EERO SAARINEN

u003cpu003eThe creator of the ubiquitous Knoll "Tulip" chairs and tables, Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) was one of the 20th century's most prominent space shapers, merging dynamic forms with a modernist sensibility across architecture and design.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eAmong Saarinen's greatest accomplishments are Washington D.C.'s Dulles International Airport, the very sculptural and fluid TWA terminal at JFK Airport in New York, and the 630 ft. (192 m) high Gateway Arch of St. Louis, Missouri, each of them defining structures of postwar America. Catenary curves were present in many of his structural designs. During his long association with Knoll, Saarinen's other famous furniture pieces included the "Grasshopper" lounge chair and the "Womb" settee. Married to Aline Bernstein Saarinen, a well-known critic of art and architecture, Saarinen also collaborated with Charles Eames, with whom he designed his first prize-winning chair.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eWith rich illustration tracing his life and career, this introduction follows Saarinen from his studies across his training all the way to his most prestigious projects, and explores how each of his designs brought a new dimension to the modernist landscape.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eAbout the seriesu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eBorn back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Architecture series features: u003c/pu003eu003cpu003ean introduction to the life and work of the architectu003c/pu003eu003cpu003ethe major works in chronological orderu003c/pu003eu003cpu003einformation about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutionsu003c/pu003eu003cpu003ea list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most famous buildingsu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eapproximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts, and plans)u003c/pu003e