or reimbursement) from anywhere in the continental US.

Major donors include: AIA National / Nancy Hadley, UNC Greensboro Library, Pratt, Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation / Kelvin Dickinson, Smithsonian Institution, University of Hawai'i Manoa, Catherine Marken Boyle, Philip Kennedy-Grant, Savannah College of Art and Design, Robert Keil, Julie Taylor, Michael Raso, Palm Springs Museum of Art, Cranbrook, Baltimore Museum of Art, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

See list below for what we're missing from national design magazines. For AIA state/city magazines, check against AIA holdings on the main library page.

AIA Journal1961: Aug-2        
American Architect 1879: 7-121880-18821883: 7-121884: 1-61890-19041907-19181919: 7-121922: 7-121923
1924: 7-121925-19261927192819291935: 2-7   
American Bungalow TBD        
American Home 1932: 1-31935: 2       
Apartment Life 1974-19801981: 1-3       
ARCADE 1982-19961997: fall, winter1998-19992000: fall2001-20032005: summer, spring2010-2020  
Architect and Engineer 1905: 5-81959: 7-121960-1962      
Architectural Digest 1920-19241926: 4-121927-19331935-19641969: winter1971: 92020: 10  
Architectural Forum 1930: 4-2, 10-1, 10-21931: 3-1, 3-21933: 7-121937: 8, 9, 11     
Architectural Index 20062009-2012       
Architectural Review (UK) 1896-19541968: 101969: 5, 7-12      
Architecture and Urbanism 1971-20072008: 1-72009: 2, 4-8, 10-122010-20122013: 1-4, 9, 122014: 2, 4, 6, 8-122015-2021  
Architecture California 19811989-1999       
Better Homes & Gardens 1922-19241925: 1, 4-8, 10-121926: 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 111927: 2, 4-121928-19291930: 1-7; 10-121931: 1-9, 11, 1219321933: 1-5, 7-12
 1934-19351936: 1, 2, 4-8, 10-121937: 1-7, 9-1219381939: 1, 2, 4-121940-19411942: 1, 2, 4-10, 121943: 1, 3-8, 10-121944-1945
 1946: 2-121947-19481949: 1-6, 8, 10-121950-19511975-1976 1977: 1, 2, 4-10, 121978: 1, 3-121979: 1-8, 10-121980
 1981: 1-10, 121982-20142015: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 82016: 2-122017-20182019: 1, 2, 5, 10, 122020: 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10-122021-2022 
California Arts & Architecture 1929-1944      
Faith and Form 1994: spring, winter1995: winter1996: winter2002: 42019: 1    
Florida Architect 1945-19531954: 1-61961: 31977-19821992-199620042006-2018  
Frank Lloyd Wright Newsletter (Heinz) 1978: 4        
GA-Houses by issue number 1, 4, 7, 810, 12, 4145, 48, 51, 5559-81, 85, 8688, 89, 9298, 101, 103109, 115-121123-139141-160
House+Home 1962: 8        
House & Garden 1993: 8-121994-19951996: 1-111997: 1-3, 81998: 3, 61999: 3, 6, 9-112000: 4-6, 9, 112001: 1, 7, 9-122002: 1, 2, 4-7, 10-12
 2003: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 122004: 1-3, 6, 9-112005: 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 102006: 2, 3, 5, 7-112007: 1-4, 82008-2010   
Housing 1978: 41979: 61980: 1-3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 121981: 4, 6, 7, 11, 121982: 1, 2, 9    
Inland Architect 1883-19561957: 1-81958: 7, 81962-19651966: 1-8, 101967: 1, 31968: 6, 8, 101971: 1-8, 101973: 3
 1979: 2-4, 91982: 11/121984: 1-6, 9/101985: 71993: 9-121994: 3-81995: 3, 101996: 1/2, 9-121997: 3-6, 9-12
 1998: 1-8, 11/121999-close       
Metropolis 1981: 1-6, 121984: 1-3, 101989: 121991: 1-41995: 4    
Metropolitan Home 1981: 4-91982: 5-7, 9-1219831984: 1-5, 7-101985: 1-6, 8-121986: 1-4, 7-9, 11, 121987: 41989: 1-4, 81990: 4
 1991: 11, 121992: 21998: 52003: 52006: 1    
Modern 2008-20142015: spring, winter2016: fall, winter2017: summer, winter2019: fall, summer    
Nest 1997: fall1998: fall, winter1999-20032004: spring, summer, fall     
New Old House 2005-20062007: winter2008: fall, summer2010: fall, winter2011: spring, summer2012-20132014: spring, summer, winter2015: spring, summer, winter2016: spring, fall
 2017-2020        
Old House Interiors 2002: 92003: 1, 72006: 3-122007: 102009: 6, 8, 122010: 4, 122011: 6-11  
Old House Journal 1973-19761978: 1, 3-51979: 1, 5, 7, 9, 121980: 51982: 11986: 1, 72009: 22010: 1, 32019: 12
Oppositions 24, 25, 26        
Perfect Home all issues        
Period Homes 1999: winter2000: spring2001: winter2005: 72011: 3, 5, 7, 112012: 92013: 3, 72014: 5, 72015: 5, 7, 11
 2016: 32017: 3, 72018: 1, 7, 112019-2020    
Residential Architect 1997: 1-5, 7-121998: 12003: 11      
SAH Southern CA Chapter 2000: 7, 8        
SNAP 2009-20132014: 1, 3, 5, 11       
Sunset 1928-1929; 1930: 1-4, 6-121931: 1, 3-8, 10, 121932: 3, 4, 6-121933: 1, 2, 4-111934: 1-3, 5-7, 9, 11, 121935: 1-9, 121936: 1-9, 11, 121937: 2-4, 10, 121938: 2-6, 9-12
 1939: 1-5, 7-9, 11, 121940-19421943: 1-3, 5, 7-121944: 1-8, 10-1219451946: 1, 2, 4-1219471948: 1-7, 9-121949: 2, 3, 5-12
 1984: 121992: 3, 51993: 4, 71996: 51997: 10-121998: 1-3, 5, 9, 111999: 2, 4-6, 8-112000: 1-6, 8-112001: 2, 7, 12
 2002: 1, 2, 4-6, 8-122003: 1-4, 6, 8-102004: 7, 82007: 122008: 1, 3, 42009: 112010: 42011: 3, 11, 122012: 2-8, 11, 12
 2014: 5, 7, 8, 112015: 1, 7-92016: 1-3, 5, 8, 10-122017: 1, 62018: 2-52020: 5-12   
Texas Architect 2000: all issues        
Traditional Building 1988: 11-121990: 3-41992: 1, 5, 7, 9, 111993: 1, 3, 9, 111994: 1, 3, 111995-19961997: 1-22001: 3, 5, 9, 112002
 2003: 1, 5-1220042005: 1, 3-122006: 10-1120102011: 4, 6, 8, 122012: 2, 6, 8-10, 122013: 8-10, 122014: 8-10
 2015: 62016: 2, 10, 12       
UK Society of Arch Historians 1950-19581959: 11960-1966198420062010   
Wallpaper 1996-19972005: 122006: 220212022: 1, 3-10, 122023: 2-6, 8-12   
Western Architect 1904: 9-1219091910: 1-111911: 1-4, 6-121913-19141916: 1-61917: 1-4, 7-91918: 3-121919: 1-7, 9-12
 1920-19221923: 1, 5-121924: 1-7, 9-121925: 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 11, 121928: 1, 4-7, 9-121930-1931