Find here a few guidelines for prospective writers, that we will be updating every so often.
The New York Review of Architecture Reviews architecture, in New York. Fundamental to that verb ‘Review’, is our core rule: no propaganda – you must review – you cannot write about your own work. By engaging with the work others, by dispatching correspondents to New York’s wealth of events and take notes & quotes, by listening, we hope to knit New York’s architecture world together.
We are also a monthly publication, and we do not have themes. That means we strive to be topical - every piece must answer ‘why should we read this now?’
Finally, we are a very short and heterogeneous publication - we love to run lots of short, 15-200 word pieces, so if you have a hot take, send it our way. Our longest pieces are 600-1,000 words.
Along with standalone pieces, the Review has several recurring columns, such as ‘Better Know a Building.’ The most important of these columns is SKYLINE, a 500 word synopsis of the last month in New York.
Those 500 words are distilled from nearly 5,000 words of notes and quotes from our network of these correspondents - most working architects - who fan out across New York’s vast and raucous conversation and take notes.
If you would like to participate in that network: Ask us to cover an event: then take good notes and quotes, send them back that night (and, if you like, a sketch or a photo) to skyline@nyra.nyc. We will then pull on those notes and quotes for SKYLINE and, sometimes, post them on our instagram:
Skyline is also something like an engine for the rest of the publication, too. Write ups will also morph into longer pieces, sometimes notes & quotes from one person will be fed into existing longer pieces for another person, and the column is a place where new writers often start out.
Given the pandemic, no one is to go to any events, but the conversation is still there, substantial and more important than ever - along with having people attend digital events, we are encouraging correspondents to call and interview practitioners directly, rather than waiting to encounter them in an event.
Please send any questions to: editor@nyra.nyc, and we look forward to working with you.