Architectural History

The Society's principal publication is Architectural History. Published each autumn, this is one of the world's leading periodicals in the field. The architecture of the British Isles has always been one of the particular strengths of the journal, but there are no geographical or chronological limits to its range, which continues to expand. All issues of Architectural History from three or more years ago are available for consultation on-line through JSTOR, which is free through subscribing institutions. All members receive the journal.

The 2011 volume includes peer-reviewed articles on: the setting out of architecture in the classical and medieval periods; Michelangelo's Laurentian library; illustrations of medieval architecture in pre-Enlightenment Europe; John Aubrey's 'Chronologia Architectonica'; Stirling Castle; country-house guidebooks and the making of space in the eighteenth century; attitudes to cathedrals in late Georgian England; the environmental design of the 1851 Exhibition Building and Crystal Palace; Alvar Aalto's atelier; Modernist schools by Oliver Hill; the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry; and Basil Spence's Erasmus Building, Cambridge. The text of the 2010 Annual Lecture on three Romanesque great cathedrals is also presented. Contributors of the thirteen articles in this volume include Eric Fernie, David Yeomans, Ian Campbell, Aonghus MacKechnie, and Louise Campbell.

Cover image: Colin Westwood/RIBA Library Photographs Collection.

Click here to find out how to send an article to Architectural History and for Contributors' Notes.

Searching Architectural History

There are numerous ways of locating articles in Architectural History, as follows. The links will take you to the relevant websites where further information is available.

RIBA Library Catalogue - All issues of Architectural History are listed by article in the RIBA Library catalogue, which is freely and publicly accessible.

JSTOR - Issues of Architectural History over three years old are scanned and available on JSTOR as searchable text. This facility is available free to those in academic institutions which include Architectural History as part of their JSTOR subscription. It is also possible to download individual articles as PDFs for a fee.

Avery Index - The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals is produced by Columbia University and the Getty Institute, and catalogues all articles in Architectural History. It is available primarily through institutions which subscribe to the facility through Athens or other database packages, and through a CD of the database held at certain libraries.

AH Indexes - Professor Andor Gomme's Indexes to Architectural History, Vol. 1-46 - The first 46 volumes of Architectural History have been catalogued by Andor Gomme and are available here to download as searchable PDF files:

- - - Index to Authors

- - - Index to Places

- - - Index to Persons

- - - Index to Institutions and Periodicals

Locating Architectural History

Many university libraries in Britain and abroad subscribe to the journal. For a current list of UK academic libraries where copies can be found, look up the current COPAC list.