Eero Saarinen
April 18th, 2007 by Bob |
Eero Saarinen
(b. Kirkkonummi, Finland 1910; d. Ann Arbor, Michigan 1961)
Eero Saarinen was born in Kirkkonummi, Finland in 1910. He studied in Paris and at Yale University , after which he joined his father’s practice. Eero initially pursued sculpture as his art of choice. After a year in art school, he decided to become an architect instead. Much of his work shows a relation to sculpture.
Saarinen developed a remarkable range which depended on color, form
and materials. Saarinen showed a marked dependence on innovative structures and sculptural forms, but not at the cost of pragmatic considerations. He easily moved back and forth between the International Style and Expressionism, utilizing a vocabulary of curves and cantilevered
forms. Eero Saarinen died in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1961.
Some great buildings designs by Saarinen
Dulles Airport , at Chantilly, Virginia, 1958 to 1962. * 3D Model
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Yale Hockey Rink, at New Haven, Connecticut, 1961. Photo at ArchitectureWeek
Gateway Arch , at St. Louis, Missouri, 1961 to 1966.
John Deere and Company , at Moline, Illinois, 1963.
Kresge Auditorium , at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1950 to 1955.
TWA at New York , at New York, New York, 1956 to 1962.
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