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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 Architectural Drawings of Alvar Aalto 1917–1939: Aalto's Own Home in Helsinki, the Finnish Pavilion at the 1937 World's Fair in Paris, and Other Buildings and Projects, 1932–1937. Garland Architectural Archives. Routledge. Schildt, Göran (1994). Alvar Aalto: The Complete Catalogue of Architecture, Design and Art. New York, NY: Rizzoli.
New York City: New York: 1956: 1962: Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005: Hill College House (Hill Hall) Philadelphia: Pennsylvania: 1957: 1960: undergraduate dormitories at the University of Pennsylvania: IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center: Yorktown Heights: New York: 1957: 1961: Bell Telephone Corporate Laboratories ...
The following is a list of notable architects from Finland. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. A–M Aino Aalto Alvar Aalto Waldemar Aspelin Pauli E. Blomstedt Erik Bryggman Marco Casagrande Hilding Ekelund Aarne Ervi Kristian Gullichsen Mikko Heikkinen Vilhelm Helander Signe ...
Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (/ ˈ s ɑːr ɪ n ə n /, Finnish: [ˈelie̯l ˈsɑːrinen]; August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish and American architect known for his work with Art Nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century. He was also the father of famed architect Eero Saarinen. [1] [2]
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In a jointly penned article in 1965, renowned American architecture historians Henry-Russell Hitchcock and G. E. Kidder Smith summed up the influence of Finnish architects on the US as follows: "Considering that the population of Finland is roughly half that of greater New York, the extent and the degree to which Finnish architecture has ...
In 1921–22, the Tribune Tower competition was held to determine the design for the new headquarters of the Chicago Tribune, a major American metropolitan newspaper.The competition garnered 260 entries, and the first place honor was awarded to a design by New York architects John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood.