"Architect" postscript

In his editorial in the July 2009 Architect, Ned Cramer points to the NYT Magazine's recent design issue as an endorsement of his own vision of what an architecture magazine should be. That issue was big on infrastructure, which Cramer sees as indicative of where things stand now, and a sign of his mag's anticipatory relevance. Remembering the cover of that maiden issue, with the SOM partner in closeup - an image that was considered risible in at least one studio where I encountered it, I'm not sure it was apparent to every reader where Architect was headed. And what happens when glamour comes roaring back? No doubt Cramer will point to that early cover as evidence that he was on it.