New York Review of Architecture #51
265 x 405 mm, 56 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 opinionated columns, essays, criticism and more, beginning with an always enjoyable Letters to the Editors section (yes, this is a magazine that gets a response from its readers!)
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 the illustrated rodent mascot).
Inside this belated Summer 2026 issue, Jo Livingstone delves into the queer history and uncertain fate of New York’s beloved Jacob Riis beach and bathhouse, now on the brink of privatisation; Audrey Wollen harks back to architect and critic Michael Sorkin’s radical vision of navigating New York’s urban sprawl, reflecting on an exhibition held in his honour at Columbia University earlier this year; and a new track by LA-based singer-songwriter Kim Petras—‘Brutalist’—is dissected in Eric Schwartau’s recurring ‘Catty Corner’ column.
Plus, discover the usual host of book reviews, including a lengthy analysis of ‘Wages for Housework: The Feminist Fight Against Unpaid Labor’ by Emily Callaci.
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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