Pencil Points was founded in June 1920 and changed to New Pencil Points then Progressive Architecture (P/A) in 1945. There was a monograph series in the 1940's and an additional newsletter in the 1960's.  During the 1990s, P/A set the standard for architectural journalism which tended to celebrate rather than critically evaluate buildings by star architects. P/A was sold to a competitor and closed in December of 1995. By that time, it won more publishing awards than any other US architectural journal. Winning a P/A Award was one of the most coveted honors in design. Starting in 1954, with a jury of Victor Gruen, George Howe, Eero Saarinen, and Fred Severud, the awards ended in 1987 and were restarted in 1997 by Architecture/Architect magazine.

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1927: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1927: Good Practice in Construction: One Two
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1932: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1932 Monographs: Apr May Jun Aug Oct Dec
1933: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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1934: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Details
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1936 Monographs: Feb May Jun Aug Oct Dec
1937: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Details
1937 Monographs: Mar May Sep Oct Dec
1938: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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1940: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Details
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1942: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1943: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1944: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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Progressive Architecture:

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1946: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1947: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1948: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1949: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1950: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1951: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1952: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1953: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1954: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1955: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1956: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1957: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1958: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1959: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1960: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1961: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Details
1962: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1963: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1964: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1965: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1966: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1967: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1968: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1969: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1970: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1971: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1972: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1973: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1974: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1975: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1976: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1977: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1978: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1979: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1980: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1981: Jan Feb Mar Apr May  Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1982: Jan Feb Mar Apr May  Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Forum
1983: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Aug-S Sep Oct Nov Dec
1984: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1985: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1986: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1987: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct-I Nov Dec
1988: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct-H Oct-I Nov Dec
1989: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Oct-I Nov Dec
1990: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Oct-I Nov Dec
1991: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Oct-I Nov Dec
1992: Jan Feb Mar Mar-S Apr May Jun Jul Aug Aug-S Sep Oct Oct-I Nov Dec
1993: Jan Feb Mar-S Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1994: Jan Feb Mar Apr Apr-S May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 
1995: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 

Progressive Architecture News Report
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1960: Sep
1961: Feb Jun Dec
1962: Feb Apr May Jul Nov
1963: Mar Apr Jun Aug Sep
1965: Apr Jun Aug Oct Nov Dec
1966: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1967: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Sep Oct Nov Dec
1968: Feb Mar Apr Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec