As implied by its title, Architecture & is a platform for conjunctions. Architecture understood in tandem as a discursive field and a range of practices is explored in each issue in relation to a select theme that is beyond its conventionally recognised scope. The goal is to open the terms of architectural theory and practice alike to a space intimate, yet beyond. Architecture & is published by Architecture, School or Arts Culture and Environment, University of Edinburgh. It commissions work by leading theorists and practitioners, drawing upon a nexus of research beyond Edinburgh and Scotland, discussing and debating issues across the theory-practice divide. Each volume is anchored thematically by a new and substantial contribution from a widely published and internationally recognized figure. The inaugural issue features a contribution by Catherine Ingraham, Professor of Architecture at the Pratt Institute in New York City. Further contributions respond to the theme through shorter essays, projects and reviews. Volume 1 contains offerings that range from a history of property rights in China, to an account of Wal-Mart s Battle of Vermont . The link to Scotland as the publishing base for this globally distributed Journal is made by commissioning a cover for each volume from a Scottish artist who is currently active and whose work is related to the thematic focus of that edition. The inaugural issue of Architecture & Property features the work by Donald Urquhart entitled North Uist Drawing (photograph courtesy of John K. McGregor).