Arts & Architecture 1955–1959 gathers the best of the second half of the 1950s from the journal that made the case for modern American architecture—a facsimile selection centred on California modernism and the later years of the Case Study House Program.
About This Book
By the mid-1950s Arts & Architecture was no longer an upstart West Coast monthly but the reference point for modern design in America. This volume picks up where TASCHEN's 1950–1954 selection leaves off, reproducing highlights from five years of issues in which a new generation—Pierre Koenig and Craig Ellwood among them—took the steel-and-glass house to its most refined expression, while Richard Neutra and others consolidated the postwar modernist project. Read in the magazine's own layouts, the houses sit alongside the art, music, politics and social commentary that the journal treated as part of the same conversation. Curated, directed and produced by Benedikt Taschen, it is a primary source for anyone studying midcentury architecture, and a companion to the earlier volume.
Key Features
- Facsimile reproductions of the magazine's highlights from 1955 to 1959, presented in the original page designs
- Strong focus on California modernists, including Pierre Koenig, Craig Ellwood and Richard Neutra
- Curated, directed and produced by Benedikt Taschen
- Continues TASCHEN's Arts & Architecture series following the 1950–1954 volume
What You'll Discover
- How the Case Study House Program matured in the late 1950s, as steel-framed, prefabricated construction moved from experiment to signature
- The work of a younger generation of Los Angeles architects alongside established figures of the modern movement
- How the magazine set architecture within a wider field of art, design, politics and culture
- The graphic language of one of the most influential design publications of the century
About the Author
Arts & Architecture was edited by John Entenza, who launched the Case Study House Program in 1945 and steered the magazine through its most influential decades. This selection was curated, directed and produced by Benedikt Taschen, founder of the Cologne publishing house that bears his name.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Dimensions: 250 × 320 mm
- Pages: 624
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783754406021
- Publisher: TASCHEN
Perfect For: Architects, historians and collectors of midcentury modernism, Case Study House enthusiasts, and readers who already own the 1950–1954 volume.