Arts & Architecture

Arts & Architecture was an American magazine that was published from 1929 to 1967 in California and reported on design, architecture, landscaping and art.

History

The magazine came in 1929 with the title of California Arts & Architecture on the market. John Entenza came in 1938 as an editor for the magazine. 1940 took over the role of the publisher Entenza and changed the focus of the magazine from the eclecticism which was then used in California, to the modern architecture. In Entenzas time put the magazine, which he renamed in Arts & Architecture, the Case Study House program on that was decisive for the development of modern architecture in California. During the program, several houses that have received international attention emerged. So working with the support of Entenza architects such as Charles Eames, Eero Saarinen, Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Craig Ellwood and Pierre Koenig their work in Arts & Architecture. Also Entenzas private house, Entenza House, was built in this framework. Entenza revised the concept of the magazine in 1962 and handed them to David Travers. Travers led Arts & Architecture to recruitment in 1967 worked.

Presented for the graphic design magazine, among others, the designer John Follis, Alvin Lustig and Herbert Matter. As a photographer Julius Shulman worked. Among the authors were Walter Gropius and Lewis Mumford.

The Taschen published in 2008 a reprint of all issues from 1945 to 1954 with a preface by the last editor, David Travers. In addition to the English version, the emphasis is also partly set published in German.