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Architectural Digest

January 2020 cover, highlighting the magazine's 100th anniversary
Editor	Amy Astley
Categories	Interior design
Frequency	Monthly
Total circulation (2013)	814,959
Founded	1920; 104 years ago (1920)
Company	Condé Nast
Country	United States
Based in	New York City
Language	English
Website	architecturaldigest.com
ISSN	0003-8520

Architectural Digest (stylized in all caps) is an American monthly magazine founded in 1920. 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.

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

History

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

By 1963, the magazine's subtitle had been altered to A Pictorial Digest of Outstanding Architecture, Interior Design, and Landscaping, and it began publishing on a bimonthly schedule. In 1965, The Architectural Digest and its publishing company were purchased by Cleon T. Knapp, who was the magazine's "jack-of-all-trades" and Brasfield's grandson. 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. The magazine's subtitle was altered to The Quality Guide to Home Decorating Ideas in 1966, and was changed again, in 1971, to The Connoisseur's Magazine of Fine Interior Design, and in 1976 to The International Magazine of Fine Interior Design. The John C. Brasfield Publishing Company was renamed Knapp Communications Corporation in 1977. From 1965 on, the magazine was published in color.

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

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

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

Architectural Digest employees unionized in 2022.

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

Editors in chief

• John C. Brasfield, 1920–1960
• (James) Bradley Little 1960–1965; a former interior designer, who served as editorial director and editor in chief from 1964 until his death in 1971.
• Cleon T. Knapp, 1965–1974 (also served as publisher during the same period)
• Paige Rense, 1975–2010; she previously served as the magazine's associate editor, 1968–1971, and its executive editor, 1971–1975.
• Margaret Russell, 2010–2016
• Amy Astley, 2016–present

International Editions

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External links

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