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{{Short description|American monthly interior design and landscaping magazine}}
{{Short description|American monthly interior design and landscaping magazine}}
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| image_caption = March 2006 cover of ''Architectural Digest''
| image_caption = January 2020 cover, highlighting the magazine's 100th anniversary
| editor = [[Amy Astley]]
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'''''Architectural Digest''''' is an American monthly [[magazine]] founded in 1920.<ref>{{cite news|title=Top 10 Best Interior Design Magazines on USA |url=http://www.interiorhome.design/top-10-best-interior-design-magazines-on-usa/ |access-date=17 February 2016 |work=Home Design |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224230052/http://www.interiorhome.design/top-10-best-interior-design-magazines-on-usa/ |archive-date=24 February 2016 }}</ref> Its principal subjects are [[interior design]] and landscaping, rather than pure external [[architecture]]. The magazine is published by [[Condé Nast]], which also publishes international editions of ''Architectural Digest'' in Italy, China, France, Germany, India, Russia, Spain, Mexico, and Latin America.<ref>{{cite web|title=Architectural Digest|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/|website=ArchitecturalDigest.com|access-date=March 9, 2018|format=official website}}</ref>
'''''Architectural Digest''''' (stylized in [[all caps]]) is an American monthly [[magazine]] founded in 1920.<ref>{{cite news|title=Top 10 Best Interior Design Magazines on USA |url=http://www.interiorhome.design/top-10-best-interior-design-magazines-on-usa/ |access-date=17 February 2016 |work=Home Design |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224230052/http://www.interiorhome.design/top-10-best-interior-design-magazines-on-usa/ |archive-date=24 February 2016 }}</ref> Its principal subjects are [[interior design]] and landscaping, rather than pure external [[architecture]]. The magazine is published by [[Condé Nast]], which also publishes international editions of ''Architectural Digest'' in China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico/Latin America, the Middle East, Poland, and Spain.<ref>{{cite web|title=Architectural Digest|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/|website=ArchitecturalDigest.com|access-date=March 9, 2018|format=official website}}</ref>


''Architectural Digest'' is aimed at an affluent and style-conscious readership, and is subtitled "The International Design Authority."<ref>{{cite web|title=Architectural Digest|url=http://mediamaxnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/architectural-digest-local-advertising-brand-sheet.pdf|website=MediamaxNetwork.com|access-date=March 9, 2018|date=November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Top 100 Interior Design Magazines You Should Read (Full Version)|url=http://www.interiordesignmagazines.eu/top-100-interior-design-magazines-you-should-read-full-version/|website=InteriorDesignMagazines.eu|access-date=March 9, 2018}}</ref> The magazine releases the annual AD100 list, which recognizes the most influential interior designers and architects around the world.<ref>{{cite news|title=World's top architects and designers revealed in 2018's AD100 list|url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/architectural-digest-top-100-list/index.html|access-date=March 9, 2018|work=[[CNN]]|date=December 7, 2017}}</ref>
''Architectural Digest'' is aimed at an affluent and style-conscious readership, and is subtitled "The International Design Authority."<ref>{{cite web|title=Architectural Digest|url=http://mediamaxnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/architectural-digest-local-advertising-brand-sheet.pdf|website=MediamaxNetwork.com|access-date=March 9, 2018|date=November 2017|archive-date=March 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309182906/http://mediamaxnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/architectural-digest-local-advertising-brand-sheet.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Top 100 Interior Design Magazines You Should Read (Full Version)|url=http://www.interiordesignmagazines.eu/top-100-interior-design-magazines-you-should-read-full-version/|website=InteriorDesignMagazines.eu|access-date=March 9, 2018}}</ref> The magazine releases the annual AD100 list, which recognizes the most influential interior designers and architects around the world.<ref>{{cite news|title=World's top architects and designers revealed in 2018's AD100 list|url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/architectural-digest-top-100-list/index.html|access-date=March 9, 2018|work=[[CNN]]|date=December 7, 2017}}</ref>

''Architectural Digest'' also hosts a popular online video series entitled ''Open Door'' that gives an in-depth look at the unique homes of various prominent celebrities and public figures.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Open Door|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/video/series/open-door|access-date=2021-10-01|website=Architectural Digest Videos|language=en}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
Originally a quarterly trade directory called ''The Architectural Digest: A Pictorial Digest of California's Best Architecture'',{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} the magazine was launched in 1920<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9bBzCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA272|last1=Batchelor|first1=Bob|title=American Pop: Popular Culture Decade by Decade|date=2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|page=272|isbn=9780313364112}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Koket|title=Best Interior Design Magazines: ''Architectural Digest''|url=http://www.bykoket.com/blog/living-architectural-digest-magazine/|website=bykoket.com|date=March 24, 2013|access-date=April 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About AD|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/about-ad|website=ArchitecturalDigest.com|date=September 17, 2015|access-date=April 5, 2017}}</ref> by John Coke Brasfield (1880–1962).<ref name=ancestry>{{cite web|title=John Coke Brasfield|url=https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/john-coke-brasfield_15871617|website=[[Ancestry.com]]|access-date=March 9, 2018}}</ref><ref name=sorted>{{cite web|title=BRASFIELD, JOE G thru BRASFIELD, LILAH|url=http://sortedbyname.com/pages/b194792.html|website=Sorted By Name|access-date=March 9, 2018}}</ref><ref name=myheritage>{{cite web|title=John Brasfield|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/john_brasfield|website=[[MyHeritage]]|access-date=March 9, 2018}}</ref> Brasfield, born in Tennessee,<ref name=ancestry/><ref name=sorted/><ref name=myheritage/> moved to southern California in the early 1900s,<ref name=nourie>{{cite book|editor1-last=Nourie|editor1-first=Alan|editor2-last=Nourie|editor2-first=Barbara|title=American Mass-Market Magazines|url=https://archive.org/details/americanmassmark00nour|url-access=registration|date=1990|publisher=[[Greenwood Press]]|pages=[https://archive.org/details/americanmassmark00nour/page/26 26–29]|isbn=9780313252549}}</ref> where he founded the John C. Brasfield Publishing Corporation in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite book|title=Architectural Digest|oclc=01481856}}</ref> Interiors and exteriors of residences were featured in the magazine, along with floor plans.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
Originally a quarterly trade directory called ''The Architectural Digest: A Pictorial Digest of California's Best Architecture'',{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} the magazine was launched in 1920<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9bBzCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA272|last1=Batchelor|first1=Bob|title=American Pop: Popular Culture Decade by Decade|date=2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|page=272|isbn=9780313364112}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Koket|title=Best Interior Design Magazines: ''Architectural Digest''|url=http://www.bykoket.com/blog/living-architectural-digest-magazine/|website=bykoket.com|date=March 24, 2013|access-date=April 4, 2017|archive-date=October 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014023148/http://www.bykoket.com/blog/living-architectural-digest-magazine/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About AD|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/about-ad|website=ArchitecturalDigest.com|date=September 17, 2015|access-date=April 5, 2017}}</ref> by John Coke Brasfield (1880–1962).<ref name=ancestry>{{cite web|title=John Coke Brasfield|url=https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/john-coke-brasfield_15871617|website=[[Ancestry.com]]|access-date=March 9, 2018}}</ref><ref name=sorted>{{cite web|title=BRASFIELD, JOE G thru BRASFIELD, LILAH|url=http://sortedbyname.com/pages/b194792.html|website=Sorted By Name|access-date=March 9, 2018|archive-date=March 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309182930/http://sortedbyname.com/pages/b194792.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=myheritage>{{cite web|title=John Brasfield|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/john_brasfield|website=[[MyHeritage]]|access-date=March 9, 2018}}</ref> Brasfield, born in Tennessee,<ref name=ancestry/><ref name=sorted/><ref name=myheritage/> moved to southern California in the early 1900s,<ref name=nourie>{{cite book|editor1-last=Nourie|editor1-first=Alan|editor2-last=Nourie|editor2-first=Barbara|title=American Mass-Market Magazines|url=https://archive.org/details/americanmassmark00nour|url-access=registration|date=1990|publisher=[[Greenwood Press]]|pages=[https://archive.org/details/americanmassmark00nour/page/26 26–29]|isbn=9780313252549}}</ref> where he founded the John C. Brasfield Publishing Corporation in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite book|title=Architectural Digest|oclc=01481856}}</ref> Interiors and exteriors of residences were featured in the magazine, along with floor plans.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

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By 1963, the magazine's subtitle had been altered to ''A Pictorial Digest of Outstanding Architecture, Interior Design, and Landscaping'',{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} and it began publishing on a bimonthly schedule.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} In 1965,<ref name=nourie/> ''The Architectural Digest'' and its publishing company were purchased by Cleon T. Knapp, who was the magazine's "jack-of-all-trades"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/21/business/he-only-wants-the-very-rich.html|title=HE ONLY WANTS THE VERY RICH|last=MacAuley|first=Ian T.|work=The New York Times|date=February 21, 1982 |access-date=2018-09-20|language=en}}</ref> and Brasfield's grandson.<ref name=nourie/> Knapp son of Brasfield's daughter Sarah "Sally" Brasfield Knapp (1910–1996), who served, at various times, as the magazine's editor in chief, managing editor, and associate publisher.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} The magazine's subtitle was altered to ''The Quality Guide to Home Decorating Ideas'' in 1966,<ref name=nourie/> and was changed again, in 1971, to ''The Connoisseur's Magazine of Fine Interior Design'',<ref name=nourie/> and in 1976 to ''The International Magazine of Fine Interior Design''.<ref name=nourie/> The John C. Brasfield Publishing Company was renamed Knapp Communications Corporation in 1977.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} From 1965 on, the magazine was published in color.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://archive.architecturaldigest.com/article/1965/9/the-architectural-digest |title=Architectural Digest - September 1965 Issue |date=1965-09-01 |website=Architectural Digest}}</ref>


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Condé Nast Publications purchased ''Architectural Digest'', as well as its sister publication ''[[Bon Appétit]]'', from Knapp in 1993.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/25/business/the-media-business-career-maverick-has-a-new-home-at-conde-nast.html|title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Career Maverick Has a New Home at Conde Nast|last=Carmody|first=Deirdre|work=The New York Times|date=October 25, 1993 |access-date=2018-09-20|language=en}}</ref>
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By 1963, the magazine's subtitle had been altered to ''A Pictorial Digest of Outstanding Architecture, Interior Design, and Landscaping'',{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} and it began publishing on a bimonthly schedule.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} In 1965,<ref name=nourie/> ''The Architectural Digest'' and its publishing company were purchased by Cleon T. Knapp, who was the magazine's "jack-of-all-trades"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/21/business/he-only-wants-the-very-rich.html|title=HE ONLY WANTS THE VERY RICH|last=MacAuley|first=Ian T.|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-09-20|language=en}}</ref> and Brasfield's grandson.<ref name=nourie/> Knapp son of Brasfield's daughter Sarah "Sally" Brasfield Knapp (1910–1996), who served, at various times, as the magazine's editor in chief, managing editor, and associate publisher.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} The magazine's subtitle was altered to ''The Quality Guide to Home Decorating Ideas'' in 1966,<ref name=nourie/> and was changed again, in 1971, to ''The Connoisseur's Magazine of Fine Interior Design'',<ref name=nourie/> and in 1976 to ''The International Magazine of Fine Interior Design''.<ref name=nourie/> The John C. Brasfield Publishing Company was renamed Knapp Communications Corporation in 1977.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}


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In 2011 the [[Chinese language|Chinese]] version of the magazine, ''AD China'', was launched.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|author=Yao Jing|title=Chinese market gives magazines a new home|url=http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/weekly/2011-11/04/content_14035686.htm|access-date=24 December 2016|work=China Daily USA|date=4 November 2011}}</ref> The magazine is also published in other countries, including [[Germany]], [[India]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Website|url=http://www.architecturaldigest.in/|access-date=24 December 2016|work=Architectural Digest India}}</ref> [[France]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Architectural Digest |url=https://www.admagazine.ru/|access-date=7 December 2020|work=Architectural Digest Russia}}</ref> [[Italy]], [[Poland]], and [[Spain]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Architectural Digest Magazine Subscription (Germany) |url=http://www.oprny.com/architectural-digest-magazine-subscription-germany-10-iss-yr/|access-date=24 December 2016|work=OPR|archive-date=24 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224233819/http://www.oprny.com/architectural-digest-magazine-subscription-germany-10-iss-yr/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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Condé Nast Publications purchased ''Architectural Digest'', as well as its sister publication ''[[Bon Appétit]]'', from Knapp in 1993.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/25/business/the-media-business-career-maverick-has-a-new-home-at-conde-nast.html|title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Career Maverick Has a New Home at Conde Nast|last=Carmody|first=Deirdre|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-09-20|language=en}}</ref>


Architectural Digest won the [[2020 Webby Award|2020 Webby People's Voice Award for Architecture & Design]] in the category Web.<ref name="Kastrenakes">{{cite web |last1=Kastrenakes |first1=Jacob |first2= Jay |last2=Peters |title=Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/20/21263445/2020-webby-awards-winners-lil-nas-x-nasa-jon-krasinski |website=The Verge |access-date=22 May 2020 |language=en |date=20 May 2020}}</ref>
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In 2011 the [[Chinese language|Chinese]] version of the magazine, ''AD China'', was launched.<ref>{{cite news|author=Yao Jing|title=Chinese market gives magazines a new home|url=http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/weekly/2011-11/04/content_14035686.htm|access-date=24 December 2016|work=China Daily USA|date=4 November 2011}}</ref> The magazine is also published in other countries, including [[Germany]], [[India]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Website|url=http://www.architecturaldigest.in/|access-date=24 December 2016|work=Architectural Digest India}}</ref> [[France]], [[Russia]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Architectural Digest |url=https://www.admagazine.ru/|access-date=7 December 2020|work=Architectural Digest Russia}}</ref> [[Italy]], [[United States]] and [[Spain]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Architectural Digest Magazine|url=http://www.oprny.com/architectural-digest-magazine-subscription-germany-10-iss-yr/|access-date=24 December 2016|work=OPR}}</ref>
[[File:AD Magazine logo.svg|thumb|Logo used by international editions of the magazine]]
''Architectural Digest'' employees [[Condé Nast union|unionized]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Izadi |first1=Elahe |title=Condé Nast workers win recognition of company-wide union |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=2022-09-09 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/09/09/conde-nast-union/ |url-access=subscription |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286 |df=mdy-all |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201035325/https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/09/09/conde-nast-union/ |archive-date= Dec 1, 2022 }}</ref>


Architectural Digest won the [[2020 Webby Award|2020 Webby People’s Voice Award for Architecture & Design]] in the category Web.<ref name="Kastrenakes">{{cite web |last1=Kastrenakes |first1=Jacob |title=Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/20/21263445/2020-webby-awards-winners-lil-nas-x-nasa-jon-krasinski |website=The Verge |access-date=22 May 2020 |language=en |date=20 May 2020}}</ref>
Following the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], ''Architectural Digest'' Russia closed in 2022 when Condé Nast pulled out of Russia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-20 |title=Vogue Russia closes as Condé Nast stops publishing after 'rise in censorship' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2022/apr/20/vogue-russia-closes-as-conde-nast-stops-publishing-after-rise-in-censorship |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=The Guardian |first1=Fleur |last1=Britten |language=en}}</ref>


==Editors in chief==
==Editors in chief==
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*[[Amy Astley]], 2016–present<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://wwd.com/business-news/media/amy-astley-appointed-editor-in-chief-of-architectural-digest-conde-nast-margaret-russell-10433628/|title=Teen Vogue's Amy Astley Appointed Editor in Chief of Architectural Digest|last=Steigrad|first=Alexandra|date=2016-05-19|work=WWD|access-date=2018-03-07|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Amy Astley]], 2016–present<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://wwd.com/business-news/media/amy-astley-appointed-editor-in-chief-of-architectural-digest-conde-nast-margaret-russell-10433628/|title=Teen Vogue's Amy Astley Appointed Editor in Chief of Architectural Digest|last=Steigrad|first=Alexandra|date=2016-05-19|work=WWD|access-date=2018-03-07|language=en-US}}</ref>


== International Editions ==
Since the 2010 change in leadership, the magazine has seen a shift towards featuring lighter, more open interiors, brighter photography, and a modern graphic style.{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Country/Area
!Circulation dates
|-
|United States (''Architectural Digest'')
|1920–present
|-
|Italy (''Architectural Digest Italia'')
|1981–present<ref>{{Cite web |last=Turra |first=Alessandra |date=2015-02-03 |title=Condé Nast Relaunches Architectural Digest in Italy |url=https://wwd.com/feature/cond-nast-relaunches-architectural-digest-in-italy-8159093-2167340/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Germany (''[[Architectural Digest (Germany)|Architectural Digest Germany]]'')
|1997–present
|-
|Mexico (''Architectural Digest México'')
|2000–present<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-28 |title=Peter Lik Featured in Mexican Edition of Architectural Digest |url=https://lik.com/blogs/journal/peter-lik-featured-in-mexican-edition-of-architectural-digest |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=LIK Fine Art |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Latin America (''Architectural Digest Latinoamérica'')
|2000–present<ref>{{Cite web |title=Architectural Digest Latin America - Condé Nast International |url=http://www.condenastinternational.com/country/mexicolatin-america/ad/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315052842/http://www.condenastinternational.com/country/mexicolatin-america/ad/ |archive-date=15 March 2015 |website=Condé Nast International}}</ref>
|-
|France (''Architectural Digest France'')
|2000–present<ref>{{Cite web |title=Architectural Digest France - Condé Nast International |url=http://www.condenastinternational.com/country/france/ad-ad-collector/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315063110/http://www.condenastinternational.com/country/france/ad-ad-collector/ |archive-date=15 March 2015 |website=Condé Nast International}}</ref>
|-
|Russia (''Architectural Digest Russia'')
|2002–2022<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-09-12 |title=Архитектура по-русски |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/articles/2002/09/12/arhitektura-po-russki/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=Ведомости |language=ru}}</ref>
|-
|Spain (''Architectural Digest España'')
|2006–present<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best interior design magazines - AD Spain turned 10! |url=https://brabbu.com/blog/2016/03/best-interior-design-magazines-ad-spain-turned-10/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=brabbu.com}}</ref>
|-
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|China (''安邸 Architectural Digest'')
|2011–present<ref name=":0" />
|-
|India (''Architectural Digest India'')
|2012–present<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thacker |first=Shruti |date=2012-03-14 |title=Architectural Digest Launches in India |url=https://www.vogue.in/content/architectural-digest-launches-india |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=Vogue India |language=en-IN}}</ref>
|-
|Middle East (''Architectural Digest Middle East'')
|2015–present<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guthrie |first=Marisa |date=2022-12-12 |title=Condé Nast Takes Over Architectural Digest and Condé Nast Traveller in the Middle East |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/conde-nast-architectural-digest-conde-nast-traveller-middle-east-1235445805/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Poland (''Architectural Digest Polska'')
|2023–present<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-14 |title=Uroczysta premiera AD POLSKA |url=https://architecturaldigest.pl/uroczysta-premiera-ad-polska/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=architecturaldigest.pl |language=pl}}</ref>
|}


==References==
==References==

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Architectural Digest


January 2020 cover, highlighting the magazine's 100th anniversary
EditorAmy Astley
CategoriesInterior design
FrequencyMonthly
Total circulation
(2013)		814,959[1]
Founded1920; 104 years ago (1920)
CompanyCondé Nast
CountryUnited States
Based inNew York City
LanguageEnglish
Websitearchitecturaldigest.com
ISSN0003-8520

Architectural Digest (stylized in all caps) is an American monthly magazine founded in 1920.[2] Its principal subjects are interior design and landscaping, rather than pure external architecture. The magazine is published by Condé Nast, which also publishes international editions of Architectural Digest in China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico/Latin America, the Middle East, Poland, and Spain.[3]

Architectural Digest is aimed at an affluent and style-conscious readership, and is subtitled "The International Design Authority."[4][5] The magazine releases the annual AD100 list, which recognizes the most influential interior designers and architects around the world.[6]

History

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Originally a quarterly trade directory called The Architectural Digest: A Pictorial Digest of California's Best Architecture,[citation needed] the magazine was launched in 1920[7][8][9] by John Coke Brasfield (1880–1962).[10][11][12] Brasfield, born in Tennessee,[10][11][12] moved to southern California in the early 1900s,[13] where he founded the John C. Brasfield Publishing Corporation in Los Angeles.[14] Interiors and exteriors of residences were featured in the magazine, along with floor plans.[citation needed]

By 1963, the magazine's subtitle had been altered to A Pictorial Digest of Outstanding Architecture, Interior Design, and Landscaping,[citation needed] and it began publishing on a bimonthly schedule.[citation needed] In 1965,[13] The Architectural Digest and its publishing company were purchased by Cleon T. Knapp, who was the magazine's "jack-of-all-trades"[15] and Brasfield's grandson.[13] Knapp son of Brasfield's daughter Sarah "Sally" Brasfield Knapp (1910–1996), who served, at various times, as the magazine's editor in chief, managing editor, and associate publisher.[citation needed] The magazine's subtitle was altered to The Quality Guide to Home Decorating Ideas in 1966,[13] and was changed again, in 1971, to The Connoisseur's Magazine of Fine Interior Design,[13] and in 1976 to The International Magazine of Fine Interior Design.[13] The John C. Brasfield Publishing Company was renamed Knapp Communications Corporation in 1977.[citation needed] From 1965 on, the magazine was published in color.[16]

Condé Nast Publications purchased Architectural Digest, as well as its sister publication Bon Appétit, from Knapp in 1993.[17]

In 2011 the Chinese version of the magazine, AD China, was launched.[18] The magazine is also published in other countries, including Germany, India,[19] France[20] Italy, Poland, and Spain.[21]

Architectural Digest won the 2020 Webby People's Voice Award for Architecture & Design in the category Web.[22]

Logo used by international editions of the magazine

Architectural Digest employees unionized in 2022.[23]

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Architectural Digest Russia closed in 2022 when Condé Nast pulled out of Russia.[24]

Editors in chief

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International Editions

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Country/Area Circulation dates
United States (Architectural Digest) 1920–present
Italy (Architectural Digest Italia) 1981–present[30]
Germany (Architectural Digest Germany) 1997–present
Mexico (Architectural Digest México) 2000–present[31]
Latin America (Architectural Digest Latinoamérica) 2000–present[32]
France (Architectural Digest France) 2000–present[33]
Russia (Architectural Digest Russia) 2002–2022[34]
Spain (Architectural Digest España) 2006–present[35]
China (安邸 Architectural Digest) 2011–present[18]
India (Architectural Digest India) 2012–present[36]
Middle East (Architectural Digest Middle East) 2015–present[37]
Poland (Architectural Digest Polska) 2023–present[38]

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