PERSPECTA 8
THE YALE ARCHITECTURE JOURNAL
Jonathan Barnett and Michael Dobbins [Editors]
Jonathan Barnett and Michael Dobbins [Editors]: PERSPECTA 8: THE YALE ARCHITECTURE JOURNAL. New Haven, CT: Departments of Architecture and Design, Yale University, 1963. Square Quarto. Perfect-bound and side-stitched stiff, printed French-folded wrappers. 102 pp. Text and illustrations. Wrappers lightly worn and rubbed, but a very good copy.
9.5 x 12 journal with 102 pages heavily illustrated with original artwork, photography, plans and diagrams with a few trade advertisements. Issue design and typography by Eiko Emori. Limited circulation and uncertain financial backing have combined to make the early issues of Perspecta notoriously difficult to locate. A significant piece of American architectural history.
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Founded in 1952, Perspecta is the oldest student-edited architectural journal in the United States and the first that devoted its pages to the artistic, historical and theoretical aspects of architecture. From its earliest issues, essays published in Perspecta changed the way people thought about architecture. Highly recommended for both form and content.
"The publication of Perspecta marked the beginning of a new kind of critical discourse about architecture," said Robert A. M. Stern, dean of the Yale School of Architecture. "Although Perspecta was never a mass-market publication, its impact on the field has belied its numbers. The journal was -- and continues to be -- an intellectual showpiece for the Yale School of Architecture and an important presence in the design community."