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Airport, Athens, Greece

Airport, Athens, Greece

Part of

People

  • Eero Saarinen & Associates (architectural firm)
  • Eero Saarinen (architect)
  • Eero Saarinen (draughtsman)
  • David Graham Powrie (draughtsman)
  • Eero Saarinen (archive creator)

Title

Airport, Athens, Greece

Dates of creation

1960-1969

Form

  • drawings
  • textual records

Level of archival description

File 6

Extent and Medium

  • 146 drawings
  • 51 photographs
  • 22 textual documents

Scope and Content

File documents the executed project for an airport at Athens, Greece.

File includes 146 drawings, including conceptual sketches and design development drawings, photographs and negatives of models and textual documents, including a printed brocure prepared for the client.

Reference Number

AP159.D6

Inscription

inscribed - see object for complete inscription

Arrangement

Materials in this series were likely kept in their original order.

Location

Athens Greece

Subject

  • architecture

Language of material

Documents are in English.

Inventory

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    • Reference Number: DR2001:0004:001:001-031
    • Title: Conceptual sketches, Airport, Athens, Greece
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 8

    People:

    • Eero Saarinen (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    31 drawing(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 31 drawings

    Technique and media:

    Graphite, ink, wax crayon

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 22 x 28 cm sheet (largest): 46 x 107 cm

    Location:

    Athens Greece

    Credit line:

    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de David Graham Powrie/
    Gift of David Graham Powrie

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    • Reference Number: DR2001:0004:002:001-012
    • Title: Site plans, Airport, Athens, Greece
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Eero Saarinen (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    12 drawing(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 12 drawings

    Technique and media:

    Graphite, coloured pencil, diazotype

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 46 x 50 cm sheet (largest): 74 x 92 cm

    Location:

    Athens Greece

    Credit line:

    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de David Graham Powrie/
    Gift of David Graham Powrie

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    • Reference Number: DR2001:0004:003:001-055
    • Title: Plans, Airport, Athens, Greece
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Eero Saarinen (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    55 drawing(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 55 drawings

    Technique and media:

    Graphite, ink, coloured pencil

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 46 x 55 cm sheet (largest): 46 x 110 cm

    Location:

    Athens Greece

    Credit line:

    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de David Graham Powrie/
    Gift of David Graham Powrie

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    • Reference Number: DR2001:0004:004:001-049
    • Title: Details, Airport, Athens, Greece
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Eero Saarinen (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    49 drawing(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 49 drawings

    Technique and media:

    Graphite, coloured pencil

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 24 x 47 cm sheet (largest): 46 x 102 cm

    Location:

    Athens Greece

    Credit line:

    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de David Graham Powrie/
    Gift of David Graham Powrie

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    • Reference Number: DR2001:0004:005:001-021
    • Title: Textual documents, Airport, Athens, Greece
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Eero Saarinen (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    22 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 m.l. de documents textuels

    Technique and media:

    Graphite, ink, typescript, reprographic copies, photomechanical prints

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 22 x 28 cm sheet (largest): 28 x 37 cm

    Location:

    Athens Greece

    Credit line:

    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de David Graham Powrie/
    Gift of David Graham Powrie

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    • Reference Number: DR2005:0004
    • Title: Views of study models, Airport, Athens, Greece
    • Dates of creation: 1960s
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • David Graham Powrie (photographer)
    • Eero Saarinen (architect)
    • Eero Saarinen (archive creator)

    Description:

    41 photographs and 41 corresponding negatives on 10 strips

    Quantity / Object type:

    51 photograph(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 51 photographs

    Technique and media:

    Gelatin silver prints and black-and-white negatives

    Dimensions:

    photographic materials (smallest): 4 x 9 cm photographic materials (largest): 11 x 16 cm

    Inscription:

    inscribed

    Location:

    Athens Greece

    Subject Descriptive Terms:

    • model (representation)
    • airport

    Credit line:

    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de David Graham Powrie/
    Gift of David Graham Powrie

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