Edinburgh Architecture Research

Architecture is often understood through tangible manifestations—buildings, monuments and urban landscapes. However, the discipline extends beyond these visible structures, encompassing processes, narratives, and actors that operate in the margins. The 39th issue of Edinburgh Architecture Research Journal (EAR39), titled “Beyond the Visible”, invited proposals that move beyond the immediate materiality of architectural surfaces to reveal the hidden memories and stories embedded within them. EAR39 explores the discipline beyond its visible structures, illuminating hidden and often overlooked dimensions of architecture. Building on our previous issue “Beyond Human”, which challenged anthropocentric views of the built environment, EAR39 aims to push the boundaries of architecture as a discipline and to redefine it as an open-ended process rather than a finite product.