Kosmograd newsfeed is a short blog-style newsletter of essays on utopian and visionary architecture, such as floating and ring-shaped cities from the Soviet avant-garde and modern urban proposals like flying car cities. Each issue offers a focused, illustrated write-up that places an unbuilt design in its historical and urban context.
Website: https://newsfeed.kosmograd.com/
Long-form essays that read Italian buildings, monuments and gardens slowly, tracing how layers of history, restoration and invention shaped what visitors see today. Mixes archival detail, on-site observation and personal travel narrative, with practical visiting guidance.
Each issue pairs a historic postcard with a present-day recreation photo to explore a building, monument or artwork and the history behind it. It covers modernist architecture, public monuments and urban history with detailed context on architects, patrons and artists.
A newsletter exploring connected histories of South Asian art and architecture, from ancient Indian sites to Mughal-era tombs and cross-cultural encounters between India and the wider ancient world. Written by a historian, it offers long-form, richly illustrated essays for readers interested in history.
A historically grounded newsletter by an author examining Washington, DC's monuments, federal planning and the National Park Service, with a focus on how the city's landscape came to be. Each issue ties current political controversies, such as proposed arches and stadiums on federal land, to archival sources and the long history behind them.
One short email a week with hand-picked newsletters from the index. Free, no spam, unsubscribe anytime.
