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 National Magazine | 1932: 1 | 1947: 9 | |||||||
| American Home | 1932: 1-3 | 1935: 1 2 3 | 1940: 8 | 1955: 1 | |||||
| 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 | ||
| AIA Journal | 1947: 9 | 1960: 2, 4, 6, 12 | 1961: Aug-2 | 1963: 4, 9 | |||||
| ARCADE | 1982-1996 | 1997: fall, win | 1998-1999 | 2000: fall | 2001-2003 | 2005: sum spr | 2010-2020 | ||
| Architecture California | 1981 | 1989-1999 | 2000: 3, 4 | 2005: 4 | 2011-2020 | ||||
| Architectural Digest | 1920-1924 | 1926: 4-12 | 1927-1933 | 1935-1964 | 1969: winter | 1971: 9 | 2020: 10 | ||
| Architect and Engineer | 1905: 5-8 | 1959: 7-12 | 1960-1962 | ||||||
| American Architect | 1879-1882 | 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 | ||||
| Architectural Forum | 1924: 7-12 | 1925: 1-6 | 1926 1927 | 1929: Mar-2 | 1930: 4-2, 5-2, 7-2, 8-2, 10-1, 10-2, 12-2 | 1931: 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2 | 1932: 7-12 | 1933: 7-12 | |
| Architectural Index | 2006 | 2009-2012 | |||||||
| Architectural Review (UK) | all until 1954 | 1968: 10 | 1969: 5 7-12 | ||||||
| Architecture Plus | 1975 | ||||||||
| Better Homes and Gardens | 1922-1951 | 1955: 1-6 | 1972: 7-12 | 1975-2022 | |||||
| California Arts & Architecture | 1920-1944 | ||||||||
| Faith and Form | 1994: spring winter | 1995-winter | 1996-winter | 2002-four | 2019-1 | ||||
| Frank Lloyd Wright Newsletter (Heinz) | 1978: 4 | ||||||||
| Florida Architect | 1945-1953 | 1954: 1-6 | 1961: 3 | 1977-1982 | 1992-1996 | 2004 | 2006-2018 | ||
| Echoes | 1994: summer |
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| GA-Houses by issue number | 1,4,7,8,10,12 | 41,45,48,51, 55,59,60 |
61-81,85, 86,88,89, |
92, 98,101, 103,109 |
115-121,123-139 | 141-160 | |||
| House+Home/ Housing | Anything before 1953 | 1962: 8 | 1978: 4 | 1979: 6 1980: 1 2 3 5 6 8 9 12 |
1981: 4 6 7 11 12 | 1982: 1 2 9 | |||
| House and Garden | 1901: 1-5 | 1902- 1903 | 1904: 7-12 | 1905: 1-6 | 1906: 7-12 | 1907: 7-12 | 1908: 7-12 | 1909: 7-12 | 1910 |
| 1915: 1-6 | 1924: 3 1926: 10 |
1932: 7 8 |
1938: 5-7 |
1943: 1-6 | 1946:10 | 1948: 1 2 7-12 | 1962: 6 | ||
| 1966: 7-12 | 1967: 7-12 | 1971: 1 5-9 11 12 | 1972: 1 4 | 1973: 3 | 1974: 7 8 10 11 | 1975-1988 | |||
| 1991: 2 | 1992: 4 | 1993-2010 | |||||||
| Inland Architect | 1883 to 1969 | 1969: 2-10, 12 | 1970: 1-4, 6-9 | 1971-1979 | 1980: 3 4 6 7 8 | 1981: 3, 7-10 | 1982-1983 | 1984: 1-6, 9 | 1985: 1 5 7 9 |
| 1987: 3 5 9 | 1988: 9 11 | 1989: 1 7 9 | 1990: 7 11 | 1991: 1 7 9 11 | 1993: 9 11 | 1994: 3 5 7 | 1995: 3 10 | 1996: 1 9 11 | |
| 1997-close | |||||||||
| Metropolis | 1981: 1-7, 12 | 1983: 4 5 | 1984: 1 2 3 10 | 1989: 6 7 8 12 | 1990: 12 | 1991: 1-4, 11 | 1995: 4 |
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| Metropolitan Home | 1974-1986 | 1987: 1 3 4 6 | 1989 | 1990: 4 6 | 1991: 1 9 11 12 | 1992: 2 | 1998: 5 | 2003: 5 | 2006: 1 |
| Modern | 2008-2014 | 2015: sp win | 2016: fall win | 2017; sum win | 2019: fall sum | ||||
| Modernism (originally Modernist) | 2001-fall | ||||||||
| NEST | all issues | ||||||||
| New Old House | inception to 2006 | 2007: summer winter | 2008: fall summer | 2010-2020 | |||||
| Old House Interiors | 1994-1995 |
2002-2011 | |||||||
| Old House Journal | 1973-1976 | ||||||||
| 1978: 1 3 4 5 | 1979: 1 5 7 9 12 | 1980: 5 | 1982: 1 | 1983: 8 9 | 1985: 9 | 1986: 1 7 | 1987: 2 3 | 1988: 7-8 | |
| 1992: 9-10 | 1995: 9-10 | 2007: 10 | 2009: 2 | 2010: 1 3 | 2019: 12 | ||||
| Perfect Home | all issues | ||||||||
| Period Homes | 1999-winter | 2000-spring | 2001-winter | 2005: 7 | 2011: 3 5 7 11 | 2012: 9 | 2012: 9 | 2013: 3 7 | 2014: 5 7 |
| 2015: 5 7 11 | 2016: 3 | 2017: 3 7 | 2018: 1 7 11 | 2019-2020 | |||||
| Residential Architect | 1997 | 1998: 1 | 2003: 11 | ||||||
| Oppositions | 24, 25, 26 | ||||||||
| SAH Southern CA Chapter | 2000: 7-8 | ||||||||
| Sunset | 1905: 1-4 | 1921-1949 | 1984: 12 | 1992: 3 5 | 1993: 4 7 | 1996: 5 | 1997: 10 11 12 | ||
| 1998:1 2 3 4 5 7 9 11 | 1999: 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | 2000: 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 | 2001: 1 2 4 5 7 12 | 2002 | 2003: 1-4, 6-10 | 2004: 6-8 | 2007: 12 | ||
| 2008: 1 3-7 | 2009: 11 | 2010: 4 | 2011: 3, 11, 12 | 2012: 2-8, 11, 12 | 2013-2020 | ||||
| SNAP | 2009-2013 | 2014: 1 3 5 11 | |||||||
| Traditional Building | 1977 1989: 1 1990: 3 |
1992: 1 5 7 9 11 |
1993: 1 3 9 11 1994: 1 3 11 |
1995 1996 1997: 1 |
2001: 3 5 9 11 2002 |
2003-2005 | 2006: 10 | ||
| 2010 | 2011: 4 6 8 12 | 2012: 2 6 8 9 10 12 | 2013: 8 9 10 12 | 2014: 8 9 10 | 2015: 6 | 2016: 2 10 12 | |||
| UK Society of Arch Historians | 1950-1958 | 1959: 1 | 1960-1966 | 1984 | 2006 | 2010 | |||
| Wallpaper | inception to 1997 | 2005: 3 12 | 2006: 2 | 2012: 3 | 2014 | ||||
| 2018: 5 6 7 8 9 11 | 2019: 10 | 2022 | |||||||
| Western Architect | all except 1915 | ||||||||