Architecture Edition29 App Reviews

Perfect app for iPad. Well worth $2.99! Not just a collection of photos, but an environment. If you like good design, get this app. Houzz is not in the same league.

Hey, I have to pay again when I downloaded issue 3 and 2, I want my money back cause I paid twice. ---------------------- Thanks to solve the problem, You were very nice. Dear users, if you have issues 1, 2 or 3, be careful to install issue 4, don't de-install issues 1, 2 or 3, any question contact edition29 personal, they will solve any trouble.

Leave it to a magazine in the design domain to get it right. Massive future-shock here.

This is what the iPad was made for. Excellent photography and interviews. In content it is equal to any conventional architectural magazine with the added benefit of having the video interviews and commentary.

I am very impressed by the way Edition 29 Architecture, issue 006 has captured the essence of my M-House. The presentation is very beautifully designed as it engages the viewer with sound (interview), animation, and photos in a way that can best be done with this electronic magazine. Print magazines, while not requiring an iPad, are a pale comparison. Michael Jantzen

I'm an architect and I love the content f the magazine. However, there NEEDS to be an option for Audio OFF. It is so annoying that even after you paused the audio on one page, as soon as you swipe to the next page, the audio keeps repeating! I just want to browse through the magazine quietly or listening to my own music, and the audio is so disturbing I have to mute my iPad. I would love to subscribe to the magazine, but only when there is the option to turn audio off.

Absolutely great experience. I have a shameful weakness for beautiful glossy architecture and design magazines. Stunned to think the iPad could actually replace my weekly trip to the magazine shop but here it is! This app leaves many other magazine apps (Zinio et al.) in the dust. Transitions are smooth, animations are tasteful and the photography is breathtaking. More, more, more! - especially at this price, which is far lower than what I pay at the news stand. Bravo!

This is by far the best mag port I've seen - really nicely done. The movement, voiceover, and video really add dynamics. Looking forward to picking up new issues!

The iPad is a lovely way to look at photography, but this app disappoints. Many of the images in this app are over-compressed: muddy and some were clearly pixelated. Also, some of the images look flat on the ipad screen: the color management of the publisher is weak. This could be "coffee table" app, but it lacks that craftsmanship. For an amazing example of how great this app could be, look at the photography in the Wired magazine app: every image is scaled pixel perfect for the iPad screen, the color are as deep as the screen will allow and the the images are always crisp.

Updated the app, went to launch it and it immediately crashes. Still have the stand-alone version of issue 2, it works fine.

I had the same troubles with the fifth issue, disappointed that I can't use the application anymore. I would be very appreciative if the bug was fixed promptly. Bugs aside, though, this is a lovely magazine.

Great app. Interactive and easy to use. However, I want to be able to turn off the commentary by the architect. Sometimes it's nice to listen to your music while you are browsing the magazine.

This magazine displays a very poor understanding of architecture. A proper architecture magazine should aim to cover the whole gamut of the discipline: libraries, houses, social projects, museums, airports, bridges, urban planning etc. Instead, Edition29 Architecture limits itself to single-family homes. That would be OK for a magazine called "Houses" or something along those lines. So, the current title is at best misleading and shows a rather amateurish and one-dimensional understanding of the scope and aim of architecture. As to the browsing experience, I found it clumsy and counterintuitive. Although the interface looks fancy, it fails to impress and provide a coherent, smooth environment. Overall, I think Edition29 Architecture is poorly designed and quite unremarkable when it comes to contents.

How a magazine should be like, and cost like on the iPad.

For $3 on an app that won't even open and just crashes, I'm contacting apple.

This is a beautiful application but I found it frustrating that you can't hear the audio commentary while browsing through the photos of the house being discussed. Once the audio begins you're basically locked into a single photo. I'd give this 5 stars if it was a bit more flexible in the navigation.

This is how it's done. If you can't figure out how to produce an electronic magazine- here is your blueprint. Well done folks.

Love the mag but since the new change I'm unable to download issue 4 or 5...can u fix, as this is bar far the best mag I have ever purchased

this is a beautiful magazine and I've bought all 5 ( first 2 standalone and next 3 as in app purchases) but when I downloaded issue 5 and hit read, I get a black screen forever and have to quit the app. So I've lost 3 2.99 purchase. Hope the developers fix this bug before it kills this wonderful magazine.

Clean and interactive design without the confusing cruft of the print world, a very clean and well designed magazine. Hopefully future editions will be self contained in one app, I'd love to have an archive of these!

Got this app and could not believe the depth and dimension that this app adds to seeing great new architecture. Keep more issue coming.

I have a 'the new iPad' and everything worked smoothly until I opened up my newly downloaded issue 06; then it froze, and now the app won't even open. I'm very much looking forward to a fix! (and to changing my review).

The photos are excellent but the design is lame and pretentious. There is in fact not all that much content here and the design attempts to compensate. The selected architecture is all very similar: the classic modernist box from the 50's done again and again and..... Glass curtain walls and flat ceilings Seems like the same architect could have done them all. Rating is to compensate for the over the top 5 stars though generally it might rate a 3 star. You will have seen it all in 15 minutes.

good price.... good presentation..... good photograph...... good graphic....

Don't waste your money on this. It is nothing more than some amateurish pictures that slow zoom in and out. THIS IS NOT WHAT DIGITAL PUBLISHING SHOULD BE! Doesn't even support landscape mode. There are much better digital magazines out there. I suspect that the two other reviews are the developers. Save your money, I wish I did.

Loved the first and second issues. Liked the IDEA of the format change - when I purchased and downloaded the new system and went to purchase the third issue - it simply didn't work. I loaded it three or four times only to have nothing happen. Now it crashes every time I try opening it. WTF???

When I purchased this app, I was expecting a simple slideshow/gallery of quality photography, and I would have been content with that. However, the app turned out to be so much more. The presentation of these photos, videos and audio is dynamic and elegant. Very immersive. I eagerly await future issues of this magazine, and have new expectations for what periodicals on the iPad should be.

A pretty good beginning for the future of the magazine business. Images are gorgeous, hi-res, and the subtle panning and zooming is done with taste. I liked how the text was placed through out, just wished that there was more of it. It would be great to see some video - a tour of the buildings or interviews with the architects would really add to the experience. That being said, $2.99 is a reasonable price for an issue - this is about half the price of buying an issue of a magazine off the rack. Offer a subscription, I would sign up if the price is right!

This is a very , very good iPad magazine. I fully enjoyed it and will buy future editions. I have a few suggestions: 1. Each project should be required to have plans and sections- no exception. 2. Make important details accessible by tapping on a symbol in the photographs. 3. I would like to see the architect walking through the project explaining his/her intentions. 4. Have at least one panorama for each project. Other than that - great job.

The layout, function, and aesthetics of this app blend seamlessly with it's wonderful content. Highly recommended if you are at all moved by modern architecture.

A very nice interface for sure and great photos. The audio is a nice addition. Please skip the Ken Burns effect of panning the photos. It does make you sick and want to flip to the next image very quickly. Fortunately its only a few images per project. Well Done.

This magazine is amazing. Edition29 and Wired are the future of publishing. The images are crisp (except one) and the price is unbeatable. I think I have found a magazine that I will actually pay for. Pros: Generous use of Helvetica and professional photographs make this a worthwhile browse for even non-architecture lovers. Very interesting stories on the houses also. Cons: Almost none. I wish the audio stayed with you when you clicked through pictures. I guess no July issue Worth paying for.

This has to be the best zine on my iPad. It's just beautiful. Gorgeous layout that works so well with the abilities of the iPad. I'm notifying all my friends and intend to buy every future issue. Five thumbs up and thank you for great design, viewed in great design (iPad.)

I love this series and still support it, but the most recent update causes the app to crash every time I try to open it. I can't get to the issue I purchased in the "hub" where you can download back issues and future issues. No hub. Just crash. Please fix.

As I start to explore new avenues on my iPad, none have been been better looking than Edition29. It's a great early take on the future of 'print' journalism. An excellent debut and I can't wait for the next edition. Great job!

Fantastic example of what a magazine can be when custom developed for iPad format. Gorgeous photography, nice integration of text, video and audio. Would have given it 5 stars if it weren't for the poor GPS integration. The idea of locating each of the houses using Google maps is terrific, however in my experience, it never works right -- the embedded Google maps crashes frequently and when it doesn't the GPS locator is incorrect. Fix this feature and this is a killer app.

I don't get any less than amazing reviews. This issues is a marvel, the images compelling, the UI is better than WIRED magazines offering and it's just plain inspiring. Please keep this series coming. Offer in app purchases of new issues!

Nice photos but very few of them. The user interface puts form before function- tries to look fancy but really is not easy to use. Not sure why I paid $2.99 for this... Must have gotten spoiled after installing the Houzz app- Thousands of photos (they say 35,000 but who can count?), it's easy to browse and best of all- it's free.

I like the content but the app is unusable. There is no way to turn the commentary off!!! You know what it means? That if you are listening to some musing there is no way you can read the magazine without the commentary interrupting it. It is ridiculous. From this point of view the usability is very poor.

Awesome houses... Great photos.

I've had no. 11 for what seems like an age? No indication of the frequency. My recurring subscription is about to charge. Is this a quarterly? A when-we-feel-like-publishing-we'll-put-something-out? Bi-annual? What? When? How many per year?

I love this application and would rate it five stars but the persistent problem is bothering... You get a new issue, you lose the rest of the issues you bought.

This is the future of digital media, jump on board and enjoy the ride. Bravo Edition 29!!!

Lovely app & publication, but with imagery being such an important part, it really does need to be optimized for Retina displays.