Saarinen
Sculptural structures
"Each age must create its own architecture out of its own technology and one which is expressive of its own Zeitgeist—the spirit of the time".
- Eero Saarinen
Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) was one of the 20th century`s great visionaries, both in the fields of furniture design (he created the ubiquitous Knoll "Tulip" chairs and tables, for example) and in architecture. Among his greatest accomplishments are monuments that shaped architecture in postwar America and became icons in themselves: Washington D.C.'s Dulles International Airport, the very sculptural and fluid TWA terminal at JFK Airport in New York, and the 630-foot high "Gateway to the West," the Arch of St. Louis. Marrying curves and dynamic forms with a Modernist aesthetic, he brought a whole new dimension to architecture.
About the Series:
Every book in TASCHEN's Basic Architecture Series features:
- approximately 120 images, including photographs, sketches, drawings, and floor plans
- introductory essays exploring the architect's life and work, touching on family and background as well as collaborations with other architects
- the most important works presented in chronological order, with descriptions of client and/or architect wishes as well as construction problems and resolutions
- an appendix including a list of complete or selected works, biography, bibliography and a map indicating the locations of the architect's most famous buildings
About the author:
Pierluigi Serraino is a practicing architect residing in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the author of many books on architecture, including TASCHEN's Modernism Rediscovered. His articles and projects have appeared in magazines and journals such as Architectural Design, ArCA, Global Architecture, Hunch, Costruire, Architettura, ACADIA, and Journal of Architectural Education.
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Saarinen
Gössel, Peter (ED)
Serraino, Pierluigi Softcover, flaps, 18.5 x 23 cm (7.3 x 9.1 in.), 96 pages, $ 9.99 |
- Reviews (6 items)
"Saarinen is a concise, visually stimulating view of a 20th-century master and the organic forms he built."
San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, United States
San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, United States
- Clippings (4 items)
Controllo della forma
Costruire, Italy, October 01, 2006
Costruire, Italy, October 01, 2006
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