SOILED is an architectural periodical based in Chicago. It investigates latent issues in the built environment and the politics of space.

SOILED's latest issue, entitled Platescrapers, is out!  With three issues to date, SOILED is available in both a print edition and a free downloadable PDF via www.soiledzine.org.  SOILED is published by CARTOGRAM architecture + urban design.

IN THIS ISSUE:

• Stewart Hicks, Allison Newmeyer, and Joseph Altshuler challenge us to play with our food.
• Annie Lambla connects yogurt making to dairy farms while observing the Midwest's culture.
• Thomas Hillier recounts the exodus and edible nostalgia of an English twosome.
• Greg Corso champions the inclusion of cannabis cultivation into architectural vernacular.
• Kyle Andrew Sturgeon strategizes an infrastructure to combat the invasion of Asian carp.
• Eylül Kethüda choreographs a mega-event around victuals, monuments, and mob mentality.
• Francesco Vedovato sets the table with an eclectic cast of foodstuff protagonists.
• Katherine Darnstadt delineates an axonometric of a healthy baby’s inputs and outputs.