''Casabella'' is a monthly Italian architectural and

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magazine with a focus on modern, radical design and architecture. It includes interviews with the world's most prominent

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History and profile

Casabella was founded in 1928 at

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by Guido Marangoni. Its initial name was ''La Casa Bella'' (The Beautiful Home). In 1933, the architect

Giuseppe Pagano Giuseppe Pagano (20 August 1896 – 22 April 1945) was an Italian architect, notable for his involvement in the movement of rationalist architecture in Italy up to the end of the Second World War. He designed exhibitions, furniture and interiors ...

became editor, changing the name to ''Casabella''. Subsequently, the architect

Ernesto Nathan Rogers Ernesto Nathan Rogers (March 16, 1909 – November 7, 1969) was an Italian architect, writer and educator. Biography Born in Trieste, then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he graduated from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy in 1932. He is the cous ...

, who edited the magazine from 1953 to 1965, changed the name further to ''Casabella Continuità'', ''Casabella Costruzioni'', ''Costruzioni Casabella'', and, after the departure of Rogers, ''Casabella''.Design Dictionary on Casabella
, Retrieved 11 October 2009. During its history, ''Casabella'' featured many important architects and designers, including

Franco Albini Franco Albini (17 October 1905 – 1 November 1977) was an Italian Neo-Rationalist architect, designer and university instructor in design. A native of Robbiate, near Milan, Albini obtained his degree in architecture at Politecnico di Milano U ...

Gae Aulenti Gaetana "Gae" Aulenti (; 4 December 1927–31 October 2012) was an Italian architect and designer who was active in furniture design, graphic design, stage design, lighting design, exhibition and interior design. She was known for her contributi ...

, and

Marco Zanuso Marco Zanuso (14 May 1916 – 11 July 2001) was a leading Italian Modernist architect and designer. Early life Marco Zanuso was born in Milan (Italy) 14 May 1916. He was one of a group of Italian designers from Milan shaping the internat ...

, contributing as creative editors. It has also published some articles written by

Barry Bergdoll Barry Bergdoll is Meyer Schapiro Professor of art history in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University and from 2007 to 2019 a curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, ...

, curator at the Department of Architecture and Design of

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(MOMA) of

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. After being edited by

Vittorio Gregotti Vittorio Gregotti (10 August 1927 – 15 March 2020) was an Italian architect, born in Novara. He was seen as both a member of the Neo-Avant Garde and a key figure in 1970s Postmodernism. Biography Gregotti was born in Novara, in the Italian P ...

between 1981 and 1996, the magazine's editorial helm has been taken over by

Francesco Dal Co Francesco Dal Co (born 29 December 1945) is an Italian historian of architecture. He graduated in 1970 at the University Iuav of Venice, and has been director of the Department of History of Architecture since 1994. He has been Professor of Histo ...

. It is published by Gruppo Mondadori with a 2014 circulation of 45,000 copies.

Gallery

Image:Lacasabella.jpg, ''La casa bella'', n. 6, June 1929 Image:Casabella 471.jpg, ''Casabella ''#471, July–August 1981 File:Casabella 489 marzo 1983 Mondadori.jpg, Casabella #489 March 1983 File:Casabella 578 aprile 1991 Mondadori.jpg, Casabella #578 April 1991

References

External links

''Casabella'', Design Dictionary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Casabella 1928 establishments in Italy Architecture magazines Design magazines Italian-language magazines Magazines established in 1928 Magazines published in Milan Monthly magazines published in Italy Arnoldo Mondadori Editore

History and profile

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