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Cranbrook gives Michigan its due in modern design
California hogs the limelight in mid-century modern that style, both snappy and elegant, portrayed with curatorial perfection on TVs Mad Men. The truth is that modernism (broader than just its mid-century variant) sprang simultaneously from two centers from Detroit News Online Read more »
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Cranbrook highlights midcentury marvels
We often think of the 1920s as DetroitÂs Golden Era of great architecture. The Twenties saw many Detroit landmarks rise, including the Guardian and Fisher skyscrapers and the Detroit Institute of Arts. But to my mind the period a few decades later that g from Detroit Free Press Read more »
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Review: Eero Saarinen: A Reputation for Innovation, at MODA
“We are in one of the great formative periods right now,” architect Eero Saarinen said in a talk at the Museum of Modern Art in 1952. “It began about 1900 and it may last for the rest of the century. The ground rules and the general direction have been s from Burn Away Read more »
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Biography of the Arch is warts and all
Many visitors to the Gateway Arch spend a half-hour in the dark watching “Monument to the Dream,” moviemaker Charles Guggenheim’s eloquent tribute to the construction of the soaring silver masterpiece. The movie takes a proudly upbeat view of architect E from St. Louis Post-Dispatch Read more »
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Elie Tahari Resort 2014
Inspired by the architectural shapes and futuristic designs of Eero Saarinen’s landmark TWA terminal at JFK Airport, Elie Tahari focused on geometrical shapes for resort. Working linear lines and plays on proportions, the clothes ranged from body-conscio from Women's Wear Daily Read more »
