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Making statements for history / [presented by] Kevin Roche.

Pidgeon Digital Available online

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Format:
Sound recording
Contributor:
Roche, Kevin, 1922-2019, narrator.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Architecture--Aesthetics.
Architecture.
Architecture, Modern--20th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 audio file (30 minutes)).
Place of Publication:
London, England: Pidgeon Digital, 1984.
Summary:
Irish-born Kevin Roche and the late John Dinkeloo were partners with Eero Saarinen, inheriting the practice when he died in 1966. Since then, their output has been prolific and brilliant, in the main for the worlds of government, education and big corporations, aesthetically daring and innovative, yet in the mainstream of the Modern movement. In his recording, Roche explains that "architecture is a language between people, from age to age. It has a structure, form, syntax and style, and says something about our time, our culture, our preoccupations, our political society, our honesty and our sophistication. Architects have the peculiar situation that while they think they are building buildings, they are in fact making statements for history, and if they thought about it in those terms, they might be a little more cautious, careful and thorough".
Contents:
Kevin Roche, 1984
Museum Complex, Oakland, California
Ford Foundation HQ, New York
Deere & Co. HQ, Moline, Illinois
School For Texas Christian University
Lehmann Pavilion, Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New York
American Wing, Metropolitan Museum Of Art
HQ For Pharmaceutical Company
Factory In Columbus, Indiana
Union Carbide Corporation. Diagrams Of Office Layout
Union Carbide Corporation. Arrival Lobby
Union Carbide Corporation. Typical Office
Union Carbide Corporation. Cafeteria
Union Carbide Corporation. External Detail
Union Carbide Corporation. Overall View
Insurance Buildings By Indianapolis Freeway
United Nations Plaza. General View
United Nations Plaza. Lobby
General Foods Corporation HQ, White Plains, New York. Entrance Approach
General Foods Corporation HQ, White Plains, New York. Interior Community Space
General Foods Corporation HQ, White Plains, New York. Overall View At Night.
Notes:
Title from publisher's website (viewed April 24, 2021).
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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