Word: saarinen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This is TIME'S fourth award from the A.I.A. in five years, others having come to us for past cover stories on Architects Eero Saarinen and Edward D. Stone, both written by Cranston Jones, and honorable mention for excellence of our architectural coverage. TIME prints more stories and more pictures about architecture than any other general magazine, believing in the impact and interest of good design and wishing there was more...
...Schools of Tomorrow," Sept. 12. We are honored to be mistaken for Richard J. Neutra. I am sure he would have done Crow Island School better, but I believe that it was, in fact, designed by Perkins, Wheeler and Will, with Eliel and Eero Saarinen. Please advise before you put our babies out for adoption...
Master Concept. In enclosing space, Becket shows little of the imagination or pioneering spirit of a Wright or Saarinen. Becket makes no apology, feels that his sort of made-to-order architecture is ideally suited to the varying needs of business. "The one who takes the position that he is primarily a creator and that his services must be sought," he says, "is headed for failure...
...Dulles International Airport, due to open near Washington, D.C. in 1961, is radically different in concept. Unlike most airports, it will have no passageways reaching out onto the apron to detract from its lofty, templelike terminal designed by Architect Eero Saarinen. Instead of jets coming up to terminal fingers, passengers will simply walk into giant "mobile lounges" that will move them out to the jets...
...vulgarity." But by last week, when the fierce Yankee bird was hoisted into place, most of the locals allowed that they would probably learn to live with it, though they may still prefer pigeons. A few were even inclined to agree with the embassy's renowned Architect Eero Saarinen, who had tried to calm their earlier qualms with a somewhat technical reassurance: "The eagle will provide a vertical reference point in an otherwise horizontal facade...