Arts & Architecture Magazine Covers, 1960s.

by Sandi Vincent on June 30, 2010

August 1964 | Ken Chapman

September 1964 | Michael Weinberger

April 1964 | Ken Chapman

January 1964 | Ken Chapman

June 1961 | Ken Follis

November 1960 | Artist: unknown

January 1961 | John Follis

May 1964 (roof structure of Sports Arena, Genoa) | Artist: unknown

January 1965 | Martin Pinchis

[ All images ©Arts & Architecture/David Travers ]
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Arts & Architecture (1929-1967) was an American design, architecture, landscape and arts magazine published and edited by John Entenza from 1940-1962 and David Travers from 1962-1967. It was the leader in bringing attention to American architecture and in particular California Modernism. Of special note is the magazine’s sponsorship of the Case Study Houses design-build-publication program.

A&A featured the work of a number of now iconic architects and designers, among them Craig Ellwood, A. Quincy Jones, Charles and Ray Eames, Garrett Eckbo and Richard Neutra. Also found within its pages, the work of graphic designers Alvin Lustig, Herbert Matter and John Follis as well as work by architectural photographer great Julius Shulman.

You can find an excellent in depth essay about A&A written in 2007 by former editor David Travers on the official website along with much more information including magazine archives.

For diehard A&A fans Taschen has brought you Arts & Architecture 1945-54: The Complete Reprint published in 2008. “Ten years, ten boxes, 118 issues, 6,156 pages!”

>> Visit my flickr set for additional images from my vintage architecture magazine collection.
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Sandi Vincent grew up in the bay area of California surrounded by mid-century modern architecture and other influences responsible for her affinity for the period and its pop style, including her early exposure to The Monkees, The Avengers and Gerald McBoing-Boing. Sandi now resides in Portland and is a board member of a local nonprofit preservation group, the Mid-Century Modern League. In her day job at a community foundation, she sports the web/social media/print materials coordinator title.