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RUMMET PÅ RYMMEN (Room on the Run).
Author: Winter, Karin, ed
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish/ English
Year Published: 1998
No. of pages: 88
Illustrations: 56 Color Illustrations. 46 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 15”x 11”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9185460605
Biblio/Bio: Cat. of exh. Bibl.
Code: 3866
Price: $29.50
An intriguing and exciting book that captures the very essence of its theme: the reinvention of the “room”. Focusing on the revolution in room design during the 20th century, this book reveals the influence of Modernism in introducing rooms without a center. Rooms were opened up; corners were broken down and walls moved apart to allow for another principle: an order for Movement. Movement is not anything new in architecture, but Modernism’s approach is starkly original because movement is generated primarily by the absence of any clear boundaries to rooms, as opposed to being generated by rooms organized into new relationships with one another. Nearly 20 essays by various authors explore the multi-faceted implications of this shift in room design, thus comprising a truly dynamic book that is most informative.
SAARINEN, EERO AN ARCHITECTURE OF MULTIPLICITY.
Author: Roman, Antonio
Country: England
Language: English
Year Published: 2002
No. of pages: 225
Illustrations: 1 Color Illustrations. 128 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Clothbound with Jacket
Size: 12”x 9 1/2
Weight: 4.00
ISBN: 1856693201
Biblio/Bio: Bio. Index. Bibl.
Code: 5769
Price: $39.50
Saarinen now ranks as one of the great masters of 20th century American architecture. Fusing expressive form, technical innovation and functional requirement, he created a diverse body of work that invariably pleased his clients and the public at large, if not the architectural critics of the day. During his brief career, he designed such beloved landmarks as the TWA Terminal at New York’s Kennedy Airport, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis and Dulles Airport outside Washington, D.C. His designs at the Knoll company, including his Tulip and Womb chairs, remain favorites the world over. With this groundbreaking and lavishly illustrated monograph, historian Antonio Roman sheds new light on Saarinen’s most important works and argues convincingly for his revelance as a pivotal figure in the history of American architecture.
SAARINEN, EERO with CD. Buildings from the Aalthazar Korab Archive
Author: De Long, David G. and Peatross, C. Ford eds
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 2008
No. of pages: 464
Illustrations: 650 Color Illustrations. 199 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 11”x 9”
Weight: 5.00
ISBN: 9780393732238
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Bios. Bio.
Code: 6631
Price: $75.00
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. Plans and elevations included.
SAARINEN, EERO: ARCHITECT, SCULPTOR, VISIONARY & BUILDING THE ARCH THE IMPROBABLE DREAM (2 Parts).
Author: Cheek, Lawrence W.
Country: St. Louis
Language: English
Year Published: 1998
No. of pages: 14
Illustrations: 12 & 14 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9”x 5 1/2”
Weight: 0.00
ISBN: 0931056160&0931056152
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 4765
Price: $19.50
Part One: A brief but telling introduction to the life and work of this Finnish- born architect. An audacious designer known for his 630-foot-high Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, the Dulles airport terminal in Washington D.C., and the TWA terminal for Kennedy International Airport in New York, among others. Part Two: Building the Arch: the improbable dream is an attractive, informative, visual fold out cardboard brochure to accompany the biographical pamphlet.
Saarinen, Eero: SAARINEN’S QUEST. A Memoir
Author: Knight, Richard
Country: San Francisco, CA
Language: English
Year Published: 2008
No. of pages: 167
Illustrations: None Color Illustrations. Many B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 10”x 7”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9780974621449
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Bio.
Code: 6390
Price: $50.00
Eero Saarinen wrote and spoke little, and his work appeared to have no direction, and certainly no consistency. This led many architectural writers to dismiss his importance as an architect. In the 1950s when Eero was practicing, or in the early 60s when most of his important buildings were being finished, there was still a prevalent belief that the purity of modern architecture was an important cause to be defended, and that its precepts and range of forms should not be questioned. Eero had a surprisingly short independent professional life. Few architects, with long productive lives, have managed to achieve the number of important and influential projects that were built from Eero’s designs.