General Motors Technical Center at 68: History and Preservation
Docomomo US Tour Day 2024: Corporate Campuses
Saturday, October 19, 12:30pm
Meet in front of the Cranbrook Art Museum
$35 for Adults, $10 for Full-time Students
Eero Saarinen-Focused Tour of Cranbrook Archives, Cranbrook Art Museum, Collections Vault, and the Cranbrook Academy of Art and original Cranbrook School for Boys Campuses
Primary Tour Leaders: Kevin Adkisson, Cranbrook Center Curator, and Deborah Rice, Cranbrook Center Head Archivist
For more information on the Docomomo Tour Day 2024 program at Cranbrook, including the morning in-person and virtual lectures as well as the afternoon Eero Saarinen-focused tours, please visit the Center’s General Motors Technical Center at 68 webpage.
TOUR LOCATIONS AND CONTENT
- Cranbrook Archives will include archival documents and photographs related to Eero Saarinen and his associates and General Motors
- Collections Vault will include examples of furniture and textiles custom-designed by Eero Saarinen and his associates for the GM Technical Center
- Cranbrook Academy of Art will examine the architecture that Eero Saarinen worked on collaboratively with his father Eliel Saarinen, and notable buildings along Academy Way.
- Cranbrook School for Boys will include a behind-the-scenes tour of the school and grounds, including the Upper Dining Hall and Hoey Hall, which include early Eero Saarinen-design elements.
Photo Credits (From Top to Bottom)
Header: Detail of Cranbrook School Iron Gate, designed by Eero Saarinen. Photography by Daniel Smith, 2021. Courtesy Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research.
Cranbrook School Iron Gate, designed by Eero Saarinen. Photography by Harvey Croze, 1962. Courtesy of Cranbrook Archives.