ZODIAC 9
International Magazine of Contemporary Architecture
Bruno Alfieri and Pier Carlo Santini [Editors]
Bruno Alfieri and Pier Carlo Santini [Editors]: ZODIAC 9 / International Magazine of Contemporary Architecture . Milan: Edizione Di Communita, 1962. Original Edition (International magazine of contemporary architecture issued twice yearly under the auspices of the Ing. C. Olivetti & Co.). Text in Italian, English and French. A very good or better softcover book in stiff, printed french-folded wrappers with printed publishers belly-band: light wear overall -- a remarkably well-preserved copy. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print and uncommon.
8.5 x 10.5 softcover book with 230 pages of modern architecture, beautifully designed and printed in Italy on a variety of paper stocks. Illustrated with numerous black & white photographs and drawings. Contains numerous trade advertisements, some of which are illustrated in color.
Contents
Notes of a Traveller (III): European Skyscrapers by Henry Russell Hitchcock
Architettura moderna e Cubismo by Carlo I. Ragghianti
Le New Towns britanniche. Realta e prospettive by Giorgio Gentili
Max Bill und die Umweltgestaltung by Margit Staber. 31 pages and 67 images of art, architecture and industrial design.
News from Asia: 1. The City of the Future. 2. The Indian Architect and Indian Reality: Impressions of Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi by Noboru Kawazoe
Presente e Futuro dell architettura industriale in Italia by Roberto Guiducci
Un opera distrutta di Carlo Scarpa by Pier Carlo Santini
La lucidita di Gunnlogson e Nielsen
FOCUS, VI: O.M. Ungers by Ulrich Conrads
Les gares du ciel: Orly by Giulia Veronesi
Libri/Livres/Books by Giulia Veronesi
Communaute de voisinage et architecture by Albert Meister
Architecture de cooperation et centres communitaires en France by G. Sautter
Includes advertising for Herman Miller, Olivetti, Cassina, etc.
In addition to founding Lotus (1963-1973), Bruno Alfieri was also behind the reviews Quadrum, Zodiac (with Adriano Olivetti), Metro, and Pagina. He is one of the founders of the Compasso d'Oro Award and he organized the 2002 New York Exhibition The Italian Avant-garde in Car Design (exhibit design by Massimo Vignelli).