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Eliel Saarinen became a professor in the University of Michigan's Architecture Department. His son, Eero (1910–1961), became one of the most important American architects of the mid-20th century, as one of the leaders of the International style. Saarinen's student Edmund N. Bacon achieved national prominence as Executive Director of the ...
Hvitträsk. Hvitträsk is a mansion complex in Kirkkonummi, Finland, about 30 kilometers (19 mi) west of Helsinki.It was designed as a studio home by the members of the Finnish architecture firm Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen, later becoming the private residence of Eliel Saarinen.
Tanglewood Shed in 1938 (with Eliel Saarinen and Joseph Franz), Chamber Music Shed in 1947 (with Eliel Saarinen), Edmund Haws Talbot Orchestra Canopy in 1959: Center Line Defense Housing: Center Line: Michigan: 1941: 1942: With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson. 477 housing units: Albert and Muriel Wermuth House: Fort Wayne: Indiana: 1941 ...
Its lasting architectural influence, ironically, is all about what it was not—the vertiginous fusion of historic and modern proposed by the runner-up architect, Eliel Saarinen of Finland.If you ...
The design is an adaptation of Eliel Saarinen's design . [29] 181 West Madison Street: Chicago: César Pelli: 50: 1990: Early in his career, César Pelli was a project designer under Eero Saarinen, the architect son of Eliel Saarinen. The strong verticality of 181 West Madison Street is emphasized by setbacks in the manner of the elder Saarinen.
In 1921, architect Eliel Saarinen drafted grand plans for the Kalevala House. However, the painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela , a key figure in the society, began to oppose the project after Saarinen's drawings were completed, possibly fearing it would compete for funding with his own major project, the Greater Kalevala ( Suur-Kalevala ).
Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen was a Finnish architecture firm, founded in Helsinki in 1896 by architects Herman Gesellius, Armas Lindgren and Eliel Saarinen. [1] [2] [3] They achieved international recognition with their design for the Finnish pavilion at the Paris World Expo in 1900, designed in the then prevailing Art Nouveau style.
Frederick Tang Architecture revamps a Dutchess County, New York, home with references to Eliel Saarinen. But first, the “fireplace on steroids” had to go.