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USA
Years of publication
1938-1939

Language(s): English This experimental publication of Time Inc. was published as an insert in “Architectural Forum”, with an impresive list of editors in its masthead:  the famous skyscraper designers William Lescaze, and Wallace K. Harrison, the MoMA art curator James Johnson Sweeney, and the promising  figures of William Muschenheim and Stamo Papadaki. However, under the backlash from the US audience the magazine only survived for three issues. It remains a unique attempt for a purely modernist periodical in national circulation.

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No. 1, 1938, No. 2, 1939, No. 3, 1939

De Stijl

The Netherlands
Years of publication
1917-1929
Language(s):
Dutch, English, German, French The groundbreaking magazine that kickstarted the modernist movement in the Netherlands and brought its members to international fame. Led by artist/architect Theo van Doesburg,  the De Stijl group included among others the painter Piet Mondrian, the architects Jan Wils, J. J. P. Oud, and Gerrit Rietveld, and artists such as Bart van der Leck, and Vilmos Huszar.

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Vol 1: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Vol 2: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Vol 3: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12


Architecture in Greece

Greece
Years of publication
1967-2012

Language(s):
Greek and English
Published on an annual basis, the magazine started by Orestis Doumanis in 1967 “Architecture in Greece” (Architektonika Themata) was the nations’ seminal architectural magazine for the latter half of the 20th century by featuring a wide range of both project-based articles, as well as theoretical treatises by notable figures from Greece and abroad.

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Vol. 1 (1967), Vol. 2 (1968), Vol. 3 (1969), Vol. 4 (1970), Vol. 5 (1971); Vol. 6 (1972), Vol. 7 (1973), Vol. 8 (1974),  Vol. 9 (1975), Vol. 10 (1976), Vol. 11 (1977), Vol. 12 (1978), Vol. 13 (1979), Vol. 14 (1980), Vol. 15 (1981)


Bauhaus

Germany
Years of publication
1926-1931
Language(s):
German The Dessau-based Bauhaus school directed by Walter Gropius, Hannes Meyer, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe published its own magazine that appeared in several iterations beginning in 1926.

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Vol. 1: 1, 2, 3, 4.
Vol. 2: 1, 2/3, 4.
Vol. 3: 1, 2, 3, 4. 
Vol. 4: 1, 2, 3.

L’ Esprit Nouveau

France
Years of publication
1920-1925
Language(s):
French L’ Esprit Nouveau, launched by Le Corbusier, Ozenfant, and Dermée, sought to encompass the spirit of modernism in the Parisian setting, and established a central node in the modernist European setting, similar to the Dutch De Stijl, the German Bauhaus, and the Russian Vkhutemas. Published between 1920 and 1925 its range of subjects varied from architecture to poetry, scientiffic discoveries, and cultural debates.

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No.: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11/12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

Forum

The Netherlands
Years of publication
1959-now
Language(s):
Dutch, English Forum has been the quintessential post-WWII architectural magazine in the Netherlands, most famously during the editorship of Aldo van Eyck and Jaap Bakema starting from 1959 which among others popularized the movement of Dutch structuralism. 

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1959: Jan-Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct-Nov, Dec
1960: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May


Arkkitehti

Finland
Years of publication
1921-
Language(s):
Finnish, Swedish, English Arkkitehti or the Finnish Architectural Review was originally started as an insert to the Tekniska Föreningen [The Engineering Society of Finland]  and begun its independent life in 1921 as a bi-monthly, and then a monthly periodical. Through its pages marched seminal figures of Scandinavian modernism like Alvaar Aalto, Aino Aalto, and  Viljo Revell. 

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1921: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
1922: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
1923: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
1924: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
1925: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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Architektoniki   

Greece
Years of publication
1957-1971
Language(s): 
Greek, English, French, German 
The magazine Architektoniki (Architecture), under the direction of Antonis Kitsikis and the editorial supervision of Konstantinos Kitsikis and Doris Makris, was the first attempt in Greece to create a modern professional magazine up to international and European standards. Characteristically, articles were published in four languages: Greek, English, French, and German. 
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1957: Jan-Feb, Mar-Apr, May-Jun, July-Aug, Sep-Oct, Nov-Dec,
1958: Jan-Feb, Mar-Apr, May-Jun, Jul-Aug, Sep-Oct, Nov-Dec
1959: Jan-Feb, Mar-Apr, May-Jun-Jul-Aug, Sep-Oct, Nov-Dec
1960: Jan-Feb, Mar-Apr...

Special Issue: The Architecture of Crete

Deltio Syllogou Architectonon

Greece
Years of publication
1961-

Language(s): 
Greek
The magazine  Deltio Syllogou Architectonon before being renamed to Architectones, was the  official communication outlet of Greece’s  Association of Qualified Architects and featured a unique combination of theoretical discussion of intense public focus, as well as policy regulations and debates about said policies. Through the decades, the content of the magazine mirrored architects’ sense of obligation and responsibility towards social, environmental, and even political issues. 

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1986: Apr-May, Aug-Sep, 
1985: Jan-Feb, Mar-Apr,  May-Jun, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct, 
1983: Jan-Feb, Mar-Apr, May-Jun, Jul-Aug, 
1982: Mar-Apr, May-Jun, Jul-Aug-Sep, Oct-Nov-Dec,
1981: Jan-Feb, Mar-Apr, Jun, Sep-Oct, Nov-Dec, 
1980: May-Jun, Nov-Dec,
1978: Mar-Apr, Nov-Dec,
1977: Jan, Mar, May-Jun, Sep-Oct, Nov,
1976: Nov-Dec






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