Architectural History
About
Architectural History is the Society's principal publication, published since 1958. It is a double-blind, peer-reviewed journal of international standing, recognised for advancing significant original and interpretive research on buildings, the built environment, architectural theory, and historiography across all places and periods. Articles are intended to be rigorous, analytical, and contextual, situating their subjects within broader debates about the history and understanding of architecture.
Architectural History is now published as an Open Access journal by the Ubiquity Press. All articles published from 2026 will be fully Open Access and available to download.
We are pleased to re-open submissions for peer-reviewed articles to be published and ask prospective authors to take note of our updated guidelines. All submissions will now be made through this website, using a simple online portal.
We feature a substantial Book Reviews section. Suggestions and queries related to reviews should be sent to reviews@sahgb.org.uk.
People
Editor in Chief
Dr Alborz Dianat
Deputy Editors
Dr Elizabeth Darling (Managing Editor), Dr Felipe Hernández, Prof Maurice Howard, Prof Barbara Penner, Dr Robert Proctor, Prof Ola Uduku, Dr Lynne Walker
Book Reviews Editors
Prof Fabrizio Nevola (pre-1750 topics), Prof Neil Jackson (post-1750 topics)
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Guido Beltramini (CISA Andrea Palladio, Italy)
Swati Chemburkar (Jnanapravaha Institute, India)
Maarten Delbeke (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
Nnamdi Elleh (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
Ute Engel (Martin-Luther-Universität, Germany)
Philip Goad (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Thomas Howe (Southwestern University, USA)
Mary McLeod (Columbia University, USA)
Konrad Ottenheym (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Nancy Steinhardt (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Nancy Stieber (University of Massachusetts, USA)
For Readers and Subscribers
Architectural History provides all students and practitioners of the discipline with original research published by leaders in their fields and specialisms. While showcasing the latest findings and approaches to the histories of the built environment, it is also an archive of groundbreaking research and writing over six decades of publication on a wide range of topics.
Articles will be added to the journal website as the year progresses. Additionally, a printed volume will be available annually to members and to institutional subscribers for an additional charge (to be confirmed), comprising that year’s articles and book reviews.
All issues of Architectural History from 2022 and earlier are available for consultation via JSTOR, which is free through subscribing institutions. The titles of all articles published in Architectural History are listed in the RIBA Library catalogue, which hosts the RIBA’s Architectural Periodicals Index (API) and which is freely and publicly accessible. The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, produced by Columbia University and the Getty Research Institute, also catalogues all articles in Architectural History. It is available through subscribing institutions. The first 46 volumes (up to 2003) of Architectural History were catalogued by the late Prof Andor Gomme, a former Chair of the Society and Editor of the journal, and are available here to download as searchable PDF files:
Authors Index
Institutional Periodicals Index
Places Index
Persons Index