Eero Saarinen : Shaping the Future

by Edited by Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen and Donald Albrecht; With contributions by Mark Coir, Sandy Isenstadt, Reinhold Martin, Will Miller, and Vincent Scully

• ISBN13: 9780300112825
• ISBN10: 0300112823
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2006-12-28
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

From the swooping concrete vaults of the TWA Terminal at JFK Airport to the 630-foot-tall Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the iconic designs of Eero Saarinen (19101961) captured the aspirations and values of mid-20th-century America. Potent expressions of national power, these and other Saarinen-designed structuresincluding the GM Technical Center, Dulles International Airport, and John Deere headquartershelped create the international image of the United States in the decades following World War II. Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Futureoffers a new and wide-ranging look at the entire scope of Saarinen's career. This is the first book on Saarinen to incorporate significant research and materials from the newly available archives of his office, and includes the most complete portfolio of Saarinen's projects to datea chronological survey of more than 100 built and unbuilt works, previously unpublished photographs, plans, and working drawings. Lavishly illustrated, this major study shows how Saarinen gave his structures an expressive dimension and helped introduce modern architecture to the mainstream of American practice. In his search for a richer and more varied modern architecture, Saarinen become one of the most prolific and controversial practitioners of his time. Exhibition schedule: Helsinki Kunsthalle, Finland (October 6shy;shy;December 6, 2006) Centre International pour la Ville, l'Architecture et le Paysage (CIVA), Brussels (Spring 2007) National Building Museum, Washington, D.C. (Winter / Spring 2008) Additional venues to be determined

Author Biography

Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen is assistant professor of architecture at Yale University, and the author of Achtung Architecture! Donald Albrecht is an independent curator and Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of the City of New York. His books include The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention. Mark Coir is the director of Archives of Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Sandy Isenstadt is assistant professor of art history at Yale University. Reinhold Martin is associate professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, Columbia University. Will Miller is chairman and CEO of Irwin Financial Corporation in Columbus, Indiana. Vincent Scully is Sterling Professor Emeritus of the History of Art at Yale University.

Table of Contents

Rethinking Saarinen	p. 13
The Cranbrook factor	p. 29
The clients and their architect	p. 45
Eero and Irwin : praiseworthy competition with one's ancestors	p. 57
What is a material?	p. 69
The search for (communicative) form	p. 83
Eero Saarinen's theater of form	p. 99
Project portfolio
Inventory of buildings and projects	p. 120
The gateway arch	p. 222
The General Motors Technical Center	p. 230
The Miller house	p. 236
The David S. Ingalls hockey rink	p. 242
Furniture	p. 246
Houses and housing	p. 258
Churches and chapels	p. 266
Corporate headquarters	p. 276
Embassies and chancelleries	p. 286
Airports	p. 300
Campus plans	p. 308
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