PENCIL POINTS
Individual Editions Available: 1930 - 1944
Kenneth Reid [Editor]
Kenneth Reid [Editor]: PENCIL POINTS. Stamford, CT: Reinhold Publishing Company, 1930 - 1944. Originally subtitled "A Journal for the Drafting Room," the forerunner of "Progressive Architecture" embraced the changing role of the architect and designer during the era when Modernism entered the mainstream of American life and work.
We have an extensive and ever-changing selection of individual issues from 1930 to 1944. We welcome your inquiries for availability of specific editions.
Born out of "The Architectural Review," and merged with "Progressive Architecture" in 1943, "Pencil Points" became the leading voice in architectural and graphic design when modernism flourished, introducing key players from America and Europe. It also established the agenda in architectural theory: multi volume pieces by John Harbeson, Talbot Hamlin, Hugh Ferris, and others dealt with major issues that are still relevant today -- architectural education and practice, small-house design and portable housing, city planning, and the influence (or not) of modernism. Items like George Nelson's series of reports from Europe in the early 1930s, H. Van Buren Magonigle's diatribes against modernism, and a glossary of Ecole des Beaux-Arts terms sit side-by-side with the best architectural drawings and photographs of the 20th century.