ZODIAC 3: 1958 International Magazine of Contemporary Architecture

Brun Alfieri [Executive Editor], Roberto Sambonet [Art Director]: ZODIAC 3 | International Magazine of Contemporary Architecture. Milan: Edizioni di Comunità, 1958. Original Edition [International magazine of contemporary architecture issued twice yearly under the auspices of the Ing. C. Olivetti & Co.] Text in German, English and Italian with French and English Translations. Quarto. Photo illustrated glossy wrappers. Publishers obi attached [as issued]. Publishers colored cardboard slipcase. 232 [xxxiv] pp. Multiple fold-outs. Illustrated articles plus vintage advertising and sections containing the issue's French and English translations. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print and uncommon. Glossy spine slightly darkened and soiled. A nearly fine copy housed in a good example of the Publishers slipcase.

Includes a bound-in screenprinted wallpaper sample designed by Max Bill.

8.5 x 10.5 softcover book with 266 pages of modern architecture, beautifully designed and printed in Italy. Illustrated with numerous black & white photographs and drawings. Contains numerous trade advertisements, a few in color. This third issue of ZODIAC offered an amazingly prescient overview of Contemporary Architecture, circa 1958.

Contents

• Points of View
• Die gestaltete Stadtby Heinrich Erdsiek
• Alvar Aalto from Sunila to Imatra: Ideas Projects and Buildingsby Pier Carlo Santini and Göran Schildt
• Franco Albini e la cultura architettonica in Italiaby Giuseppe Samona
• Modern Japanese Architecture confronts Functionalism by Noboru Kawazoe
• Seconda visita all'EXPOby Giulia Veronesi
• FOCUSThe Focus is on the Young Architects: includes Claudio Conte & Leonardo Fiori, Kiyonori Kikutake, Guido Maffezzoli, Masato Otaka, Harry Seidler, Allert Warners, Bart van Karsteel
• Nouvelle/News
• Traductions francaises
• English translations
• Plus vintage advertisements