Eero Saarinen /
Merkel, Jayne.
London ; New York : Phaidon,
2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-250) and index.
A man of his time -- 1. Son of Eliel; Growing up under the drafting table -- 2. Creating Cranbrook; The Cranbrook schools, Institute of science, and academy of art -- 3. Family business; The education of Eero and the work of Saarinen and Saarinen -- 4. Breaking away; First independent projects and furniture designs -- 5. A break and a breakthrough; The General Motors technical center -- 6. GM progeny; Corporate campuses for IBM, Bell labs, and Deere & Company -- 7. College explosion; Campuses for the modern world at Antioch, Drake, and Brandeis -- 8. The cutting edge on campus; The MIT auditorium and chapel, and the Yale hockey rink -- 9. College buildings and context; Concordia, Chicago, and Morse and Stiles colleges at Yale -- 10. Building the basics in a small midwestern town; A bank, a house, and a church in Columbus, Indiana -- 11. Big ambitions in big cities abroad; American embassies in London and Oslo -- 12. Big ambitions in New York; The Vivian Beaumont repertory theater at Lincoln center and the CBS building -- 13. Symbolizing modernity; The Milwaukee War memorial and the Saint Louis gateway arch -- 14. Taking flight; The Trans world airlines terminal and the Athens and Dulles international airports -- The legacy.
Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961