We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for an upcoming issue of the Nexus Network Journal dedicated to Eero Saarinen on the 100th anniversary of his birth in 2010. The issue will be guest edited by jack rees. The deadline for submissions of abstracts is 15 January 2009. You can download at the Call for Papers at: http://www.nexusjournal.com/CFP-NNJ_Saarinen.pdf

This Call for Papers can also be accessed from the NNJ homepage, http://www.nexusjournal.com/.

Eero Saarinen’s abstract geometrical forms were sublimely expressed by thin shell structures, a perfect blend of geometry, engineering and architecture.