Eero Saarinen

作者 Jayne Merkel著
出版社 Phaidon Press
出版时间 2005年9月
ISBN 9780714842776
定价 705.00

内容简介

FormorethanhalfacenturypeoplehavemarveledatthesweepingformsoftheTransWorldAirlinesterminalatJohnF.KennedyAirportinNewYork,lineduptoentertheSt.LouisGatewayArch,andadmiredthemid-centurymodernlinesofKnoll'sWombandTulipchairs.Yetfewoutsidethearchitectureprofessioncannamethedesignerofthesewide-rangingprojects:theFinnish-AmericanarchitectEeroSaarinen(1910-1961).SaarinenmadethecoverofTIMEmagazinein1956,heraldedasakeypractitionerofpostwarmodernism.Hecountedamonghisclientsseveraloftheworld'smostpowerfulcorporationsandeducationalinstitutions(amongthemGeneralMotors,IBM,YaleUniversityandtheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology),andpioneeredthedevelopmentofnewmaterialsandbuildingtechnologies.Yetinthedecadesfollowinghisdeath,interestinhisworkwanedandmuchofhisarchivebecamedifficulttoaccessThishighlyanticipatedmonographisthefirstmajorpublicationonEeroSaarinensincetheearly1960sandfillsasignificantgapinSaarinenscholarship.Writteninanaccessible,journalisticstyle,itwillbeofinteresttoarchitectsandstudentsaswellasgeneralreadersinterestedinthesignificantfiguresoftwentieth-centurymodernism.

作者简介

JayneMerkelisanarchitecturalhistorianandcriticandservesontheeditorialboardofArchitecturalDesigninLondon.ShewastheeditorofOculus,thejournaloftheNewYorkchapteroftheAmericanInstituteofArchitects,from1995to2002.Aprolificwriter,sheistheauthoroffivebooks,andoverthepast25yearshaswrittenforArtinAmerica,ProgressiveArchitecture,andHarvardDesignMagazine,amongstmanyotherpublications.ShewasArchitectureCriticforTheCincinnatiEnquirerfrom1977to1988,andisaformerDirectoroftheGraduatePrograminCriticismattheParsonsSchoolofDesigninNewYork.

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