Eero Saarinen - Buildings from the Balthasar Korab Archive

Klappentext Eero Saarinen and Balthazar Korab constitute a unique team in the history of architecture: Saarinen, the mid-twentieth-century architect who challenged the architectural conventions of his time; and Korab, an architect in Saarinen's office whose perceptive photographs reveal the brilliance of Saarinen's work. This visual sourcebook illustrates nineteen Saarinen commissions in photographs drawn from Korab's archive, providing multiple views of the buildings themselves and some views of their construction and of architectural models that were critical to their design. Images of Saarinen's office and home provide personal ambience, and an introductory essay positions Saarinen's work within the broader context of his time. Seen in detail, such earlier works as the General Motors Technical Center (1948-56) or the Miller house (1953-57) show departures from orthodox modernism; Saarinen's assured handling of new materials and new building functions impart lasting value to his career, as seen in the Trans World Airlines Terminal (1956-62) and Dulles International Airport (1958-63), which have become iconic images. Zusammenfassung A timely portrait of the work of an architect who expanded the vocabulary of modern architecture.

Product details

• Authors: David G. De Long, C. Ford Peatross
• Assisted by: David G. De Long (Editor), De Long David G. (Editor), C. Ford Peatross (Editor), Peatross C. Ford (Editor)
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2007
• EAN: 9780393732238
• ISBN: 978-0-393-73223-8
• Dimensions: 226 mm x 287 mm x 38 mm
• Series: Norton/Library of Congress Vis; Library of Congress Visual Sourcebooks; Library of Congress Visual Sourcebooks; Norton/Library of Congress Vis; Library of Congress Visual Sou
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Individual architects & architectural firms, ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General, Individual architects and architectural firms