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The Saarinen House

The Perfect Bath

He cleverly wove decorative elements of brick, stone, tile, metal and wood into the interiors. Sometimes he would shift the placement of a rug or a detail on a building to activate an axis and heighten an awareness of the architectural surroundings. The exceptional ceramic fireplace served as a dramatic backdrop for bronze andirons.

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Janet Bennett: A Life in Design

Making Tile Modern

By her own admission, she’d never claimed credit for the murals which were installed in 1961, when she was working for the architectural firm of Pereira & Luckman. Bennett grew up in Detroit; her father was a painter. The tiles for the San Francisco murals were ceramic , as opposed to the Italian glass used at the airport.”