Apartment Therapy - San Francisco (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Influenced by his work in the offices of legendary designers Eero Saarinen, I.M. Pei and Kevin Roche as well as the movement toward a more expressive form of Modernism in the 1960s, Warren Platner d
The Pioneer Woman (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Here are the answer winners of the Smartypants St. Louis quiz. Great job, everyone! NOTE: Smartypants Chicago Edition will begin at 9:00 am Central Time Friday! 1. Which two notable world events were held in St. Louis in 1904? ANSWER: The World’s Fair and the Olympic Games 2. Who was president of the United States when St. Louis was acquired from the French in the Louisiana Purchase? ANSWER:...
Relevant History (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Listening to this 1976 concert on Wolfgang's Vault tonight reconfirms my sense that the Bee Gees were much more brilliant than we remember. The recording was made at the Los Angeles Forum, a venue I know absolutely nothing about, but...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
If you've seen JFK's TWA terminal, you know the work of Eero Saarinen. Now's your chance to see a retrospective of the architect and designer's accomplishments without having to take off your shoes and walk through a metal detector. No fly-by-nigh...
io9 (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Architect Eero Saarinen futurist designs highlight industrial innovation and evoke a sense of sleek confidence. It's the reason his buildings housed captains of American industry, and why his designs... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Design Observer (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
When Aline met Eero in January 1953, she was the associate art editor and critic for the New York Times. A little over a year later she would become Aline B. Saarinen.
Eclectica (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Finnish-born architect and product designer Eero Saarinen was notable for his use of many different architectural materials and methods of construction, never settling on a 'signature' style. However, the flowing concrete lines of the TWA Terminal at New York's JFK airport (and to an extent his Tulip chair for Knoll) are what the majority would associate with him. The works mentioned above are very...
HG Poetics (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Just 11 days shy of 11 months ago, in mid-December 2008, I began writing this long poem Lanthanum , which originated in an odd dream I had had a few days before, about the Gateway Arch monument in St. Louis (something I'd never seen, nor thought about previously). On Monday, I finished the first book of Lanthanum (1st of a projected 3 volumes). Today I self-published it via Lulu (see previous post)....
New at Pentagram (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Michael Bierut designed the graphics for the Saarinen retrospective at MCNY.
Paramus Post (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Goal Is Preservation of Architecturally Significant Modernist Building in Holmdel, N.J. The New Jersey chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA-NJ), in concert with Preservation New Jersey, a historic preservation organization, recently presented their vision for the preservation of Bell Labs in Holmdel, N.J., at a community open house attended by approximately 1,500 guests. Bell Labs,...
brandflakesforbreakfast (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
An Eero Saarinen exhibit kicks off tomorrow at the Museum of the City of New York . The exhibition, titled Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future is a comprehensive project exploring the work of one of the most prolific, unorthodox, and controversial masters of 20th-century architecture. Maybe you've seen one of his chairs , or paid a visit to one of his architectural masterpieces . The exhibit is totally...
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
LONDON.- The U.S. State Department has entered into an agreement to sell the US Chancery in London, located in Grosvenor Square. The sale is to Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company headquartered in Doha, Qatar. The agreement was signed for the United States by the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Louis B. Susman. This well known US heritage building in London was originally designed by...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Today, except for a few projects like the moribund TWA terminal at JFK, Eero Saarinen is better known for his furniture than his buildings. His "womb" chairs and pedestal tables (designed, he said, to "clear up the slum of legs" in the American home) are still big sellers for Knoll. But does anyone remember that he designed the beautifully soaring Dulles airport? Or CBS's "Black...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The US government said Tuesday it has agreed to sell its vast London Embassy building to a Qatari government-owned company.
TheFind blog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The Ritz is where I will retire myself when I am old and gray and wish to spend my twilight years in quiet luxury. That said, at this moment I’m young and I want to stay at the loud, overstated Missoni Hotel in Edinburgh,UK and have a good time. The first of a proposed chain [...]
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