Online journal of architecture, landscape, and urbanism publishing long-form essays on cities, the built environment, and public space for design professionals.

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We seek lively and original writing on architecture, landscape, and urbanism. We define these areas broadly to include allied fields such as planning, geography, history, ecology, politics, media, and technology. We publish academic research written for a wide audience, as well as essays, criticism, narrative journalism, photography, and multimedia work. We occasionally publish work in other genres that illuminates the experience of cities, buildings, and landscapes. We have a longstanding commitment to public things, public space, and public knowledge.<div><br></div><div>We seek writing that balances the high concept with a sharp focus on the messy, complicated details of lived experience, of real places and politics. Whatever the form, we value prose that is both rigorous and accessible.</div><div><br></div><div>To strengthen our mission of public scholarship, we no longer maintain a peer review track. We welcome submissions from established and emerging writers in any profession, inside or outside academia, in any part of the world. Our selection process is highly competitive, and we provide close attention and care throughout an intensive editorial process.</div>

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