History of American Architecture: Detroit and the World - Week 3

CRANBROOK: THE CRADLE OF MIDCENTURY MODERNISM Architects include Charles Eames, Florence Knoll, Gyo Obata, Ralph Rapson, Louis Redstone, Eero Saarinen, Harry Weese From within their studios in suburban Bloomfield Hills, Cranbrook Academy of Art faculty and students tested new ideas in architecture. By World War II, the Academy had produced a formidable roster of architects and designers, including Eero Saarinen, Florence Knoll, Gyo Obata, Charles and Ray Eames, Harry Weese, Ralph Rapson, Ruth Adler Schnee, and countless others. Setting up practices across the country following their time at Cranbrook, these designers defined modern American architecture at midcentury.