Architecture magazines could be the monthly avenue of feedback for the profession on what works and doesn’t work. Instead they are the monthly barrier. What architects are kept well abreast of are the things which have advertisers—new materials and new technology. That’s helpful in a world of fast-moving technology, but what is even more needed than simple description is analysis—of reliability, life-cycle behavior, environmental impact, user acceptance, compatibility with other materials, ease of disassembly—the sort of thing that Consumer Reports does for ordinary people.30
