Some great magazines covering architecture and urbanism have tumbled through my letterbox in the past few weeks. Here are the highlights:

My first ever issue of Next American City arrived very swiftly via Airmail, and it was worth the subscription! The theme of the issue, as the photo above shows, is comeback cities, and there’s too many excellent articles within it to do the magazine justice in such a small space. There’s a fascinating and eye-opening article about teacher’s efforts in New Orleans, a beautiful gallery of images featuring ruins in Detroit, and the whole thing is littered with factoids. Did you know the population of New Orleans in 1950 was 627,525 compared to 354,850 today? You can read more from Next American City on their website.

Icon can do no wrong in my eyes, and this corker of an issue just reinforces that. A concrete motorway in west London is selected as their Icon of the month, and England is redesigned to better reflect its true modern identity in a (hopefully) satirical article on the state of the country. As with all issues of Icon, the focus – sadly – shifts away from architecture and onto products towards the back of the magazine, but if you stick to the first two-thirds you’re left feeling pretty satisfied. Loads of the articles from this month’s issue are up on their website.

As with Next American City, GOOD features a lot from New Orleans. In fact, the whole issue is dedicated to the city. We’ve got an in-depth look at the work Brad Pitt has been doing in providing new housing for the city, another article exploring the complexities of the city’s schooling system, and – as would be expected from GOOD – loads of informative infographics about the city. GOOD very generously host all their magazine content online. Check it out here.

Another British title worth a read is Onoffice. As the title suggests, the focus here is workplace design, and the magazine features case studies from all over the world, including Australia, Germany and Britain. The highlight of the issue has to be an excellent piece exploring the environmental sustainability of glass buildings. They have a selection of their work online, and if you’re based in the UK you can pick up a free subscription to the title!

Thanks to Jeremy Leslie from magCulture for recommending Apartamento for inclusion in this month’s magazine review. What a great recommendation! There’s really nothing else available like this magazine. That is, if you can call it a magazine. Presented in a more book-like format (and priced that way too…), the content is incredibly varied, all loosely themed around peoples homes. We’ve got interviews with allotment gardeners, photo journals from phoenix, stories based in Vancouver, and a whole host of other content that has to be seen to be truly appreciated! You can buy your copy here. It’s worth every penny.