I believe this is my fifth or sixth publisher’s column, and sadly, this one will be my last. A month ago, I accepted the position of publisher of Architectural Record, the iconic 124-year-old publication read by over 93,000 architects around the world, and SNAP, our bi-monthly publication for Architectural News and Products. It is a dream job for me, since I was raised in a house where two magazines were a constant on our family’s coffee table – Architectural Record and The New Yorker. My mom never missed an issue of the latter, and my father’s current subscription to Architectural Record started in 1950.
When BNP bought Architectural Record, SNAP and Engineering News Record (ENR), I thought that if I were to ever make a change and leave Stone World and my other publications, this would be the time to do it. While I am very excited to start this new chapter in my life, and already neck-deep in my new publications, I have mixed emotions.