Eero Saarinen

* August 20, 1910
* August 20, 1910 Kirkkonummi
† September 1, 1961
† September 1, 1961 Ann Arbor

Finnish and American architect, active in United States of America.

• »Gateway Arch« - Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
  1961-66
  St. Louis, United States of America
  
• North Christian Church
  1964
  Columbus, United States of America
  
• CBS Headquarters
  1960-64
  New York City, United States of America
  
• John Deere & Co. Administration Center
  1957-63
  Moline, United States of America
  
• 
  Yales University Stiles and Morse Colleges
  1960-62
  New Haven, United States of America
  
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  Dulles International Airport, Washington D.C.
  1958-62
  South Riding, United States of America
  
• 
  Trans World Airlines Terminal (TWA)
  1956-62
  New York City, United States of America
  
• American Embassy
  1960
  London, Great Britain
  
• 
  David S. Ingalls Hockey Rink, Yale University
  1956-58
  New Haven, United States of America
  
• General Motors' Technical Center, Karosserie-Entwurfsabteilung
  1951-57
  Warren, United States of America
  
• 
  MIT chapel
  1953-55
  Cambridge, MA, United States of America
  
• 
  Kresge Auditorium des MIT
  1953-55
  Cambridge, MA, United States of America
  
• Irwin Union Bank & Trust Company Central Office
  1954
  Columbus, United States of America
  
• Bell Laboratories
  1950
  Holmdel, United States of America
  
• General Motors Technical Center
  1949
  Warren, United States of America
  
• Smithsonian Art Gallery
  1939 [project]
  Washington D.C., United States of America
  
• Concordia Theological Seminary
  Fort Wayne, United States of America
  
• American Embassy
  Oslo, Norway
  

period	name	type
from 1952	National Academy	Associate
from 1958	National Academy	Academician

year	description	section	level
1962	Gold Medal, American Institute of Architects (AIA)

• Eero Saarinen
  E. Saarinen
  Simon & Schuster; 1971
  
• Eero Saarinen
  E. Saarinen
  Thames & Hudson; 1971
  
• Eero Saarinen on His Work
  A Selection of Buildings Dating from 1947 to 1964 with Statements by the Architect,
  E. Saarinen
  Yale University Press; 1964
  

• Eero Saarinen on His Work
  A Selection of Buildings Dating from 1947 to 1964 with Statements by the Architect,
  E. Saarinen
  Yale University Press; 1964
  
• Eero Saarinen
  Architect, Sculptor, Visionary
  L. Cheek
  Jefferson National Expansion Historical Assoc; 1998
  
• Eero Saarinen
  E. Saarinen
  Simon & Schuster; 1971
  
• Eero Saarinen
  The Japan Architect Co., LTD.; 1994
  
• The Saarinens and American Architecture, 1967-1987
  D. E. Casper
  Vance Bibliographies; 1988
  
• 
  Eero Saarinen
  An Architecture of Multiplicity
  A. Román
  Princeton Architectural Press; 2003
  
• Eero Saarinen
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  Thames & Hudson; 1971
  
• Eero Saarinen: His Life and Work
  Council of Planning Librarians Exchange Bibliography
  R. A. Kuhner
  American Planning Association; 1975
  
• Eero Saarinen
  A. Temko, G. Rosenberg
  O. Maier; 1964
  
• Eero Saarinen
  A. Temko
  New York City, London; 1962
  
• Architekten - Eliel und Eero Saarinen.
  U. Stark
  IRB Verlag; 2005
  - tagesaktuell
  
• Eero Saarinen
  in: A+U: extra edition, 4/1984
  K. Tange, R. Venturi, C. Pelli, G. Birkerts, S. Okada, P. A. Kennon, K. Kikutake, K. Roche, K. Hayakawa, N. Hozumi, S. Kimura, A. Lumsden, H. Misawa, K. Misu, M. Miyawaki, E. Musha, T. Nakamura, M. Shiina, S. Takahashi, M. Takeyama, S. Tokuoka, H. Yamada, T. Yamashita
  page 1–240
  
• Coming of age: Eero Saarinen and modern American architecture
  in: Perspecta, 1984,21
  P. C. Papademetriou
  page 116–143
  
• RDA lectures survey the Saarinen legacy
  in: Texas architect, 1/1990
  G. Moorhead
  page 20
  
• Eero Saarinen ja USA
  in: Arkkitehti, 6-7/1985
  C. Pelli, K. Roche, P.-L. Louhenjoki
  page 127–130
  - interview
  
• Eero Saarinen in perspective: a generation after his loss, a discussion of his work and influence
  in: Architecture: the AIA journal, 13/1981
  A. O. Dean
  page 36–51
  

University of Pennsylvania, GSFA
Canadian Centre for Architecture
Saarinen's work is represented in over 800 drawings, prints, photographs, and a 16mm film for the following projects dated 1955 - 1964: American Embassy, London, American Embassy, Oslo, Ingalls Hockey Rink, Yale University, New Haven, John Deer Headquarters, Moline (Ill.), Airport, Athens, CBS Building, New York, and with Charles Eames, IBM Exhibition Pavilion, NY World's Fair.

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