Eero Saarinen

Eero Saarinen (Kirkkonummi (Finland), 20 August 1910 - Ann Arbor (United States), 1 september 1961) was a Finnish-American architect. ==Life Course[ Edit] == He was born in Finland, at the age of thirteen to move to the United States . He grew up in Bloomfield Hills (Michigan) where his father was teaching at the Cranbrook Educational Community. He would also later classes in sculpture and furniture design.

He Later studied in Paris at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and in the United States to the Yale University. Originally he wanted to be a sculptor, but chose in the end for architecture. After his studies, he joined his father Eliel Saarinen, also a famous architect.

Eero became naturalized In 1940 to American. During the Second World War he worked for the Office of Strategic Services. In 1952 he became a member of the American Institute of Architects. In 1954 he married his second wife Aline Bernstein. They had one son. In 1960, on 51-year-old age he died during an operation in which a brain tumor was removed. ==Best-known works[ Edit] == Many of the designs by Eero Saarinen use chain lines.

Famous works are (e.g.):

He also designed furniture, such as the Tulip chair.
 * Berkshire Music Shed (Tanglewood, Massachusetts, built in 1940)
 * Washington Dulles International Airport (Chantilly, Virginia, built between 1958 and 1962)
 * Gateway Arch (St. Louis, Missouri, contest in 1947, built between 1961 and 1966)
 * General Motors Technical Center (Warren, Michigan, built between 1946 and 1955)
 * IBM Research building ( New York,Yorktown, built between 1957 and 1961)
 * John Deere and Company (Moline, Illinois, built in 1963)
 * Kresge Auditorium (Cambridge, Massachusetts, built between 1950 and 1955)
 * Kresge Chapel (Cambridge, Massachusetts, built in 1955)
 * North Christian Church (Columbus, Indiana, built between 1959 and 1963)
 * TWA Flight Center, (now ' Terminal 5 ') on JFK (New York, New York, built between 1956 and 1962)
 * Yale Hockey Rink (New Haven, Connecticut, built between 1956 and 1958)