Series 1 / Volume 3: COMMON CURRENCIES

Economies, like currents, are in constant flux; stories, like buildings, frame moments within larger systems. In Common Currencies, we aim to highlight the transactions that take place at this juncture, the values that are being defined and re-defined, and the new commons that are in the making. 

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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 // Design as Mother

The upcoming issue of The Site Magazine is interested in explorations (in any format) that pertain to design for, or as experienced by youth, and/or through the lens of “mother” (considering this term its broadest and queerest sense). From environments of childbirth to education design, from landscapes of memory and imagination to accidental urban playgrounds, how do we promote, protect for, and reimagine positive environments for today's children and youth? How do we respond to the wonder and optimism associated with childhood, especially outside of socially-sanctioned children’s spaces like schools and playgrounds? How can we centre children's needs against systemic adultism? Where can designing for youth better intersect with the queering of public spaces? Can childhood, with all of its attendant longings and hopes for the future, serve as a design brief?

AWARDS //

2024 // RAIC ANNUAL AWARDS

WINNER: Architectural Journalism and Media Award

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

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