Series 1 / Volume 2: THE EDIT

The Edit is an active retelling of the built environment—one of our most ambitious and bold publications to date in its physical format, contributions, and editorial agenda. This issue is about revisiting the archives and drafting new records. What truths and tools can we use to understand and overcome the monolithic, heteronormative, Eurocentric coding that structure our lives?

Through words, drawings, posters, and booklets, explore the conditions of possibility that await us when we encounter, resist, reimagine, and rewrite the script. Learn about soil as a record-keeper, sci-fi dystopias, embroidering queer visibility, social design for an aging population, and more. 

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ABOUT // The Site Magazine

The Site Magazine is an independent journal that addresses diverse issues pertaining to our built environment. Through a range of writing types, design projects, and visual formats, each issue advocates for a critical consideration of the layered relations of our built environment posed from varied perspectives, including the cultural, political, formal, social, and ecological.

Founded in 2015, The Site Magazine is a collaborative, dynamic project driven by a shared commitment and passion for fostering debate as a way of progressing community and practice.

We are particularly interested in offering an interdisciplinary platform to explore the agency of designers and aligned professionals in bringing change, advocacy, and engagement beyond the limits of art and design. We encourage debates that engage the politics, cultural relevance, and social implications of the work that we do, and that confront issues of equality and representation.

We publish thematic issues twice a year. Each issue has both a print and digital form, allowing for a range expressive formats and a nuanced dialogue across both outlets. Along with The Site Magazine, we host public events—including roundtable discussions, exhibitions, and talks—to expand the discussions of each issue to a broader audience. Issues are grouped within series that are defined by a broader perspective.

Series 1, containing volumes 35–40, explores a range of scales and frameworks for understanding our built environment through the themes of Borders, Vernaculars, Future Legacies, Feminisms, Foundations/Disruptions, and Devices. This series continues the enumeration of On Site Review, making The Site Magazine the latest iteration of Canada’s longest running, independent journal for architecture and urbanism.

UP NEXT // Economies of Joy

In spring 2022, The Site Magazine will explore the idea that architecture and design is critical to the performance of diverse economies. We are interested in essays, research, design work, and conceptual projects that explore the relationship between the built environment and economic models that have the potential to bring about joy for the masses. These can include enduring concepts like the commons, new approaches like the circular economy, or futuristic propositions like the metaverse. 

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General Inquiries/Subscriptions: info@thesitemagazine.com
Submissions: Please refer to the current call for submissions
Media Inquiries: media@thesitemagazine.com

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AWARDS //

2021 // International Committee of Architectural Critics

WINNER: Pierre Vago Journalism Award

2020 // NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS

NOMINEE: BEST MAGAZINE ART & LITERARY

2019 // NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS

SILVER MEDAL: BEST ART DIRECTION FOR A SINGLE ARTICLE

Awarded for “Body, Space & Object” — The National Magazine Awards Jury

NOMINEE: BEST MAGAZINE ART & LITERARY

2018 // NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS

GOLD MEDAL: MAGAZINE GRAND PRIX / MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
GOLD MEDAL: BEST MAGAZINE ART & LITERARY
SILVER MEDAL: BEST EDITORIAL PACKAGE

“The Site Magazine impresses readers with the consistency of its content and design. Though highly specialized, this audacious magazine captures the essence of contemporary publishing through a conceptual approach that illuminates our time in an intelligent, deep and original way. The result is a great reader experience on every page, one that is truly deserving of the Magazine Grand Prix.” — The National Magazine Awards Jury

2017 // CANADIAN MAGAZINE AWARDS

GRAND PRIX: ART DIRECTION

“In its inaugural issue — exploring the concept of Borders — this publication provides a fascinating glimpse at painting the ordinary as extraordinary. It is filled with stunning photos, which add to the depth and colour of the stories presented and to the imagination of its readers.” — The Canadian Magazine Awards Jury