Articles Tagged with ''Eero Saarinen''

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Vocon and MdeAS Architects Polish Up Eero Saarinen’s ‘Black Rock’ CBS Building in New York

New York

April 8, 2024

The firms were charged with updating the building’s common areas while retaining the unapologetic midcentury swagger of Saarinen’s sole high-rise.

Tower at Eliel Saarinen-Designed First Christian Church Soars Again After $3.2 Million Restoration

Matt Hickman

February 29, 2024

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Completed in 1942, the National Historic Landmark–designated site in Columbus, Indiana, is considered one of the first Modernist churches in the U.S.

Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen Investigates the 'Untimely Moderns' of 20th-Century Architecture

Review 'Untimely Moderns: How Twentieth-Century Architecture Reimagined the Past,' by Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen

A. Krista Sykes

February 8, 2024

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A book examines Yale University as a former incubator for architects and designers—Louis Kahn, Paul Rudolph, and Eero Saarinen among them—who shared a “penchant for conflating the past, present, and future.”

Diplomatic Design Reinvents the Former U.S. Embassy in Oslo

Andrew Ayers

February 1, 2024

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Eero Saarinen's striking 1959 chancery—one of three buildings in Europe by the architect—now houses offices, a multifunction event space, cafe, and restaurants thanks to Atelier Oslo and Lundhagem.

TWA Hotel at JFK Gives New Life to Saarinen’s Flight Center

Fred A. Bernstein

May 15, 2019

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Completed in 1962 and abandoned in 2001, Eero Saarinen’s bird-like building at JFK Airport in New York now serves as a spectacular lobby for the new hotel.

Interview with Susan Saarinen

The landscape architect reflects on her father Eero and his influence on her work

Laura Raskin

October 29, 2018

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The landscape architect reflects on her father Eero and his influence on her work.

Gateway Arch Grounds and Museum

St. Louis

Josephine Minutillo

June 29, 2018

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A subtle but radical redesign of the Arch grounds in St. Louis opens in July.

Docomomo Announces 2017 Modernism in America Awards

Danielle Cohen

June 22, 2017

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Docomomo US, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting modern architecture and design, announced the winners of the 2017 Modernism in America Awards program this week.

New PBS Documentary Explores the Life and Work of Eero Saarinen

Dante A. Ciampaglia

December 20, 2016

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Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future will air on PBS December 27. Watch the trailer and a sneak peek clip below.

99% Invisible Podcast Investigates the Great Midcentury Personality Study

Hear the voices of Eero Saarinen, Philip Johnson, and others in the recent episode 'The Mind of an Architect.'

Miriam Sitz

August 17, 2016

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In 1958, the Institute of Personality Assessment and Research (IPAR) at the University of California, Berkeley, set out to study the personalities of creative people—specifically, 40 top architects living or working in the U.S. A July 2016 issue of the podcast 99% Invisible reexamines the IPAR study.

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