Eero Saarinen: Buildings From The Balthazar Korab Archive

Edited by David G. DeLong and C. Ford Peatross

with an introduction by David G. DeLong

A Norton/Library of Congress Visual Sourcebook

Praise:

“If your knowledge of Eero Saarinen’s genius ends with his outrageously popular table and tulip side chairs, you’re in for a proper education about the architect’s expressive talent with Eero Saarinen: Buildings from The Balthazar Korab Archive. Seen through Korab’s lens, the Modernist master’s fluid architecture is nothing if not poetic.”

 - Modern Luxury (Dallas) and Houston Modern Luxury

Overview

This book is a timely portrait of the work of an architect who expanded the vocabulary of modern architecture. 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 as well as 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 work 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 work, as exemplified by the iconic Trans World Airlines Terminal (1956-62) and Dulles International Airport (1958-63).

About the Editors

David G. De Long is emeritus professor of at the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in Philadelphia and Sonoma.

C. Ford Peatross is curator of Architecture, Design, and Engineering at the Library of Congress.

ISBN-10: 0-393-73223-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-393-73223-8
June 2008 / 650 color & 97 black & white illustrations / 400 pages / Hardcover / CD-ROM included: screen resolution scans in easy-to-use TIFF format for Mac and PC