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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 ...
The Tech Center was the first major independent project of Eero Saarinen after leaving his father's firm, and proved to be foundational to his later success. Saarinen collaborated with design consultants and artists, including Alexander Girard and Cranbrook designers Harry Bertoia, Maija Grotell, and Florence Knoll.
TWA Flight Center in June 2004. Terminal 5 was an art exhibition that took place in October 2004 at the then disused Eero Saarinen–designed TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport in Queens, New York.
Where Today Meets Tomorrow: Eero Saarinen and the General Motors Technical Center. Susan Skarsgard. Princeton Architectural Press. 1999; Twenty-six of 26. Limited-edition portfolio. 2009. Pop-up Alphabet Book. Limited-edition artist book. 2002. The Calligraphy Revival, 1906–2016, group exhibition, Grolier Club, New York, 2017.
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 ...
The Quadracci Pavilion is a multi-purpose 13,197-square-meter (142,050-square-foot) building with areas that include a reception hall, auditorium, exhibition space, and stores. It was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and completed in 2001. [ 6 ]
Eero Saarinen's wife Aline recalled that her husband saw most other air terminals as being ugly, shoddy, and inconvenient. [6] [64] Saarinen wanted the new terminal to have a practical purpose and not only "interpret the sensation of flying", [65] [66] but also "express the drama and specialness and excitement of travel". [67]
The Stahl House, Case Study House #22. The Case Study Houses were experiments in American residential architecture sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, which commissioned major architects of the day, including Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Craig Ellwood, Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig, Eero Saarinen, A. Quincy Jones, Edward Killingsworth, Rodney Walker, and Ralph Rapson to ...