New York Review of Architecture #43/44
270 x 405 mm, 52 pages (staple bound)
New York, US
Bimonthly
First published in 2019
Editor: Samuel Medina
Art director: Laura Coombs
Cover: Sean Suchara
Tall and slim (much like a skyscraper...), NYRA naturally ‘reviews architecture in New York,’ featuring columns, essays, criticism and more, beginning with a particularly amusing Letters to the Editors section.
Smartly redesigned in 2022—its newsprint pages and slab serif typography Interview-esque—you’ll find plenty of visual character to go alongside the sharp writing (not least its rodent mascots).
In this bumper November/December, January/February, double edition, NYRA continues to stand out as a bastion of American journalism even as the political landscape surrounding it is once again uprooted. Essays include an overview of New York’s 20th century uber-planner Robert Moses; the story of the city’s underground population, the homeless people that found home in the tunnels and shafts below New York’s streets; and a strong critique of the new park spaces being built on New York’s waterfront.
On the Journal
At Work With Samuel Medina: ‘It’s important to us that NYRA feels rooted in New York City, by which I don’t just mean Manhattan or North Brooklyn but also Queens, the Bronx, the rest of Kings County, even Staten Island (within limits). We tend to prioritize working writers over academics or practicing designers, but we’re interested in working with anyone who can write creatively and critically about the city.’
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