The Editorial Process
How a project gets onto the site, who it's credited to, what we check before publishing, and how we handle the things we get wrong. Updated when our practice changes — not for SEO.
Essays, interviews, and case studies are commissioned by the Planum editor. We approach the studios and writers we want to work with directly. We do not accept paid placements, sponsored posts, or guest submissions in exchange for backlinks. If a piece reads like an ad, we did not publish it.
Every project on the site corresponds to a real, copyrighted work by a practicing architect. Before publishing, we verify the studio is real and currently working, the architect is the actual author of the project, the drawings supplied are the studio's own, and the project has not been resold elsewhere under different attribution. Anonymous catalog work and AI-generated "renderings" without an authoring studio are out.
Studios retain copyright to all images and drawings they publish on Planum. By submitting work the studio grants us a non-exclusive licence to display the work alongside editorial credit. Where photographers are credited separately, we surface their byline beside the studio's. We do not strip metadata, watermark, or relicence images.
If we publish something that turns out to be wrong, we correct it on the same page and add a dated note explaining what changed. We do not silently re-edit or remove published work. For factual disputes from the studio of record, the studio's account is the authoritative one and we update the page accordingly.
Tips, corrections, and pitches go to editor@planum.design. We read everything; we don't reply to everything. Legal and rights matters: legal@planum.design.
In Plain Terms
These are working standards, not policy fiction. If you spot something on the site that doesn't square with them, please tell us. We'd rather correct in public than pretend we never made the mistake.