The firm was initially known as saarinen, swansen and associates, headed by eliel saarinen and robert swansen from the late 1930s until eliels death in 1950. Eero saarinen moved boundaries of modernism and turned it into an exciting game of materials. Louis, missouri, the miller house in columbus, indiana, the twa flight center at john f. The saarinen office had a penchant for glass designs that took the highmodernist curtain wall in new directions. Bell labs is a significant pioneering example of a type of modern american suburban landscape that has been variously termed a corporate campus, corporate. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the. The bell labs building was designed by eero saarinen in 1962, who saw the future of work here. Eero saarinen biography, career, honors and awards, death. Researchers working at bell labs are credited with the development of radio astronomy, the transistor. In the late 19th century, the laboratory began as the western electric engineering department and was located at 463 west street in new york city. This exhibition is the firstever retrospective of eero saarinen 191061, one of the most prolific, unorthodox, and controversial architects and designers of the 20th century.
Eero saarinen architecture generale paperback march 24, 2014. The bell labs holmdel complex, designed by eero saarinen, was dubbed. The centerpiece of the campus is an eero saarinen designed structure that. Bell labs holmdel complex, holmdel ny abandoned america, an amazing web about abandoned places. Eero saarinen august 20, 1910 september 1, 1961 was a finnish american architect and industrial designer of the 20th century. The finnish architect eero saarinen designed bell labs built in holmdel, n. Updated july 23, 2019 by matthew christopher the bell labs holmdel complex in holmdel, new jersey was created as a new research and development facility for bell telephone when they decided to move operations out of manhattan. Enr square foot costbook 2020 see more products durability by design free webinar by inpro april 29, 2020 2. The fact that the bell labs building in suburban holmdel, n. The bargain that revived bell labs architect magazine. Written in an accessible, journalistic style, it will be of interest to architects and students as well as general readers interested in the significant figures of twentiethcentury modernism. New york architecture fuji house architect eero saarinen modernist. People mill about the front lobby of bell works, the former bell labs holmdel complex in holmdel, nj. The bell labs holmdel complex, designed by eero saarinen, was dubbed the biggest mirror ever.
Growing up in a respectable family eero saarinen was born in 1910 as a son of a famous architect eliel saarinen. Constructed between 1959 and 1962, it was the swan song of architect eero saarinen, who also designed the gateway arch in st. He was known for varying his style according to the demands of the project. Bell labs by eero saarinen, holmdel, new jersey, 1962 once home to offices and labs for the oncemighty technology and communications giant bell.
Eero saarinen bell labs holmdel complex interior holmdel, new jersey ca. American masters explores the work of finnishamerican architect eero saarinen or here, who designed the gateway arch in st. Completed in 1957, it was the home of miller, his wife xenia and their 5 children. Eero saarinen was born on august 20, 1910, to finnish architect eliel saarinen and his second wife, louise, on his fathers 37th birthday. The bell labs building by eero saarinen, with its mirroredglass exterior and atrium lobby, will be spared from demolition. Under eero saarinen, the firm carried out many of its most important works, including the bell labs holmdel complex in holmdel township, new jersey, gateway arch national park including the gateway arch in st. Son of pioneering finnish architect eliel saarinen, eero saarinen august 20, 1910 september 1, 1961 was not only born on the same day, but carried his fathers later rational art deco into a. Iconic bell labs campus will be revived as an urban hub. The last two years have seen a surge of new books, articles, and symposia about saarinen, and in october, a major exhibition organized in part by the yale school of architecture will open in helsinki, accompanied by a hefty volume published by yale university press. Eero saarinen was one of the great masters of american twentiethcentury architecture, and the only whose career and work has not been documented in a comprehensive monographuntil now. An inventive solution to save home of bell labs the new. The title of this book is eero saarinen and it was written by jayne merkel.
Eero saarinen on his work a selection of buildings dating from 1947 to. The scientists who worked at eero saarinens bell telephone laboratories were famous for putting in long hours, and they probably felt as if they lived in their offices. Eero saarinen, finnishborn american architect who was one of the leaders in a trend toward exploration and experiment in american architectural design during the 1950s. In a lightfilled, oneroom architecture studio in brooklyns dumbo neighborhood, anne marie lubrano, aia, is talking camelot. Photos of eero saarinens abandoned bell labs archdaily. Louis, the twa flight center at jfk airport, the main terminal at dulles airport, numerous buildings for iconic us corporations, and campus buildings for yale, mit, vassar, and the university of chicago. The bell labs holmdel complex in holmdel, new jersey was created as a new research and development facility for bell telephone when they decided to move operations out of manhattan. The bell labs holmdel complex, in holmdel township, new jersey, united states, functioned for fortyfour years as a research and development facility, initially for the bell system and later bell labs. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. In 2007, the future looked bleak for eero saarinens bell labs building in holmdel, new jersey. The eero saarinendesigned facility was a hub for scientists who helped contribute to. Constructed between 1959 and 1962 it represents a remarkably prescient model for the way many modern offices and educational facilities are now being.
The eero saarinen designed facility was a hub for scientists who helped contribute. This article by samuel medina originally appeared in metropolis magazine, titled eero saarinens bell labs, now devo. Eero saarinens bell labs campus gets a reboot citylab. When the small firm she founded with lea ciavarra, aia, began working on the project that would transform eero saarinens beloved but longvacant 1962 twa flight center into a hotel and conference center, it was 2014. Week 52 miller house and garden 52 weeks of columbus. Miller house and garden is a classic midcentury modern mcm residence designed by eero saarinen for the late industrialist, banker, philanthropist and patron of architecture j. Eero saarinens landmark facility in new jersey is being redeveloped as a new urbanist hub, but with one significant twist. Eero saarinen and associates was the architectural firm of eero saarinen, who was the principal partner from 1950 until his death in 1961. Bell labs is a chapter in my book, abandoned america. Eero saarinen designer of seductive forms design defender. Oslo, and corporate headquarters for general motors, ibm, and bell laboratories. He designed a building of the future in bell labs, paola said. Eero saarinens bell labs holmdel complex collaboration.
An architecture of multiplicity by antonio roman 2003, hardcover at the best online prices at. Constructed between 1959 and 1962 as one of the final projects of prolific architect eero saarinen, the bell. Designed by renowned architect eero saarinen in 1962 as a home for over 6,000 bell labs employees, the building features an iconic openatrium scheme and oneofakind pedestrian street. The 2 millionsquarefoot hardedged hunk of black mirrored glass was designed in the late 1950s by eero saarinen for the research arm of what was then the only telephone company in the u. Eero saarinen on his work a selection of buildings dating from 1947 to 1964 with statements by the architect eero saarinen, aline b. Eero saarinens bell labs, reimagined 201017 architectural. A research center for bell labs in holmdel, new jersey, was a simple six. Louis, the twa terminal in jfk airport, dulles airport, outside washington d. In december 2008, a 70page book was published highlighting the history of the. Eero saarinen trained and practiced with his father until the early 1950s, when he established his own firm and began to design some of the most influential institutions of his day, among them residential colleges and a hockey rink at yale university, an auditorium and chapel at the massachusetts institute of technology, american embassies in london and oslo, and corporate headquarters for general motors, ibm, and bell laboratories. Eero was the son of the noted architect eliel saarinen and loja gesellius, a sculptor. Saarinen shaped americas national identity during what publisher henry luce called the american century with his designs for general motors, bell labs, cbs. Although saarinen passed away in september 1961 before the project was completed, his proteges kevin roche 1922 and john dinkeloo 191881 finished the work as saarinen had envisioned. Eero saarinens bell labs, now devoid of life point of view january at its peak, thousands passed through its massive, lightfilled atrium.
Constructed between 1959 and 1962 it represents a remarkably prescient model for the way many modern offices and educational facilities are now being constructed, with their specific emphasis on stimulating collaboration and fostering encounters between different departments. Of note among these is the bell labs project figure 1 1956, 19621967, holmdel, new jersey for which reflecting glass, which makes the glass skin possible in a. Born to world famous parents, architect and cranbrook academy of art director eliel saarinen and textile artist loja saarinen, eero saarinen was surrounded by design his whole life. Bell laboratories, holmdel, bell laboratories road.
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