Journal Details
Aims & ScopeThe Journal of Architecture is jointly published by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis. It was launched in 1995 and is the longest standing, continuously published, international, refereed publication on architecture based in the UK. Now published six times a year, The Journal of Architecture has become widely recognised as one of the foremost journals in its field in the world.
Journal issues range from those consisting of a selection of essays on open topics to special guest-edited volumes on particular themes. Subjects covered include writings about individual architects, theoretical texts, design theory, architectural culture, sustainability, technology, everyday building, pedagogy, visual culture, artistic practices and urbanism. The journal also features an extensive book and exhibition review section in every issue.
All material submitted to The Journal of Architecture is subject to rigorous peer review using the ‘double-blind' refereeing process. The Editorial Board, which is enhanced by regional editors in around twenty countries, strongly welcomes contributions from all over the world. It is the express aim of The Journal of Architecture to influence the future of architecture and its reception internationally by publishing innovative contributions on every aspect of architectural endeavour.
‘The Journal of Architecture has become an indispensable forum for emerging research in architecture's history and theory. Its special thematic issues contribute to the confrontation of scholarly perspectives on overlooked problems – a must-read for faculty, doctoral and graduate students, as well as for architects and the general intellectual audience.'
Professor Jean-Louis Cohen, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, USA ‘Think of Alberti without the Ten Books or Le Corbusier without Vers une Architecture: architectural careers have been built on writing as well as building. We need books and journals to show us what is being built, how, and why. That is why we need solid and reliable organs of debate like The Journal of Architecture where there is room to unfold an argument, review a book properly, or advance a cause that is not immediately fashionable.' Professor Peter Blundell Jones, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield, UK
'The Journal of Architecture mixes polemic with scholarship and the timely with the perennial without seeking to be sensational. Every issue is, of course, particular. As the coverage gradually builds, we can see emerging a useful instrument of research and correlation, and a vindication of the editors' policy of critical evaluation.'
Emeritus Professor Robert Maxwell, Princeton University, USA |
