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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 Journal | 1961: Aug-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 | TBD | ||||||||
| American Home | 1932: 1-3 | 1935: 2 | |||||||
| Apartment Life | 1974-1980 | 1981: 1-3 | |||||||
| ARCADE | 1982-1996 | 1997: fall, winter | 1998-1999 | 2000: fall | 2001-2003 | 2005: summer, spring | 2010-2020 | ||
| Architect and Engineer | 1905: 5-8 | 1959: 7-12 | 1960-1962 | ||||||
| Architectural Digest | 1920-1924 | 1926: 4-12 | 1927-1933 | 1935-1964 | 1969: winter | 1971: 9 | 2020: 10 | ||
| 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 | |||||||
| Better Homes & Gardens | 1922-1924 | 1925: 1, 4-8, 10-12 | 1926: 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 11 | 1927: 2, 4-12 | 1928-1929 | 1930: 1-7; 10-12 | 1931: 1-9, 11, 12 | 1932 | 1933: 1-5, 7-12 |
| 1934-1935 | 1936: 1, 2, 4-8, 10-12 | 1937: 1-7, 9-12 | 1938 | 1939: 1, 2, 4-12 | 1940-1941 | 1942: 1, 2, 4-10, 12 | 1943: 1, 3-8, 10-12 | 1944-1945 | |
| 1946: 2-12 | 1947-1948 | 1949: 1-6, 8, 10-12 | 1950-1951 | 1975-1976 | 1977: 1, 2, 4-10, 12 | 1978: 1, 3-12 | 1979: 1-8, 10-12 | 1980 | |
| 1981: 1-10, 12 | 1982-2014 | 2015: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 | 2016: 2-12 | 2017-2018 | 2019: 1, 2, 5, 10, 12 | 2020: 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10-12 | 2021-2022 | ||
| California Arts & Architecture | 1929-1944 | ||||||||
| Faith and Form | 1994: spring, winter | 1995: winter | 1996: winter | 2002: 4 | 2019: 1 | ||||
| Florida Architect | 1945-1953 | 1954: 1-6 | 1961: 3 | 1977-1982 | 1992-1996 | 2004 | 2006-2018 | ||
| 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+Home | 1962: 8 | ||||||||
| House & Garden | 1993: 8-12 | 1994-1995 | 1996: 1-11 | 1997: 1-3, 8 | 1998: 3, 6 | 1999: 3, 6, 9-11 | 2000: 4-6, 9, 11 | 2001: 1, 7, 9-12 | 2002: 1, 2, 4-7, 10-12 |
| 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 | 2008-2010 | ||||
| Housing | 1978: 4 | 1979: 6 | 1980: 1-3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12 | 1981: 4, 6, 7, 11, 12 | 1982: 1, 2, 9 | ||||
| Inland Architect | 1883-1956 | 1957: 1-8 | 1958: 7, 8 | 1962-1965 | 1966: 1-8, 10 | 1967: 1, 3 | 1968: 6, 8, 10 | 1971: 1-8, 10 | 1973: 3 |
| 1979: 2-4, 9 | 1982: 11/12 | 1984: 1-6, 9/10 | 1985: 7 | 1993: 9-12 | 1994: 3-8 | 1995: 3, 10 | 1996: 1/2, 9-12 | 1997: 3-6, 9-12 | |
| 1998: 1-8, 11/12 | 1999-close | ||||||||
| Metropolis | 1981: 1-6, 12 | 1984: 1-3, 10 | 1989: 12 | 1991: 1-4 | 1995: 4 | ||||
| Metropolitan Home | 1981: 4-9 | 1982: 5-7, 9-12 | 1983 | 1984: 1-5, 7-10 | 1985: 1-6, 8-12 | 1986: 1-4, 7-9, 11, 12 | 1987: 4 | 1989: 1-4, 8 | 1990: 4 |
| 1991: 11, 12 | 1992: 2 | 1998: 5 | 2003: 5 | 2006: 1 | |||||
| Modern | 2008-2014 | 2015: spring, winter | 2016: fall, winter | 2017: summer, winter | 2019: fall, summer | ||||
| Nest | 1997: fall | 1998: fall, winter | 1999-2003 | 2004: spring, summer, fall | |||||
| New Old House | 2005-2006 | 2007: winter | 2008: fall, summer | 2010: fall, winter | 2011: spring, summer | 2012-2013 | 2014: spring, summer, winter | 2015: spring, summer, winter | 2016: spring, fall |
| 2017-2020 | |||||||||
| Old House Interiors | 2002: 9 | 2003: 1, 7 | 2006: 3-12 | 2007: 10 | 2009: 6, 8, 12 | 2010: 4, 12 | 2011: 6-11 | ||
| Old House Journal | 1973-1976 | 1978: 1, 3-5 | 1979: 1, 5, 7, 9, 12 | 1980: 5 | 1982: 1 | 1986: 1, 7 | 2009: 2 | 2010: 1, 3 | 2019: 12 |
| Oppositions | 24, 25, 26 | ||||||||
| Perfect Home | all issues | ||||||||
| Period Homes | 1999: winter | 2000: spring | 2001: winter | 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, 7, 11 | 2019-2020 | ||||||
| Residential Architect | 1997: 1-5, 7-12 | 1998: 1 | 2003: 11 | ||||||
| SAH Southern CA Chapter | 2000: 7, 8 | ||||||||
| SNAP | 2009-2013 | 2014: 1, 3, 5, 11 | |||||||
| Sunset | 1928-1929; 1930: 1-4, 6-12 | 1931: 1, 3-8, 10, 12 | 1932: 3, 4, 6-12 | 1933: 1, 2, 4-11 | 1934: 1-3, 5-7, 9, 11, 12 | 1935: 1-9, 12 | 1936: 1-9, 11, 12 | 1937: 2-4, 10, 12 | 1938: 2-6, 9-12 |
| 1939: 1-5, 7-9, 11, 12 | 1940-1942 | 1943: 1-3, 5, 7-12 | 1944: 1-8, 10-12 | 1945 | 1946: 1, 2, 4-12 | 1947 | 1948: 1-7, 9-12 | 1949: 2, 3, 5-12 | |
| 1984: 12 | 1992: 3, 5 | 1993: 4, 7 | 1996: 5 | 1997: 10-12 | 1998: 1-3, 5, 9, 11 | 1999: 2, 4-6, 8-11 | 2000: 1-6, 8-11 | 2001: 2, 7, 12 | |
| 2002: 1, 2, 4-6, 8-12 | 2003: 1-4, 6, 8-10 | 2004: 7, 8 | 2007: 12 | 2008: 1, 3, 4 | 2009: 11 | 2010: 4 | 2011: 3, 11, 12 | 2012: 2-8, 11, 12 | |
| 2014: 5, 7, 8, 11 | 2015: 1, 7-9 | 2016: 1-3, 5, 8, 10-12 | 2017: 1, 6 | 2018: 2-5 | 2020: 5-12 | ||||
| Texas Architect | 2000: all issues | ||||||||
| Traditional Building | 1988: 11-12 | 1990: 3-4 | 1992: 1, 5, 7, 9, 11 | 1993: 1, 3, 9, 11 | 1994: 1, 3, 11 | 1995-1996 | 1997: 1-2 | 2001: 3, 5, 9, 11 | 2002 |
| 2003: 1, 5-12 | 2004 | 2005: 1, 3-12 | 2006: 10-11 | 2010 | 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 | 1996-1997 | 2005: 12 | 2006: 2 | 2021 | 2022: 1, 3-10, 12 | 2023: 2-6, 8-12 | |||
| 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 |