Now in its 4th issue, PIN-​UP: Mag­a­zine for Archi­tec­tural Enter­tain­ment has proven to be a great mag­a­zine that has lasted past its first few issues to be a hope­fully last­ing review on archi­tec­tural and design cul­ture. Having first seen issue #2 back in the summer of 2007 at the Pro qm book­store instal­la­tion at Doc­u­menta in Kassel, the mag­a­zine has been noto­ri­ously hard-​to-​find through­out Europe and North Amer­ica. Released by Bruil in the Nether­lands, the mag­a­zine appar­ently shares sim­i­lar roots as our other pre­ferred review, Fan­tas­tic Man.

Felix Bur­richter, PIN-​UPs founder and editor was invited to write a short blog post in the New York Times in order to explain his idea behind issue #4 of the inven­tive review. In addi­tion, he has posted numer­ous arti­cles on The Moment through the New York Times. The mag­a­zine takes a fas­ci­nat­ing per­spec­tive on the world of archi­tec­ture and its by-​products. The dis­ci­pline is set within the larger con­text of design pro­duc­tion and the cul­tural place that archi­tec­ture plays in soci­ety. The arti­cles are great tan­gents, the fash­ion cov­er­age is bril­liant, the inter­views varied and the layout is excel­lent. If you’re in Montréal, swing by the Cana­dian Centre for Archi­tec­ture to pick up your copy.