230 x 280 mm, 100 pages

London, UK

Monthly

Editor: Manon Mollard

Art director: Tom Carpenter

Founded in 1896, the AR has a proud tradition of challenge and criticism, scouring the globe for architecture that provokes and inspires, and relying on its immense archive and critically acclaimed writers to shape architectural discourse. Combine this with a rich history of contemporary editorial design and you have a magazine of interest beyond its natural architectural audience.

This May 2026 issue is dedicated to the ‘Alps’, a region where global heating is occurring at twice the global average. On the cover, geotextiles installed by locals to reflect sunlight off the Rhône Glacier document the measures the region is taking to combat the ever-visible climate emergency. Inside, you’ll find a 10-page examination of how Avoriaz—once France’s only entirely pedestrianised ski resort—is adapting it’s architecture in response to rising foot-fall driven by depleting snow coverage in lower-altitude resorts, as well as a look into how the ski resorts still afloat are, in effect, ‘spurring their own demise’. Elsewhere, existing structures are being repurposed to counter challenging building conditions: a historical chalet now houses Val-d’Illiez’s municipal administration, while Museum Bezau—first transformed from an 18th-century farmhouse in 1920—welcomes a timber-framed extension. Finally, leaf through to the back pages where writer Seán Williams explores replicas of Alpine chalets and villages across the world that feel more kitsch than authentic.

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