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Title

Eero Saarinen : shaping the future / edited by Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen and Donald Albrecht ; with essays by Donald Albrecht ... [et al.].

Publication

New Haven : Yale University Press ; New York : In association with The Finnish Cultural Institute in New York ; Helsinki : The Museum of Finnish Architecture ; Washington, D.C. : The National Building Museum ; New Haven : Yale University School of Architecture, c2006.

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Additional Authors

• Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961
• Pelkonen, Eeva-Liisa.
• Albrecht, Donald.
• Taidehalli (Helsinki, Finland)

Description

xv, 382 p. : ill. (some col.); 31 cm.

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 (1910-1961) captured the aspirations and values of mid-20th-century America. Potent expressions of national power, these and other Saarinen-designed structures--including the GM Technical Center, Dulles International Airport, and John Deere headquarters--helped 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portfolio of Saarinen's projects to date--a chronological survey of more than 100 built and unbuilt works, previously unpublished photographs, plans, and working drawings.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.

Subject

• Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 > Exhibitions
• Architecture > United States > History > 20th century
• Eclecticism in architecture
• Architects > Finland

Genre/Form

• k – Exhibition – v – publications.
• exhibition catalogs.
• Exhibition catalogs
• Catalogues d'exposition.

Note

• Published in conjunction with an exhibition held in the Helsinki kunsthalle and other venues in Europe and the U.S. 2006-2010.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen and Donald Albrecht -- Reframing Saarinen. Rethinking Saarinen / Vincent Scully. The Cranbrook factor / Mark Coir. The clients and their architect / Donald Albrecht. Eero and Irwin : praiseworthy competition with one's ancestors / Will Miller. What is a material? / Reinhold Martin. The search for (communicative) form / Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen. Eero Saarinen's theater of form / Sandy Isenstadt -- Project portfolio / edited by Donald Albrecht and Thomas Mellins. Inventory of buildings and projects. The Gateway Arch / Hélène Lipstadt. The General Motors Technical Center / Rosamond Fletcher. The Miller House / Christopher Monkhouse. The David S. Ingalls Hockey Rink / Michael Rey. Furniture / Brian Lutz. Houses and housing / Alexandra Lange and Sean Khorsandi. Churches and chapels / Jennifer Komar Olivarez. Corporate headquarters / Alexandra Lange. Embassies and chancelleries / Timo Tuomi. Airports / Susanna Santala. Campus plans / Alan J. Plattus.

ISBN

• 0300112823 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9780300112825 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 097248812X (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780972488129 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0300122373 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780300122374 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006020557

OCLC

• 70207967
• SCSB-12281795

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library