Eliel and Eero Saarinen - Table of Contents
Eliel and Eero Saarinen Chronology
1873 Eliel born in Finland 1910 Eero (AIR oh) born born in Finland (mother: sculptor, weaver, photographer, architectural model maker) 1923 Saarinens emigrate to US. 1925 Eliel asked to design the campus of Cranbrook Educational Community, intended as an American equivalent to the Bauhaus. Eliel teaches there 1929-30 Eero studies sculpture at Grande Chaumiere, Paris. 1932 Eliel becomes president of Cranbrook 1930-34 Eero studies at the Yale School of Architecture 1936 Eero joins father's firm and Cranbrook faculty in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 1950 Eliel dies; Eero opens his own practice 1961 Eero dies in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Architecture and Furniture Designs by Eliel Saarinen:
1919 Helsinki Railway Station
1916
National Museum of Finland
Herman Gesellius, Armas Lindgren and Eliel Saarinen
1922 Takes second place in the Chicago Tribune Tower competition 1925 Asked to design the campus of Cranbrook Educational Community, intended as an American equivalent to the Bauhaus. Eliel teaches there 1939-40 Crow Island School, Winnetka, Illinois. Great Buildings (online Feb 2017)
1940-42 First Christian Church, Columbus, Indiana. Great Buildings (online Feb 2017)
Architecture and Furniture Designs by Eero Saarinen:
1929-30 Studies sculpture at Grande Chaumiere, Paris. 1930-34 Studies at the Yale School of Architecture 1936 Joins father's firm and Cranbrook faculty in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 1940 With Charles Eames wins two first prizes for furniture design, Museum of Modern Art. 1947 Gateway Arch, St. Louis, MI. Constructed 1961-66 (Structural Expressionist Modern). Great Buildings (online Feb 2017) 1946-55 General Motors Technical Center near Detroit (Modern). Great Buildings (online Feb 2017) 1950-55 Kresge Auditorium, MIT Campus, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Geodesic Modern style). Great Buildings (online Feb 2017) 1958-62 Dulles Airport, Chantilly, VA (Modern style). Great Buildings (online Feb 2017) 1956-62 Saarinen and Associates, TWA at New York (Modern, Expressionism). Great Buildings (online Feb 2017) 1963 John Deere and Company, Moline, IL (International style). Great Buildings (online Feb 2017)
Architecture and Furniture Designs by Eliel and Eero Saarinen:
1938-40 Kleinhans Music Hall Buffalo, NY
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