Author Guidelines
TEXT FORMATTING
Order of manuscript parts: author’s first name, last name, affiliation, manuscript title, abstract, keywords, text, bibliography.
Length of text: up to two double sheets (60000 characters including spaces).
Abstract: between 100 and 250 words.
Affiliation: full affiliation of the author, including e-mail, department, faculty, university, institute, etc.
Parentheses: For parentheses within parentheses, use square brackets.
Terms: Titles of books, magazines, works of art and words in foreign languages should be italicized.
Quotation marks: Please make sure to follow standard English language use of quotation marks and punctuation and note that punctuation should be placed within closing quotation marks.
Quotation marks within quotation marks: For the use of quotation marks within a sentence already under quotes, please use single quotation marks.
Block quotations: Longer quotes should be formatted as follows:
Quotes of more than 40 words must be separated as block quotations without quotation marks. Block quotes are separate paragraphs indented on the left by 1 cm. References must be listed after the punctuation mark that ends the quote, as in this example.
Language: Use either U.S. or U.K. English consistently throughout the text (but do not change the spelling in quotes to match the main text).
REFERENCES & BIBLIOGRAPHY
MONOGRAPHS
In footnote: First initial, last name, monograph title, publisher, place of publication, year, page number or numbers (with an en dash in between).
Canguilhem, Die Erkenntnis des Lebens, August Verlag, Berlin, 2009, p. 151.
In bibliography: Last name, first name, first name last name (year), monograph title, (translator, if there is one), place of publication: publisher.
Canguilhem, Georges (2009), Die Erkenntnis des Lebens, trans. Bardoux, Till, Maria Muhle, Francesca Raimondi, Berlin: August Verlag.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
In footnote: First initial, last name, first initial, last name, “title of the article,” name of journal, volume number, issue number, year, page number or numbers (with an en dash in between).
Guillerme, “The Idea of Architectural Language: A Critical Inquiry,” Oppositions, 10, 1977, pp. 24–25.
In bibliography: Last name, first name, first name, last name (year), “title of the article,” name of journal, volume number, issue number, page numbers (with an en dash in between).
Guillerme, Jacques (1977), “The Idea of Architectural Language: A Critical Inquiry,” Oppositions, 10, pp. 21–26.
ARTICLES IN A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES BY A SINGLE AUTHOR
In footnote: First initial, last name, “title of the article,” in title of collection, publisher, place of publication, year, page numbers (with an en dash in between).
C. Argan, “Architettura organica,” in Progetto e destino, Il Saggiatore, Milano, 1965, p. 295.
In bibliography: Last name, first name (year), “title of the article,” in title of collection, (translator, if there is one), place of publication: publisher, page numbers (with an en dash in between).
Argan, Giuilio Carlo (1965), “Architettura organica,” in Progetto e destino, Milano: Il Saggiatore, pp. 294–298.
A VOLUME OF COLLECTED WORKS
In footnote: First initial, last name, “title of the work,” in title of collection, volume number, publisher, place of publication, year, page numbers (with an en dash in between).
Ortega y Gasset, “En torno al ‘Coloquio de Darmstadt’,” in Obras completas, vol. 6, Taurus/Fundación José Ortega y Gasset, Madrid, 2006, p. 801.
In bibliography: Last name, first name (year), “title of the work,” in title of collection, volume number, place of publication: publisher, page numbers (with an en dash in between).
Ortega y Gasset, José (2006), “En torno al ‘Coloquio de Darmstadt’,” in Obras completas, vol. 6, Madrid: Taurus/Fundación José Ortega y Gasset, pp. 797–810.
ARTICLES AND ENTRIES IN COLLECTED VOLUMES, DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
In footnote: First initial, last name, “title of the article,” in first initial, last name (ed.), title of collection, publisher, place of publication, year, page number or numbers (with an en dash in between).
Bollack, “Mémoire,” in B. Cassin (ed.), Vocabulaire européen des philosophies: dictionnaire des intraduisibles, Éditions du Seuil/Le Robert, Paris, 2004, p. 768.
In bibliography: Last name, first name (year), “title of the article,” in first name last name (ed.), title of collection, place of publication: publisher, page numbers (with an en dash in between).
Bollack, Jean (2004), “Mémoire,” in Barbara Cassin (ed.), Vocabulaire européen des philosophie: dictionnaire des intraduisibles, Paris: Éditions du Seuil/LeRobert, pp. 765–775.
DAILY NEWSPAPERS AND WEEKLY MAGAZINES
In footnote: First initial, last name, “title of the article,” name of the newspaper, date, year, page number or numbers (with an en dash in between).
Gregotti, “L’architettura in forma di pittura di Massimo Scolari,” Corriere della Sera, March 21, 2012, p. 44.
In bibliography: Last name, first name (year), “title of the article,” name of the newspaper, date, page numbers (with an en dash in between).
Gregotti, Vittorio (2012), “L’architettura in forma di pittura di Massimo Scolari,” Corriere della Sera, March 21, p. 44.
INTERNET SOURCES
In footnote: First initial, last name, “article title,” website, (date of access).
Primo, “¿Es posible una arquitectura sin arquitectos?,” https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/09/09/ideas/1568028312_340385.html, (accessed 10 May 2021).
In bibliography: Last name, first name (year, if applicable), “article title,” website, (date of access).
Primo, Carlos (2019), “¿Es posible una arquitectura sin arquitectos?,” https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/09/09/ideas/1568028312_340385.html, (accessed 10 May 2021).