Eero Saarinen Architect

Eero Saarinen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈeːro ˈsɑːrinen]) (August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a Finnish American architect and industrial designer of the 20th century famous for shaping his neofuturistic style according to the demands of the project: simple, sweeping, arching structural curves or machine-like rationalism.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Yash Tulsiani
Birth dateAugust 20, 1910
Birth place
Finland , Kirkkonummi , Russian Empire
Nationality
Finnish American
Date of deathSeptember 01, 1961
Place of death
Ann Arbor Michigan

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Architect

Awards
AIA Gold Medal
Significant building
Eero Saarinen
Significant design
Gateway Arch
Washington Dulles International Airport
Tulip chair
TWA Flight Center

Topical connections

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Eero Saarinen on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/p?pp/krb:@field(CALL+KRB00))
  2. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/krbhtml/krbabt.html
  3. http://mssa.library.yale.edu/findaids/stream.php?id=mss&colNum=0593&xmlfile=mssa.ms.0593.xml&srch=saarinen&sch=ead
  4. http://mssa.library.yale.edu/madid/showthumb.php?srchVal=Saarinen&id=txt&pg=1
  5. http://replica.palni.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=%2Fcopcampus
  6. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:ISBN%20978-951-51-0994-1
  7. http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/images/detail/eero-saarinen-letter-to-florence-knoll-bassett-3191
  8. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2004/11/07/saarinen_rising?pg=full
  9. http://www.braingainmarketing.com/media/saarinen
  10. http://www.designdictionary.co.uk/en/saarinen_eero.htm