Architectural Design

The journal is currently published by John Wiley & Sons, and has been edited by Helen Castle since 2001.

In its early days, the journal was more concerned with the British architectural scene, but it gradually became more international in scope.

The content of the journal is seen during the latter half of its history as running parallel with the cutting edge of avant-gardism, promoting innovation as well as celebrity status – 'stararchitects'.

Thus, at the height of Postmodernism in the late 1970s – when it often featured the works of Michael Graves, Robert Stern, Leon Krier, James Stirling, Robert Krier and Aldo Rossi – it also published Rem Koolhaas's later influential book Delirious New York (1979).

The shift in emphasis can be pinpointed to a single edition of the journal, devoted to the two polar positions at that time: "Peter Eisenman versus Leon Krier: 'My ideology is better than yours.'"