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Booth wanted the Cranbrook School to possess an architecture reminiscent of the finest British boarding schools; he hired Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen to design the campus. Cranbrook's initial phase of building was completed in 1928. Christ Church Cranbrook (1925–1928), by architect Bertram Goodhue, with windows by Harry Wright Goodhue
In 1951–52, the tea urn was featured in the Eliel Saarinen Memorial Exhibition which traveled to multiple venues across the United States. In addition to Cranbrook, the Dallas Museum and the St Louis Museum, The British Museum in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art also hold tea urn-related Eliel Saarinen designs. [9]
The school was first headed by Saarinen, who integrated design practices and theories from the Arts and Crafts movement through the international style. [5] By 1931, artists and craftsmen were already living at Cranbrook, some of them having moved across the world to be there. Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen was the chairman of the Art Council.
Cranbrook School for Boys, which began operations in 1927, was designed by world-renowned Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen. Completed in 1928, it was Saarinen's first executed architectural work in the United States. [7] The name "Cranbrook" was chosen since Cranbrook, England was the birthplace of George Booth's father. Kingswood School ...
One of the most exhibited ISC design objects is the space-age looking urn designed by Eliel Saarinen (1934) for Wilcox Silver Plate Co. / International Silver Company. [7] The urn was exhibited in the exhibition St. Louis Modern (2015–16) [10] and Cranbrook Goes to the Movies: Films and Their Objects, 1925–1975 (2014–15). [11]
The collection, after all, was shot at Cranbrook Academy of Art’s Saarinen House—a distinctly Art Deco space that served as the residence of the legendary Finnish-American designer Eliel ...
Christ Church Lutheran is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in Minneapolis.Its buildings—a sanctuary with chapel (1949) and an education wing (1962) designed by Finnish-American architects Eliel Saarinen and Eero Saarinen—have been internationally recognized, most recently in 2009 as a National Historic Landmark by the U.S Department of the Interior.
In 1931 Strengell was invited by family friend Eliel Saarinen to work at the Cranbrook Academy of Art; she began teaching there in 1937. [2] In 1942, when Loja Saarinen retired, Strengell replaced her as head of the Department of Weaving and Textile Design. [2] Soon after, a power loom was installed in the weaving studios. [6]