''Casabella'' is a monthly Italian architectural and product design 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

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

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, 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, 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, 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 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 Hist ...

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

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''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

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