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2. Eero Saarinen - Wikipedia

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   Eero Saarinen (/ ˈ eɪ r oʊ ˈ s ɑːr ɪ n ə n, ˈ ɛər oʊ-/, Finnish: [ˈeːro ˈsɑːrinen]; August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a Finnish-American architect and industrial designer who created a wide array of innovative designs for buildings and monuments, including the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan; the passenger terminal at Dulles International Airport ...

3. Gateway Arch - Wikipedia

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   The Arch was designed by the Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen in 1947, and construction began on February 12, 1963 and was completed on October 28, 1965, [7] [8] at an overall cost of $13 million [9] (equivalent to $95.9 million in 2023). [2] The monument opened to the public on June 10, 1967. [10]

4. List of works by Eero Saarinen - Wikipedia

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   First building Saarinen designed within Michigan's Copper Country. Designed in conjunction with his father, Eliel Saarinen. Charles and Ingrid Koebel House: Grosse Pointe Farms: Michigan: 1937: 1940: With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson: Kleinhans Music Hall: Buffalo: New York: 1938: 1940: With Eliel Saarinen. Designated a National ...

5. Gateway Arch National Park - Wikipedia

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   The Gateway Arch, known as the "Gateway to the West," is the tallest structure in Missouri.It was designed by the Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen and the German-American structural engineer Hannskarl Bandel in 1947 and built between 1963 and October 1965.

6. Ingalls Rink - Wikipedia

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   A massive concrete arch dominates this interior view. The rink employs an innovative structural system employing a 90-meter reinforced concrete arch, a catenary arch form for which Saarinen's projects became known. From the arch a cable net is strung, supporting a timber roof. This causes a stable, double curvature form. Exterior cables linking ...

7. Hannskarl Bandel - Wikipedia

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   It was Bandel who modified the catenary arch shape for Eero Saarinen's Gateway Arch project. When Saarinen tried to demonstrate his desired shape with a chain suspended in his hands, he couldn't achieve the slightly elongated, "soaring" effect he wanted; Bandel asked for the chain, came back in a few days, and delighted the architect by producing Saarinen's curve, as if by magic.