Eero Saarinen
By: Jayne Merkel.
Publisher: Phaidon
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Saarinen, Eero, -- 1910-1961 -- Criticism and interpretation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-250) and index.
Table of contents: title: A man of his time; title: 1. Son of Eliel; Growing up under the drafting table; title: 2. Creating Cranbrook; The Cranbrook schools, Institute of science, and academy of art; title: 3. Family business; The education of Eero and the work of Saarinen and Saarinen; title: 4. Breaking away; First independent projects and furniture designs; title: 5. A break and a breakthrough; The General Motors technical center; title: 6. GM progeny; Corporate campuses for IBM, Bell labs, and Deere & Company; title: 7. College explosion; Campuses for the modern world at Antioch, Drake, and Brandeis; title: 8. The cutting edge on campus; The MIT auditorium and chapel, and the Yale hockey rink; title: 9. College buildings and context; Concordia, Chicago, and Morse and Stiles colleges at Yale; title: 10. Building the basics in a small midwestern town; A bank, a house, and a church in Columbus, Indiana; title: 11. Big ambitions in big cities abroad; American embassies in London and Oslo; title: 12. Big ambitions in New York; The Vivian Beaumont repertory theater at Lincoln center and the CBS building; title: 13. Symbolizing modernity; The Milwaukee War memorial and the Saint Louis gateway arch; title: 14. Taking flight; The Trans world airlines terminal and the Athens and Dulles international airports; title: The legacy.