Pierluigi Serraino Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

The book showcases the innovative landscape architecture and garden design of mid-century North America, featuring the work of renowned photographers Julius Shulman and Ezra Stoller. It highlights previously unpublished photographs that capture the essence and creativity of this transformative period in design, offering a unique visual exploration of the era's influential figures and their contributions to the field.

Eero Saarinen was one of the 20th century's great visionaries, both in the fields of furniture design and in architecture. Marrying curves and dynamic forms with a Modernist aesthetic, he brought a whole new dimension to architecture.

Many people think modernist architecture never flowered in California north of the San Fernando Valley. NorCalMod dispels that notion in a copiously illustrated history showcasing extraordinary examples of its proud contribution to the Bay Area and environs. As a style, modernist architecture was hotly debated in its day (why create modern structures where such distinctive Victorian and Arts and Crafts buildings already existed?) pulling heavyweights such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Lewis Mumford, and Walter Gropius into the fray. Ultimately, that existing "Bay Region Style" would remain the area's architectural hallmark, but not before hundreds of important modernist projects, many still standing yet unjustly neglected today, had been established. The remarkable photos in this book open our eyes to a long-lost chapter in the history of California architecture and make NorCalMod a volume to be enjoyed by those interested in California history and style as well as by architecture students and professionals.

Sculptural structures - Eero Saarinen starb mit 1961 mit 51 Jahren, wovon er 10 Jahre als Architekt arbeitete - zeitweise mit 60 Mitarbeitern an 18 Projekten gleichzeitig. Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) war einer der großen Visionäre des 20. Jahrhunderts. Egal ob Möbeldesign - von ihm stammen u. a. Knolls berühmte Tulpenstühle mit dem trompetenförmigen Fuß - oder Architektur, er schuf Denkmäler, die den Nerv der Zeit trafen, die Architektur im Nachkriegsamerika formten und zu Ikonen wurden. Saarinen entwarf ohne Computer. Seine Tochter erinnert sich an das für den Entwurf des New Yorker Flughafengebäudes ausschlaggebende Frühstück: „Mein Vater teilte seine Grapefruit, schnitt mit dem Messer drei Halbkreise hinein und betrachtete die Form einige Minuten lang.“ Lehnen Sie sich in ihrem mutterleibförmigen Womb-Chair von 1946 zurück und betrachten Sie dynamische Dachkonstruktionen und plastisch gestaltete Baukörper wie z. B. die Empfangshalle des Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, das Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis oder das TWA-Flughafengebäude des John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

This collection pays homage to California Modernism in all its forms. Bringing together nearly 250 forgotten masterpieces, Shulman pays tribute to these lesser known yet outstanding contributions to the modern architectural movement.