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Casabella is an Italian monthly journal devoted to architecture, urbanism and design. Guido Marangoni founded it in Milan in 1928 under the title La Casa Bella. Giuseppe Pagano became editor in 1933 and shortened the title to Casabella; Edoardo Persico joined him as co-editor in 1935.
Following wartime disruption and a brief 1946 revival led by Franco Albini and Giancarlo Palanti, publication resumed as Casabella-Continuità under Ernesto Nathan Rogers in 1954. His editorship established the journal as an influential forum for postwar Italian architecture and debate surrounding modernism.
Later editors included Gian Antonio Bernasconi, Alessandro Mendini (1970–1976), Bruno Alfieri, Tomás Maldonado (1977–1981) and Vittorio Gregotti (1982–1995). Francesco Dal Co has directed the journal since 1996. Published by Mondadori Media, Casabella continues to cover international architecture and design.
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