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Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future | 
 enlarge | Creators: Eeva-liisa Pelkonen, Donald Albrecht
Publisher: Yale University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $65.00
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 226110
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 408
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.1
Dimensions (in): 12 x 9.5 x 1.6
ISBN: 0300112823
Dewey Decimal Number: 720.973
EAN: 9780300112825
ASIN: 0300112823
Publication Date: November 1, 2006
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Product Description
From the swooping concrete vaults of the TWA Terminal at JFK Airport to the 630-foot-tall Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the iconic designs of Eero Saarinen (1910–1961) captured the aspirations and values of mid-20th-century America. Potent expressions of national power, these and other Saarinen-designed structures—including the GM Technical Center, Dulles International Airport, and John Deere headquarters—helped create the international image of the United States in the decades following World War II.
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future offers a new and wide-ranging look at the entire scope of Saarinen’s career. This is the first book on Saarinen to incorporate significant research and materials from the newly available archives of his office, and includes the most complete portfolio of Saarinen's projects to date—a chronological survey of more than 100 built and unbuilt works, previously unpublished photographs, plans, and working drawings.
Lavishly illustrated, this major study shows how Saarinen gave his structures an expressive dimension and helped introduce modern architecture to the mainstream of American practice. In his search for a richer and more varied modern architecture, Saarinen become one of the most prolific and controversial practitioners of his time.
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Definitely catch the exhibit! March 23, 2007
AACC student (Annapolis, MD)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book was put together as an accompaniment to a touring exhibit of Eero Saarinen's work. It is one of three books I purchased for an architectural class project on Saarinen and this book is the best of the three, more comprehensive, more personal, and just as if not more informative. I would highly recommend it, it offers tremendous insight into the man as well as the work. The personal interviews and discussions at the end are superb. The editors obviously have a great admiration and affection for Saarinen, and they do an excellent job of making you understand why.
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