Ten years, ten boxes, 118 issues, 6,076 pages!
The seminal architecture journal resurrected in facsimile
"A&A was instrumental in putting American Architecture on the map."
Julius Shulman
From the end of World War II until the mid-1960s, exciting things were
happening in American architecture: emerging talents were focusing on innovative
projects that integrated low-cost materials and modern design. This trend was
most notably embodied in the famous Case Study House Program, which was
championed by the era's leading American journal, Arts & Architecture. Focusing
not only on architecture but also design, art, music, politics, and social
issues, A&A was an ambitious and groundbreaking publication, largely thanks to
the inspiration of John Entenza, who ran the magazine for over two decades until
David Travers became publisher in 1962.
The era's greatest architects were featured in A&A, including Neutra,
Schindler, Saarinen, Ellwood, Lautner, Eames, and Koenig; and two of today's
most wildly successful architects, Frank Gehry and Richard Meier, had their
debuts in its pages. A&A was instrumental in putting American architecture-and
in particular California Modernism-on the map. Other key contributors to the
magazine include photographers Julius Shulman and Ezra Stoller, writers Esther
McCoy and Peter Yates, and cover designers Herbert Matter and Alvin Lustig,
among many luminaries of modernism.
This collection comes with ten boxes, each containing a complete year's worth
of Arts & Architecture magazines from 1945-1954. That's 6,076 pages in 118
issues reproduced in their entirety-beginning with Entenza's January 1945
announcement of the Case Study House Program. Also included is a supplement
booklet with an original essay by former A&A publisher David Travers, available
in English, German, French, and Spanish. Arts & Architecture 1945-54 will be
followed in autumn 2009 by a second set, 1955-1967, bringing together all the
existing issues of the modern era.
This new TASCHEN publication, limited to 5,000 numbered copies, provides a
comprehensive record of mid-century American architecture and brings the
legendary Arts & Architecture back to life after forty years.
Arts & Architecture, 1945-54: The Complete Reprint
Travers, David
118 Magazines in 10 Boxes 25.2 x 32.2 cm, 6156 pages
Multilingual Edition: German, French, English, Spanish
ISBN: 978-3-8228-2678-2
500 € (D) / 400 £ (GB) / 700 $ (US)
For ordering please contact the Publisher
- TASCHEN - www.taschen.com
german version 