American Architect and Building News was founded in 1876. It merged with the Architectural Review around 1920 and carried both names. In August of 1929, the magazine was bought by International, a division of Hearst. The title became American Architect. Later it merged with Architecture and carried both titles. In 1938, it was absorbed by Architectural Record.
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1877:
Jan-Dec
Index
1878:
Jan-Jun
Jul-Dec
1879:
Jan-Jun
Index
1883:
Jan-Jun
1884:
Jul-Dec
1885:
Jan-Jun
Jul-Dec
1886:
Jan-Jun
Jul-Dec
1887:
Jan-Jun
Jul-Dec
1888:
Jan-Jun
Jul-Dec
1889:
Jan-Jun
Jul-Dec
1897:
May 22;
Jul 3;
Sep 4;
Sep 18;
Dec 25
1898:
Feb 5;
Feb 12;
Mar 12;
May 21;
Sep 24;
Oct 22;
Nov 19;
Nov 26;
Dec 17
1902:
Jan-Dec
1905:
Jan-Jun
Jul-Dec
1906:
Jan-Jun
Jul-Dec
1907:
Sep 28
1908:
Jun 24
Jul 1
Jul 29
1909:
Jul 21
1910:
Oct 26
Nov 9
Nov 16
Dec 7
Dec 14
Dec 21
1911:
Feb 1
Feb 15
Jul 19
Jul 26
Aug 23
1912:
Apr 18
1914:
Mar 11
Schools
1915:
Feb 24
1917:
Jan-Jun
Sep 5
1918:
Jan 23
Jan 30
Mar 6
Jun 5
Jul 10
Aug 14
Sep 11
Sep 18
Sep 25
Oct 30
Nov 6
1919:
Jan-Jun
1920:
Jan-Jun
Jul-Dec
1921:
Jan-Jun
Jul-Dec
1922:
Jan-Jun
1923:
Jul 4
Aug 1
1924:
Feb 13
Feb 27
Mar 12
Mar 26
Apr 9
Apr 23
May 7
May 21
Jun 4
Jun 18
Jul 2
Jul 16
Jul 30
Aug 13
Aug 27
Sep 10
Sep 24
1925:
Jul 1
1926:
Apr 5
Apr 20
May 20
1927:
Mar 6
Jul 20-1
1928:
Jan-Mar
1929:
Jan 5
Jan 20
Feb 5
Feb 20
Mar 5
Mar 20
Apr 5
Apr 20
May 5
May 20
Jun 5
Jun 20
Jul 5
Jul 20
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec-1
Dec-2
1930:
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1931:
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
1932:
Feb
Jul-Dec
1933:
May
Jul
Sep
1934:
Mar
May
Jul
Sep
Oct
1935:
Jan
Feb 14
Mar 14
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1936:
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1937:
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1938:
Jan
Feb