Arts & Architecture 1950–1954 collects the landmark mid-century journal's most significant issues into a single facsimile volume, placing the Case Study House Program and its circle of modernist pioneers — Neutra, Saarinen, Eames — back in their original editorial context.
About This Book
At its peak in the early 1950s, Arts & Architecture was the most consequential design journal in America. Under editor John Entenza, it published the Case Study House Program — a deliberate experiment in modern domestic architecture using low-cost, industrially produced materials — and gave platform to a generation of architects who would reshape how Americans lived. This curated facsimile, directed and produced by Benedikt Taschen, gathers the magazine's highlights from 1950 to 1954 into a single 696-page hardcover volume. For students of mid-century modernism and architectural historians alike, it is primary source material: the ideas as they were first published, designed, and argued.
Key Features
- 696 pages of full facsimile magazine reproductions spanning 1950 to 1954
- Edited by John Entenza and David Travers; directed and produced by Benedikt Taschen
- Features work by Richard Neutra, Eero Saarinen, and Charles & Ray Eames
- Published by TASCHEN, 2008
What You'll Discover
- The editorial vision behind the Case Study House Program — how a journal shaped an architectural movement through commissioned residential prototypes
- How mid-century American architects reconciled modernist principles with low-cost, industrially available materials in postwar domestic design
- The intersection of architecture with broader political, social, and cultural discourse as it appeared in real time across the magazine's pages
- The graphic and typographic language of the era's leading design publication, preserved intact through facsimile reproduction
About the Author
John Entenza served as editor of Arts & Architecture from the 1940s through the mid-1960s, during which time he conceived and administered the Case Study House Program — one of the most influential patronage initiatives in the history of American residential architecture. David Travers is credited as co-editor on this volume.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 696
- Dimensions: 25 x 32 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783754400500
- Publisher: TASCHEN
- Publication Date: 2008
Perfect For: Architects and historians with a serious interest in mid-century modernism, Case Study House scholarship, and the cultural politics of postwar American design.