Arts & Architecture 1955–1959

<p>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 at once modern design and low-cost materials. The trend was most notably embodied in the famous <strong>Case Study House Program</strong>, a blueprint for modern habitation championed by the era’s leading American journal, <em>Arts & Architecture</em>.<br/><br/> The complete facsimile of the ambitious and groundbreaking Arts & Architecture was published by TASCHEN in 2008 as a limited edition. This new curation—directed and produced by Benedikt Taschen—<strong>brings together the magazine’s highlights from 1955 to 1959</strong>, with a special focus on mid-century American architecture and California modernists such as Pierre Koenig, Craig Ellwood, and Richard Neutra.<br/><br/>A celebration of a politically, socially and culturally engaged publication, this special selection is also a testimony to one of the most unique and influential eras in the history of American architecture.</p>