In 2023, A+ will celebrate its 50th anniversary! To mark the occasion, we are delving into the magazine’s rich archives and republishing old articles related to the theme addressed in the new issue. For this issue devoted to water, we look back at issues A+ 99 (1988), A+ 156 (1999), A+ 236 (2012) and A+ 241 (2013).

Waterways are now an integral part of architecture and urban planning. A dive into the archives of A shows that over the last few decades, designers have systematically broadened their field of vision, but also that today, half a century later, we are still only at the beginning of a revolution.