Items Tagged with 'Eero Saarinen'

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99% Invisible

99% Invisible Podcast Investigates the Great Midcentury Personality Study

Hear the voices of Eero Saarinen, Philip Johnson, and others in the recent episode 'The Mind of an Architect.'
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Miriam Sitz
August 17, 2016
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In 1958, the Institute of Personality Assessment and Research (IPAR) at the University of California, Berkeley, set out to study the personalities of creative people—specifically, 40 top architects living or working in the U.S. A July 2016 issue of the podcast 99% Invisible reexamines the IPAR study.
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Genesis of Genius
Architecture + Creativity

Genesis of Genius: Excerpts from Pierluigi Serraino's New Book, The Creative Architect

A 1950s study tried to find what makes architects creative. The results are surprising and telling.
Pierluigi Serraino
May 1, 2016
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In 1958, the Institute of Personality Assessment and Research (IPAR) at the University of California, Berkeley, embarked on an ambitious endeavor to closely study 40 of the most creative architects living in the U.S. or working in the country at the time.


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Eero Saarinen
Genesis of Genius

Case Study: Eero Saarinen

In this excerpt from The Creative Architect, Serraino reveals the intriguing findings that both motivated Saarinen and made him insecure.
Pierluigi Serraino
May 1, 2016
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Saarinen was dyslexic. As a coping mechanism, he sketched his thoughts and ideas during his interview with psychologist William Smelser, who noted Eero’s quest for enduring acknowledgement for his work.


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NYC Airports to Receive Major Improvements

Fred A. Bernstein
September 21, 2015
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A slew of airportment improvements—some controversial—are headed for New York City over the next several years. Image courtesy Beyer Blinder Belle The only rendering of the proposed TWA Flight Center Hotel, designed by Beyer Blinder Belle, shows very little of the future structure except two six-story volumes behind Saarinen’s winglike forms. New York will see a slew of airport improvements in the next few years and, surprisingly, the only one not causing controversy is a $48 million terminal for animals known as the Ark. The same can’t be said for the other two projects—a $4 billion reconstruction of LaGuardia Airport
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