Arts & Architecture 1945-54: The Complete Reprint - Reviews
"Als Manifest der Nachkriegsmoderne wirkt Arts & Architecture bis heute weltweit nach. Eine ganze Reihe von Architekturikonen veröffentlichte dort zum ersten Mal: Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, John Lautner, Frank Gehry, Richard Meier."GQ, MünchenGermany |
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"Die neue TASCHEN-Publikation ist ein beeindruckendes Zeitdokument der modernen amerikanischen Architektur und verhilft dem legendären Magazin 40 Jahre nach seinem Erscheinen zu neuem Glanz."Architekten24.de, MünchenGermany |
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"A 10-box set of the hugely influential architecture magazine Arts and Architecture, which saw the centre of modernism shift from Europe to the west coast of the US. If there is an equivalent in design of a record collection spanning Bebop to Cool school, this is it. Expensive, space-devouring, gorgeous."Financial Times, LondonUnited Kingdom |
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""Nous coulions des jours heureux; dommage qu'on ne nous en ait pas informés", écrivait Frédéric H.Fajardie dans Chronique d'une liquidation politique (...). C'est absolument le genre de réflexion qui vient à l'esprit en feuilletant la collection complète du magazine américain Arts&Architecture que vient tout juste de rééditer TASCHEN. Soit dix ans (1945-1954), dix boîtes, 118 volumes, 6 156 pages: impressionnant! Plus impressionnant encore, l'apparition au fil des pages de la revue fondée par John Entenza de noms de jeunes architectes qui allaient devenir célèbres: Charles Eames, Craig Ellwood, Pierre Koenig, John Lautner, Richard Neurtra, Eero Saarinen, R.M. Schindler, dont les œuvres sont photographiées par Julius Shulman ou Ezra Stoller et analysées par Reyner Banham, Peter Blake, Esther McCoy ou encore Peter Yates. Oui, l'époque était heureuse et surtout d'une folle élégance, de cette élégance immortalisée par Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth, Audrey Hepburn ou Gary Cooper et Cary Grant. Mais l'élégance de Arts & Architecture (admirablement mis en page par Herbert Matter et Alvin Lustig) ne se limitait pas à l'architecture, à l'art et au design, tant il est vrai que la musique, la politique et les affaires sociales y tenaient une large place."Le Journal des arts, ParisFrance |
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"From 1945 to 1962, under editor John Entenza, the publication sponsored the Case Study House program. The results- buildings by Charles and ray Eames, Pierre Koenig, and Craig Ellwood, among others -secured LA.'s position as one of the world's most architecturally significant cities. No wonder then that TASCHEN has decided to give the landmark west coast journal the kind of this exhaustive facsimile treatment as lavished in the bard's comedies and tragedies....The $700 price tag is steep -but imagine the time and money saved not having to drive to estate sales anymore."Angeleno Magazine, Los AngelesUnited States |
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"Despite a hefty price tag, TASCHEN's 6,076-page collection of Arts and Architecture magazines is worth its weight... Like digitally remastered mp3s of Frank Sinatra's back catalogue, this reprinted edition re-presents the original material for 21st Century consumption. There are plenty of other books on the Case Study Houses, on Shulman's photography, and even on A&A itself, but for those who want to immerse themselves in West Coast Modernism, this is - almost - the real thing."Architects Journal, LondonUnited Kingdom |
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"Today, as socially driven architecture has had a second coming, the magazine is a renewed inspiration for designers."Metropolis, New YorkUnited States |
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"Os nove anos do pós-guerra da revista Arts & Architecture sao agora compilados em dez volumes e publicados pela TASCHEN sob ediçao de David F. Travers um antigo editor da Arts & Architecture entre 1963 e 1967. Esta colecçao é indispensable para contecer a Arquitetura dessas décadas."Jornal de Negocios, LisbonPortugal |
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"In the publisher's standard fashion, TASCHEN's Arts & Architecture, The Complete Reprint, is as maximal as it gets. After distilling seven decades of the Italian design journal Domus into 12 hardbound volumes, TASCHEN took a different approach with A&A, the legendary Los Angeles-based architecture magazine which launched the Case Study House Program and essentially codified the California modern aesthetic. In a limited edition of 5,000, TASCHEN has reproduced every issue of the magazine, which began publishing in 1929, from editor John Entenza's announcement of the Case Study in January, 1945 through the end of its publication in 1967. The first of two installments, covering 1945-54, hits stores this month. This 10-box set of 118 magazines, complete with vintage advertisements, is a true gift to lovers of modern architecture and design, for copies of the small print-run Arts for Architecture are scarce to nonexistent today."C California Magazine, Santa MonicaUnited States |
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"The groundbreaking program focused the world's attention on California architecture and the results continue to inspire architects and designers today."California Home Design, San FranciscoUnited States |
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Arts & Architecture 1945-54: The Complete Reprint
Travers, David
118 Magazines in 10 Boxes, 25.2 x 32.2 cm (9.9 x 12.7 in.), 6156 pages $ 700.00 |
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A visual revolution between two covers
Los Angeles Times, United States, December 28, 2008
Los Angeles Times, United States, December 28, 2008
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domus Vol. 1 Volume I — 1928–1939: Birth of the International Style Finally available as separate volume |
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domus Vol. 10 "You will discover more ideas here about design and architecture... than you could find with convenience anywhere else... The sheer volume of information is breathtaking." —World of Interiors, London |
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domus Vol. 11 “TASCHEN's domus series is a major publishing achievement and a must-have for all design and architecture teaching institutions, practicing architects, designers, students and collectors." —Concept for Living, London |