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Eero Saarinen
Saarinen in 1955 or 1956
Born(1910-08-20)August 20, 1910
Kirkkonummi, Grand Duchy of Finland
DiedSeptember 1, 1961(1961-09-01) (aged 51)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
NationalityFinnish
American (since 1940)
Alma materAcadémie de la Grande Chaumière
Yale University
OccupationArchitect
AwardsAIA Gold Medal (1962)
PracticeAssociated architectural firm[s]
BuildingsSee list of works
DesignGateway Arch
General Motors Technical Center
Dulles International Airport
TWA Flight Center
Tulip chair
Spouses
Lilian Swann
(m. 1939; div. 1954)
Aline Bernstein
(m. 1954)
Children3, including Eric Saarinen
Parent(s)Eliel Saarinen
Loja Gesellius
RelativesPipsan Saarinen Swanson (sister)

Eero Saarinen (/ˈr ˈsɑːrɪnən, ˈɛər -/, Finnish: [ˈeːro ˈsɑːrinen]; August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a Finnish-American architect and industrial designer who created a wide array of innovative designs for buildings and monuments, including the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan; the passenger terminal at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C.; the TWA Flight Center (now TWA Hotel) at John F. Kennedy International Airport; and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. He was the son of Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen.

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Eero Saarinen (/ˈeɪroʊ ˈsɑːrɪnən, ˈɛəroʊ -/, Finnish: [ˈeːro ˈsɑːrinen]; August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a Finnish-American architect and industrial...

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Eliel Saarinen

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of the 20th century. He was also the father of famed architect Eero Saarinen. Saarinen was educated in Helsinki at the Helsinki University of Technology...

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Eric Saarinen

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Eric Saarinen (born June 26, 1942) is an American cinematographer and film director. His parents were the architect Eero Saarinen and his first wife, the...

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Lilian Swann Saarinen

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the first wife of Finnish-American architect and industrial designer Eero Saarinen, with whom she sometimes collaborated. She was born in New York City...

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List of works by Eero Saarinen

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Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen. Many of Saarinen's early designs were in collaboration with his father Eliel Saarinen. Pelkonen, Eeva-Liisa; Albrecht...

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Finnish Americans

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Beach-Anaheim, CA MSA 11,325 (0.09%) Architect and product designer Eero Saarinen immigrated to the United States in 1923 when he was thirteen years of...

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Modern architecture

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Terminal at JFK Airport in New York, by Eero Saarinen (1956–62) Eero Saarinen (1910–1961) was the son of Eliel Saarinen, the most famous Finnish architect...

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TWA Flight Center

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T5. The TWA Flight Center was designed for Trans World Airlines by Eero Saarinen and Associates starting in 1956. It was erected between 1959 and 1962...

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Tulip chair

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by Eero Saarinen in 1955 and 1956 for the Knoll company of New York City. The designs were initially entitled the 'Pedestal Group' before Saarinen and...

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Charles and Ray Eames

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furniture competition—with his “best friend” Eero Saarinen—hosted by the Museum of Modern Art. Eames and Saarinen's goal was to mold a single piece of plywood...

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Gateway Arch

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destination. The Arch was designed by the Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen in 1947, and construction began on February 12, 1963 and was completed...

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TWA Hotel

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the head house of the TWA Flight Center, designed by the architect Eero Saarinen and completed in 1962, and two flanking buildings added for the hotel...

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North Christian Church

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designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen (1910–1961) and completed in 1964. Saarinen's father Eliel Saarinen had designed the First Christian Church...

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Saarinen

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1967), Finnish ice hockey player Arno Saarinen, Finnish gymnast Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect Eero Saarinen, son of Eliel, also a Finnish architect...

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Pipsan Saarinen Swanson

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architect Eliel Saarinen and noted textile designer and sculptor Loja Saarinen. She was the elder sister of celebrated architect Eero Saarinen. She studied...

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Eero

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hockey player Eero Saarinen (1910–1961), Finnish-American architect Eero Salisma (1916–1998), Finnish professional ice hockey player Eero Salo (1921-1975)...

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CBS Building

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constructed from 1961 to 1964 and was the only skyscraper designed by Eero Saarinen, who referred to the building as the "simplest skyscraper statement...

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Conversation pit

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seen across Europe as well as North America. Modernist architects Eero Saarinen and Alexander Girard used a conversation pit as the centerpiece of the...

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Googie architecture

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modern style, elements of which represent the populuxe aesthetic, as in Eero Saarinen's TWA Terminal. The term Googie comes from the now-defunct Googies Coffee...

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Bell Labs Holmdel Complex

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Bell System and later Bell Labs. The centerpiece of the campus is an Eero Saarinen–designed structure that served as the home to over 6,000 engineers and...

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Gateway Arch National Park

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structure in Missouri. It was designed by the Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen and the German-American structural engineer Hannskarl Bandel in 1947...

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Mobile lounge

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innovative feature of the Washington Dulles terminal design by Eero Saarinen. Saarinen promoted the mobile lounge concept with a short animated film by...

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Ezra Stiles College

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residential colleges at Yale University, built in 1961 and designed by Eero Saarinen. The college is named after Ezra Stiles, the seventh President of Yale...

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Vivian Beaumont Theater

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theater was one of the last structures designed by modernist architect Eero Saarinen. The theater shares a building with the New York Public Library for...

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List of chairs

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to an ottoman but shorter and with no legs Tulip chair, designed by Eero Saarinen in 1956 and considered a classic of industrial design Turned chair (or...

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