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Eliel Saarinen
Eliel Saarinen in early 1900s
Born
Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen
August 20, 1873
Rantasalmi, Grand Duchy of Finland
Died
July 1, 1950(1950-07-01) (aged 76)
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, U.S.
Nationality
Finnish
Occupation
Architect
Spouse
Loja Saarinen
Children
Eero Saarinen
Pipsan Saarinen Swanson
Awards
AIA Gold Medal
Buildings
Helsinki Central railway station
National Museum of Finland
Vyborg railway station
Hvitträsk
Kleinhans Music Hall
Projects
Finnish pavilion at the World Fair of 1900
Design
Eliel Saarinen's Tribune Tower design (1922)
Finnish markka banknotes (1922)
Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (/ˈsɑːrɪnən/, Finnish:[ˈelie̯lˈsɑːrinen]; August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish-American architect known for his work with art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century. He was also the father of famed architect Eero Saarinen.[1][2]
Gottlieb ElielSaarinen (/ˈsɑːrɪnən/, Finnish: [ˈelie̯l ˈsɑːrinen]; August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish-American architect known for his work...
as passionate about architecture as his father and his grandfather ElielSaarinen were. His first cousin once removed is Edie Sedgwick. Gimme Shelter...
Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen. Many of Saarinen's early designs were in collaboration with his father ElielSaarinen. Pelkonen, Eeva-Liisa; Albrecht...
Finnish ice hockey player Arno Saarinen, Finnish gymnast ElielSaarinen, Finnish architect Eero Saarinen, son of Eliel, also a Finnish architect and furniture...
the 1936 Winter Olympics. She met Eero Saarinen at Cranbrook Academy, where his father, architect ElielSaarinen, was a faculty member. She married Eero...
in the Arts and Crafts and Art Deco styles. The chief architect was ElielSaarinen while Albert Kahn was responsible for the Booth mansion. Sculptors Carl...
Hector Guimard The Finnish Pavilion, designed by Armas Lindgren and ElielSaarinen Menu designed by Alphonse Mucha for the restaurant of the Bosnian Pavilion...
architect ElielSaarinen and noted textile designer and sculptor Loja Saarinen. She was the elder sister of celebrated architect Eero Saarinen. She studied...
George Booth shared his idea of an arts academy with Finnish architect ElielSaarinen, who was teaching Booth's son, Henry Booth, at the nearby University...
founded the architecture firm Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen with Armas Lindgren and ElielSaarinen. The most famous work projected under his own name...
local events. The building was designed by father-and-son team ElielSaarinen and Eero Saarinen, with help from local architects F. J. and W. A. Kidd, Stanley...
the Studio Loja Saarinen, which designed many of the textiles used in buildings designed by her husband, the architect ElielSaarinen. She was born March...
noted early modernist architect ElielSaarinen have had significant worldwide influence. Even more renowned than Saarinen has been modernist architect Alvar...
Eino Leino, Helene Schjerfbeck, Emil Wikström, Eero Järnefelt and ElielSaarinen. Finnish art became more widely known in Europe at the Paris Exposition...
designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen (1910–1961) and completed in 1964. Saarinen's father ElielSaarinen had designed the First Christian Church...
in the 1860s. The station building, clad in granite, was designed by ElielSaarinen and inaugurated in 1919. The building is known for its clock tower and...
at the school on an industrial design fellowship as recommended by ElielSaarinen, but soon became an instructor. Ray enrolled in various courses to expand...
he founded with Herman Gesellius and ElielSaarinen, an architectural firm named Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen. The firm was responsible for the realization...
thousands of new inhabitants, the so-called Munkkiniemi–Haaga Plan by ElielSaarinen. The construction of the new areas started slowly and it wasn't until...
Ullanlinna. An important architect of the Finnish Art Nouveau style was ElielSaarinen, whose architectural masterpiece was the Helsinki Central Station. Opposite...