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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961.

Contributor:

Pelkonen, Eeva-Liisa.

Albrecht, Donald

Taidehalli (Helsinki, Finland)

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961--Exhibitions.

Saarinen, Eero.

Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

xv, 382 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Place of 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, [2006]

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 / Hâeláene 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.

Notes:

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.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

0300112823

9780300112825

097248812X

9780972488129

0300122373

9780300122374

OCLC:

70207967

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