Eero Saarinen : shaping the future /
edited by Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen and Donald Albrecht ; with essays by Donald Albrecht [and others].
- xv, 382 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 31 cm
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held in the Helsinki kunsthalle and other venues in Europe and the U.S. 2006-2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Reframing Saarinen. Rethinking Saarinen / The Cranbrook factor / The clients and their architect / Eero and Irwin : praiseworthy competition with one's ancestors / What is a material? / The search for (communicative) form / Eero Saarinen's theater of form / Project portfolio / Inventory of buildings and projects. The Gateway Arch / The General Motors Technical Center / The Miller House / The David S. Ingalls Hockey Rink / Furniture / Houses and housing / Churches and chapels / Corporate headquarters / Embassies and chancelleries / Airports / Campus plans / Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen and Donald Albrecht -- Vincent Scully. Mark Coir. Donald Albrecht. Will Miller. Reinhold Martin. Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen. Sandy Isenstadt -- edited by Donald Albrecht and Thomas Mellins. Hélène Lipstadt. Rosamond Fletcher. Christopher Monkhouse. Michael Rey. Brian Lutz. Alexandra Lange and Sean Khorsandi. Jennifer Komar Olivarez. Alexandra Lange. Timo Tuomi. Susanna Santala. Alan J. Plattus.
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portfolio of Saarinen's projects to date--a chronological survey of more than 100 built and unbuilt works, previously unpublished photographs, plans, and working drawings.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.