Don't let the bastards win in 2026

In 2025 we published 230,000 words—that is more than four Great Gatsbys, or about half of War and Peace. Probably the war half. Were they good words? We issued our annual reader survey, and here is a small selection of what our readers had to say:

“I subscribe to NYRA because I think it has the freshest, most interesting voice in architecture; it’s a must read.”

“The only magazine worth reading”

“No one is publishing this mixture of engaging, earnest, and class-conscious architecture criticism, let alone in print!”

“Good luck finding a better source of architectural and urban criticism with greater wit and social conscience.”

“Why waste your time with increasingly vapid glossy design mags when you can read a text-dense rag and learn something - about the world around you and the way you see it?”

“The crunch of newsprint brings me joy. I look forward to the personal ads in the back. It has italics that lean to the left and that is stone-cold cool.”

“The coolest publication I have perhaps ever subscribed to… authentic and unapologetically itself.”

“Best stable of architectural writers doing their most unfettered and often best work.”

“Finally, urbanism and architecture criticism not written by pretentious wankers. You should read it.”

“Hipsters discuss buildings.”

But don’t take their word for it! Start an annual subscription here and decide for yourself. Close out 2025 by starting a subscription to New York Review of Architecture for just $25.

Offer only lasts until January 1, 2026.

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