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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Eero Saarinen
		Eero Saarinen (IPA: eːro saːrinen) (August 20, 1910, in Kirkkonummi, Finland – September 1, 1961, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States) was a Finnish-American architect and product designer of the 20th century famous for varying his style according to the demands of the project: simple, sweeping, arching structural curves or machine-like rationalism.
		The firm was initially Saarinen, Swansen and Associates which was headed by Eliel Saarinen and Robert Swansen from the late 1930's until Eliel's death in 1950, when the name was changed to Eero Saarinen and Associates.
		Eero Saarinen was a Finnish-American architect and designer, son of Eliel Saarinen and one of the leading architects of the mid-20th century.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Eero-Saarinen (3901 words)

	Design Within Reach - Designers- Bio of Eero Saarinen
		Saarinen began his career as a student at Yale University and after travels and studies in Europe returned to the U.S. and taught for a brief period at Cranbrook Academy.
		Saarinen and Eames collaborated on various projects, culminating in a range of furniture that won first prize at an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1940 entitled, "Organic Design in Home Furnishings." After 1946, Eames went to work for Herman Miller, and Saarinen became associated with KnollÂ® Associates.
		Saarinenâs stated objective with the Pedestal Collection was to clear up the "slum of legs" in domestic interiors.
	www.dwr.com /designers/?designer_id=270 (364 words)

	Eero Saarinen
		In 1937 Saarinen begun his collaboration with Charles Eames which culminated in a series of highly progressive and prize-winning furniture designs for The Museum of Modern Art´s 1940 "Organic Design in Home Furnishings" competition.
		Saarinen’s mission in this model was to clean up “the slum of legs” in domestic interiors.
		Eero Saarinen’s greatest architectural project was the remarkable TWA terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport, New York.
	www.modernity.se /Designer/Eero-Saarinen/ID/29/Eero-Saarinen.aspx (357 words)

	Architecture - Eero Saarinen
		Eero Saarinen was a Finnish-American architect and designer, son of Eliel Saarinen and one of the leading architects of the mid-20th century.
		Saarinen was born August 20, 1910, in Kikkonummi, Finland.
		Saarinen's principal architectural work was done after World War II.
	arthistory.heindorffhus.dk /frame-ArchitectureSaarinen.htm (410 words)

	Eero Saarinen Tulip Armchair
		Eero Saarinen developed the Tulip armchair in the 1940's as part of his research of "organic furniture." MOMA announced a competition for "organic design in home furnishing collection" in which Eero Saarinen participated along with Charles Eames, and designed the now famous Tulip Chair.
		Saarinen grew up in a household where drawing and painting were taken very seriously, and a devotion to quality and professionalism were instilled in him at an early age.
		Saarinen’s vision was to free the interior space from the "sea of legs" that he thought created visual clutter.
	www.bauhaus2yourhouse.com /eero-saarinen-tulip-armchair.html (396 words)

	Eero Saarinen Biography: Some of Finnish born Eero Saarinenâs most popular work includes the iconic "Tulip" dining ...
		Born in Finland to Loja, a weaver and photographer, and architect Eliel Saarinen, one of the founders of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Eero was primed from the start to take a place among the designers and architects developing and strengthening an environment primed to change the domestic and industrial face of the nation.
		Saarinen moved with his parents to the United States in 1923, went to study in Paris in 1929 and returned to enroll in the architecture program at Yale from 1930-34.
		Saarinen died very young; leaving behind children from two marriages and a blossoming career that embraced a new breed of modernism in which there are very few straight lines.
	www.r20thcentury.com /bios/designer.cfm?article_id=89 (487 words)

	Eero Saarinen - Design Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Eero Saarinen was born in Finland in the city of Kirkkonummi.
		Eero Saarinen initially focused on sculpture as his favourite artistic expression, and after a year in art school, he also become interested in architecture and decided to become an architect.
		Eero Saarinen was keen on innovation in structures and sculptural forms with a pragmatic approach to the functionality of what was produced, and the production requirements.
	www.designdictionary.co.uk /ENG/saarinen_e.htm (163 words)

	Guide to the Eero Saarinen Collection : Finding Aid
		Eero Saarinen was born in Kirkkonummi, Finland, on August 20, 1910.
		Eero Saarinen attended Cranbrook Academy where his family lived and taught, and, while a student, designed furniture, doors and doorknobs, bricks, and other sculpture for the school and its grounds.
		Saarinen was an active member of many organizations and committees, and the correspondence, writings, lectures, and jury notes collected in Series II are evidence of his decades-long commitment to actively participating in the intellectual life of his profession.
	mssa.library.yale.edu /findaids/stream.php?id=mss&colNum=0593&xmlfile=mssa.ms.0593.xml&srch=saarinen&sch=ead (3423 words)

	Eliel and Eero Saarinen Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Eliel Saarinen was one of a small band of architects who rejected the architectural styles of the 19th century, stating, "Architecture has gone astray; something has to be done about it; now is the time to do things." His designs show a continuous progression, and all bear his unmistakable stamp.
		Eero Saarinen borrowed from a wide range of sources; he lacked the unifying philosophy of design which can be discerned in his father's architecture.
		Eero was born in Kirkkonummi on Aug. 20, 1910.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/eliel-and-eero-saarinen (979 words)

	'eero Saarinen: an Architecture Of Multiplicity' By Antonio Roman - Eero Saarinen - Home Furnishings - Unica Home
		'eero saarinen: an architecture of multiplicity' written by antonio roman and published by princeton architectural press.
		eero saarinen was one of the great masters of american twentieth-century architecture, and the only whose career and work has not been documented in a comprehensive monograph-until now.
		saarinen's buildings are famous worldwide: the gateway arch in st. louis, the twa terminal in jfk airport, dulles airport, outside washington d.c., the cbs building in new york, the general motors technical center in michigan, the us embassy in london, and many other landmarks.
	www.unicahome.com /p28053/eero-saarinen-an-architecture-of-multiplicity-by-antonio-roman.html (360 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Ideas / Saarinen rising
		From left: Eero Saarinen's eclectic, structurally innovative buildings include the TWA terminal at Kennedy International Airport and the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Mich.; Saarinen and his famed "Tulip" chair in 1957.
		The key to Saarinen's popularity, according to those who worked with him, was his complete (and, for the profession, unusual) lack of interest in developing a signature style.
		At the same time, Saarinen's lack of pretension and commitment to his client's needs, some say, provides a refreshing antidote to the cult of the "starchitect" many say is poisoning the profession.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/ideas/articles/2004/11/07/saarinen_rising?pg=full (1770 words)

	Eero Saarinen: architect for a new world — Virtual Finland
		Eero's memory is being currently honoured by a grand exhibition that opened in Helsinki on October 6 this year and will close at Yale University in 2010, after touring in Europe and the United States.
		Eero Saarinen's greatest works were created in America where they remain and are admired still as emblems of mid-century modernity, in the homeland of modernity that gave the world mass produced automobiles, refrigerators, TV channels, skyscrapers and Elvis.
		On the contrary; Eliel Saarinen was by then firmly established as an eminent architect in Finland, designer of the National Museum and the imposing Central Railway Station in Helsinki whose extraterrestrial stone giants still guard its main doors.
	virtual.finland.fi /netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=56248 (480 words)

	Architect Eero Saarinen :: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Born in Finland in 1910, Eero Saarinen was the son of Eliel Saarinen, a noted and respected architect.
		Eero grew up in a household where drawing and painting were taken very seriously, and a devotion to quality and professionalism were instilled in him at an early age.
		The Arch is ultimately a monument to all those with a vision; Thomas Jefferson, the American pioneers, and Eero Saarinen.
	www.nps.gov /archive/jeff/saarinen.html (587 words)

	TWA Terminal New York by Eero Saarinen
		Saarinen's terminal for TWA is sculpted as a symbol of flight - abstract, and not intentionally as a landing eagle as it has often been described.
		The period bright orange carpets are gone, and the atmosphere is a more contemporary cool with the tone set by the purple-tinted glazing, but the romance of flight is very much alive.
		Saarinen died in 1961, a year before the building was completed.
	www.galinsky.com /buildings/twa (277 words)

	Knoll Executive Armless Chair By Eero Saarinen - Knoll - Eero Saarinen - Home Furnishings - Unica Home
		recognizing the importance of user comfort, saarinen became the first to construct a chair shell from fiberglass, a pliable material that flexes in response to body weight.
		eero saarinen was classically trained in sculpture and architecture.
		saarinen continued to develop this theme in following years with designs that included the tulip, womb and grasshopper chairs, all for knoll.
	www.unicahome.com /p25301/knoll/knoll-executive-armless-chair-by-eero-saarinen.html (506 words)

	Eero Saarinen
		Eero initially pursued sculpture as his art of choice, but decided to become an architect instead.
		In 1948, Saarinen was honored for his competition-winning design for the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.
		Eero Saarinen died at the age of 51 of a brain tumor.
	www.eurstyle.com /designer_bio.php?bio_id=7 (147 words)

	Suomen rakennustaiteen museo
		Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future is the first retrospective to explore the complete career of this remarkable architect.
		Saarinen’s international array of buildings from the monumental St. Louis Gateway Arch to his TWA Terminal in New York and Washington’s Dulles International Airport Terminal will be featured, as well as his path-breaking designs for furniture and his master plans for civic centers and universities.
		The exhibition, Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future is co-organized by the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York, the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the National Building Museum, with the support of Yale University School of Architecture.
	www.mfa.fi /eerosaarineneng (446 words)

	Eero Saarinen Ashtray
		Eero Saarinen is most known for his development of the pedestal collection, including a very hard to find piece, this ashtray.
		In the 1940’s Saarinen developed the pedestal form during his research for a competition announced by M.O.M.A. (The Museum of Modern Art) that was looking for an "organic design in home furnishing collection" in which Eero Saarinen participated along with Charles Eames.
		Saarinen designed this pedestal ashtray in accordance with his tulip series.
	www.bauhaus2yourhouse.com /eero-saarinen-ashtray.html (258 words)

	Eliel Saarinen Summary
		Saarinen's early manner was later christened the Finnish National Romanticism and culminated in the Helsinki Railway Station (designed 1904, constructed 1910-14).
		Although Saarinen's entry won second place and was not built in Chicago, his design was fully realized in the 1929 Gulf Building in Houston, Texas.
		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.
	www.bookrags.com /Eliel_Saarinen (1332 words)

	ArtandCulture Artist: Eero Saarinen (Site not responding. Last check: )
		However, while Saarinen received wide recognition for his furniture designs, he is better known as one of the most important post-war architects.
		Throughout his career, Saarinen carefully blended material qualities with color and physical balance in his structures, helping to set trends that would dictate the direction of architecture into the 1950s.
		Other Saarinen architectural designs include the TWA terminal at JFK Airport in New York and the Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. Even after his untimely death in 1961, he posthumously received the Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects.
	www.artandculture.com /cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/artist?wosid=NO&id=58 (425 words)

	Eero Saarinen - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Saarinen's reputation was established with his design of the General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Mich. (1951-55).
		Saarinen died before the completion of two of his greatest projects, Dulles International Airport (1962) near Herndon, Va., and two polygonal college buildings at Yale.
		Architecture: Hail the curve wallah; Eero Saarinen's TWA terminal at JFK airport is under threat.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-SaarinEr.html (609 words)

	Architect Eero Saarinen :: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1923 the Saarinens immigrated to the United States and settled in Michigan, north of Detroit, where Eliel administered the Cranbrook Institute of Architecture and Design.
		This was his first opportunity to establish himself as an independent architect, and he set out to design a monument not only to Thomas Jefferson and the nation, but also to the modern age.
		Saarinen considered it to be perfect in its form and its symbolism.
	www.nps.gov /jeff/saarinen.html (587 words)

	Eero Saarinen
		Eero Saarinen, a naturalized citizen of the United States, is probably best remembered for his cutting-edge design of an arched gateway to the American West, on the banks of the Mississippi River.
		Saarinen's early style was later christened “Finnish National Romanticism,” which culminated in the Helsinki Railway Station, constructed between 1910 and 1914.
		Saarinen died of a brain tumor at the age of 51, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h3906.html (928 words)

	Eero Saarinen: An Architecture of Multiplicity: Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data
		Saarinen believed his buildings should seek to physically express their intended uses: "Conveying significant meaning is part of the inspirational purpose of architecture and, therefore, for me, it is a fundamental principle of our art," he once wrote.
		Eero Saarinen was one of the great masters of American twentieth-century architecture, and the only whose career and work has not been documented in a comprehensive monograph-until now.
		Saarinen's buildings are famous worldwide: the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the TWA terminal in JFK Airport, Dulles Airport, outside Washington D.C., the CBS Building in New York, the General Motors Technical Center in Michigan, the US Embassy in London, and many other landmarks.
	www.halloween.com /halloween-books/free.php?in=us&asin=1568983409 (469 words)

	Saarinen, Eero Saarinen Coffee Table - Round Marble Top for Knoll
		Eero Saarinen's pedestal tables for the 1956 Knoll Collection solve a particular design problem: "The underside of typical chairs and tables makes a confusing, unrestful world.
		I wanted to clear up the slum of legs." Indeed, Saarinen has and the result is an iconic expression of modernism that has been included in museum collections around the world.
		Noted here is the large round Saarinen coffee table with marble top in calacatta (white ivory background with gold, green and gray veins), nero marquina (fl background with some white veins), or arabescato (white ivory background with gray veins) and your choice of a fl or white base.
	www.retromodern.com /item_detail.asp?6122. (124 words)

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