Understanding a nation's culture through the magazine A Construcção Moderna

UID/HIS/04209/2019 UID/HIS/04666/2019The study of the most relevant periodic magazines of the 20 th century is a significant project carried out by the project RIC – Revistas de Ideias e Cultura (Magazines of Ideas and Culture), with the challenging aim of providing access to the entire collections of the most significant Portuguese dedicated publication. Acknowledged by the editorial board as an importante source of ideas and culture, the architecture team is dedicated to exploring concepts, understand modern perceptions and expressions of the art of designing and building, and identify technical developments in the construction of our architectural legacy. The first Portuguese magazine dedicated to architecture, A Construcção Moderna, is the starting project, at a work in progress stage, this paper addresses the project, the magazine significance and the research methodology design.publishersversionpublishe