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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 ...
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.
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.
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 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). Before long ...
Pages in category "Buildings designed by Eliel Saarinen" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
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 ...
The church was designed by the famous Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen and was built in the Art Nouveau style. It is the only church in Estonia built in this style. Construction began in 1915 and the cornerstone was laid on 31 May; the church was consecrated on 1 Oct