US architecture mags (compared)

Architect seems to be holding its own as #2 in the diminished field of US architectural mags. Its Architect 50 list, while methodologically flawed, at least tried to break out of the revenue box that typifies these annual surveys. Between the two, I've found Architect to be the more interesting read of late. Record has definitely broadened its sights, but its coverage often replicates that of offshore mags. The Record Houses issue, with Bob Ivy's defensive and then self-praising editiorial, to my mind begged the question: Is Record even capable of publishing anything that's really and truly new? Architect isn't trying to be El Croquis (or whatever); I suspect Architect's Journal is more its model. Like AJ, it's willing to try things out, reinvent itself, and imagine a real readership.