Ume

UME is an independent publication. It carries no advertising and has no sponsorship or institutional affiliation. UME began in 1992 as an experimental magazine in a box. Three handmade, loose-leaf portfolios were produced. In 1996 UME was launched as a print magazine, designed by Garry Emery (www.emerystudio.com.au). From the outset, UME carried no... advertising, relying solely on bookshop sales and subscriptions. Between 1996 and 2007 (when UME went online), 21 issues were published as high-quality print copies, 72 pages. UME 8-21 can be purchased: please see Orders on this website. With UME 22, the publicationwent fully online. All issues of UME are available as pdf downloads, free. Eighteen issues of International Architect - the magazine owned, edited and published by Haig Beck and Jackie Cooper in London, 1979-86 - are also online as free pdfs. You can view and download them on the UME website. Haig Beck, editor/publisher Born Brisbane 1944. Studied architecture at Queensland Institute of Technology (co-edited Scarab magazine); and at the Architectural Association School, London, 1971-73. Assistant Technical Editor on the Architects' Journal, 1970-71. Appointed joint editor (with Martin Spring) of Architectural Design, 1976; sole editor, 1977-79. Turned AD around with eclectic thematic issues that were critiques of Modernism. Launched International Architect with Jackie Cooper in 1979, promoting discourse on regionalism, national identity and cultural continuity in architecture. Returned to Australia 1986.Appointed professor and head of school at the University of Melbourne (1993-96). Launched UME with Jackie Cooper, 1996. Has written widely on architecture. Jackie Cooper, associate editor Born London 1950.Read More