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	Eliel Saarinen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (August 20, 1873, Rantasalmi, Finland – July 1, 1950, Cranbrook, Michigan, United States) was a Finnish architect who became famous for his art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century.
		Eliel Saarinen moved to the United States in 1923 after his noted competition entry for the Tribune Tower in Chicago, Illinois.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eliel_Saarinen (298 words)

	Eero Saarinen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The son of Eliel Saarinen, he studied with his father at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, where he had a close relationship with Charles and Ray Eames.
		Saarinen came to attention for his 1948 competition-winning design for the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, not completed until the 1960s.
		Saarinen died of a brain tumor at the age of 51.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eero_Saarinen (426 words)

	Eliel Saarinen Biography: Eliel Saarinen helped spearhead the graduate program at Cranbrook Academy that educated ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Eliel Saarinen (1873-1950), an established Finnish architect and designer who emigrated to the United States in 1922, was a progenitor of an American modernism built on the interplay between art, architecture, nature and science.
		Saarinen studied painting and architecture at Helsinki University and established an architecture practice in his last year of school with classmates Herman Gesellius and Armas Lindgren.
		Saarinen taught the importance of approaching work with the idea in mind that, "if the form is there, it is of minor importance if we use the hand of man or machine.
	www.r20thcentury.com /bios/designer.cfm?article_id=88 (590 words)

	Eliel Saarinen - Vicipéid
		Ailtire Fionlannach ab ea Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (20 Lúnasa 1873 - 1 Iúil 1950) a bhain cáil amach ar a chuid foirgnimh art nouveau i dtús an 20ú Aois.
		Ghlac Saarinen páirt sna comórtais idirnáisiúnta deartha le haghaidh Canberra, Budapest agus Tallinn (i1911-1913).
		B'ailtire tábhachtach freisin mac Eliel Saarinen's, Eero (1910-1961), duine de cheannasaithe an stíl Idirnáisiúnta, mar a thugtar air.
	ga.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eliel_Saarinen (291 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Born in Finland in 1910, Eero Saarinen was the son of Eliel Saarinen, a noted and respected architect.
		In 1923 the Saarinens emigrated to the United States and settled in Michigan, north of Detroit, where Eliel administered the Cranbrook Institute of Architecture and Design.
		Saarinen considered it to be perfect in its form and its symbolism.
	www.nps.gov /jeff/ar-eero.htm (651 words)

	Eliel Saarinen - Great Buildings Online
		Eliel Saarinen was born in Rantasalmi, Finland in 1873.
		Saarinen's work depended on the integration of cultural symbolism with material and form.
		Saarinen borrowed from the forms and materials of both past and present, regional and international.
	www.greatbuildings.com /architects/Eliel_Saarinen.html (243 words)

	SAARINEN, PLAN FOR CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA
		Eliel Gotlieb Saarinen (1873-1950) was born at Rantasalmi in East Finland and went to school in Vyborg and Tampere.
		Saarinen gained international prominence two years later when, as an individual competitor, he won the competition for the design of the Helsinki railway station.
		Saarinen maintained his interest in city planning throughout the rest of his life.
	www.library.cornell.edu /Reps/DOCS/saarinen.htm (5889 words)

	Christ Church Lutheran Minneapolis by Eliel Saarinen
		The Finnish born architect Eliel Saarinen, himself the son of a Lutheran pastor, accepted the challenge to build an "honest" church.
		Eliel Saarinen: Finish American Architect and Educator, by Albert Christ-Janer (Chicago: The Univ. of Chicago P., revised ed.
		Because of Saarinen’s concern for sound control, starting with the basic shape of the building and extending to minor details, the acoustics of Christ Church are probably the finest of any religious building in the United States.
	www.galinsky.com /buildings/saarinenchurch (405 words)

	Eliel and Eero Saarinen Biography / Biography of Eliel and Eero Saarinen 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.
		Eliel was born in Rantasalmi on Aug. 20, 1873.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-eliel-and-eero-saarinen (244 words)

	ARKITEKTURA - THE ELIEL SAARINEN COLLECTION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Booth found in Saarinen a man sympathetic to his dreams of a vast educational center to be developed at Cranbrook, his 260 acre estate twenty miles north of Detroit.
		For the next 25 years, Saarinen devoted his creative energies to an academic community that soon grew to include the Cranbrook School for boys, the Kingswood School for girls, an Academy of Art, and a Science institute.
		Saarinen carefully transformed a raw and gentle landscape of existing farm buildings and yards into an extraordinary visual delight.
	www.duetproducts.com /arkitekturanyc/cat2.htm (674 words)

	Eliel Saarinen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The finnish born Eliel Saarinen (1873-1950) studied architecture and painting in Helsinki and received his architect's diploma in 1897.
		The three soon gained recognition in Finland and abroad with works as the Finnish Pavillion at The World Fair 1900 in Paris, Hvitträsk House near Helsinki, where they had their office and private houses, the Finnish National Museum in Helsinki and the Railway Stations of Helsinki and Viipuri.
		Saarinen took also Part in the international city planning competitions for Canberra, Budapest and Tallinn.
	scandinaviandesign.com /elielSaarinen (238 words)

	Eliel Saarinen -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		His son, Eero Saarinen, was also an outstanding American architect.
		Both independently and as a team Eliel Saarinen and his son, Eero, designed some of the outstanding buildings of the 20th century—work that won them recognition among the greatest of the experimental architects.
		Eames worked with Eliel Saarinen at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. He was director of research and...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9064591 (758 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Eliel Saarinen
		Saarinen, (Gottlieb) Eliel (1873-1950), Finnish-American architect, who strongly influenced modern architecture.
		In 1984 the soft pastels and the classic and historical motifs that characterize postmodernism seemed to be giving way to a more robust approach.
		Saarinen, (Gottlieb) Eliel : pictures of buildings designed by Saarinen
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Eliel+Saarinen (138 words)

	Search Results for "Eliel Saarinen"
		In Finland, Saarinen's most celebrated building was the railway station in Helsinki....
		Saarinen's reputation was established with his design of the General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Mich. (1951-55)....
		...The modern city hall was designed by Eliel Saarinen.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=Eliel+Saarinen (220 words)

	New York Architecture Images- Eliel Saarinen
		Eliel Saarinen had a successful practice in his native Finland before moving to Cranbrook, outside of Detroit, in 1924.
		In 1922, Saarinen entered the competition for the Chicago Tribune Tower.
		However, the design was widely published, and it had a profound influence on skyscraper design in New York and elsewhere in America.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /ARCH/ARCH-ElielSaarinen.htm (116 words)

	An Ideal City - Competition Shortlist - Eliel Saarinen
		Saarinen graduated from the Department of Architecture in Helsinki Polytechnic Institute.
		With Herman Gesellius and Armas Lindgren, he gained early fame with the partnership’s design for the Finnish pavilion at the 1900 Paris Exposition.
		Saarinen’s plan for the governmental centre is particularly effective.
	www.idealcity.org.au /46/shortlist-18.html (176 words)

	Sources
		A quiet grandeur: the architectural drawings of Eliel Saarinen for Kingswood School Cranbrook.
		Eliel Saarinen, Architect." Architectural Forum 56 (January 1932): 37-60.
		Saarinen suomessa: Saarinen in Finland, Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen 1896-1907, Saarinen 1907-1923.
	www.msu.edu /~lps/Saarinen/sources.html (219 words)

	artnet.com: Resource Library: Saarinen: (1) Eliel Saarinen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This approach is clearly seen in such works of the period as the Saarinen wing of Hvitträsk, Kirkkonummi (1902–4; partly changed), the large studio and living complex that the partnership built for itself.
		Its vaulted spaces and log surfaces make reference to the vernacular building tradition; at the same time the arrangement of the house’s rooms emphasizes their integration into the total plan.
		Saarinen: (2) Eero Saarinen, §1: Education and early career
	www.artnet.com /library/07/0748/T074808.asp (300 words)

	Eero Saarinen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Eero Saarinen was the son of the celebrated Finnish architect and first President of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Eliel Saarinen.
		He worked in his father´s architectural office until Eliel´s death in 1950.
		His greatest architectural project was the remarkable TWA terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport, New York.
	scandinaviandesign.com /Eero_saarinen (158 words)

	Saarinen, Eliel on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		SAARINEN, ELIEL [Saarinen, Eliel], 1873-1950, Finnish-American architect and city planner, resident of the United States after 1923.
		His later designs were made in collaboration with his son, Eero Saarinen.
		Architecture: Hail the curve wallah; Eero Saarinen's TWA terminal at JFK airport is under threat.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/SaarinE1l.asp (339 words)

	Eliel Saarinen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		"Eliel Saarinen: An Appreciation." Journal of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (December 1953): n.p.
		New York: Abrams, in association with the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1983.
		"Saarinen House, A marriage of Weaving and Architecture." Fiberarts 21 (November-December 1994): 35-40.
	www.cranbrookart.edu /library/research/elielsar.htm (187 words)

	Images of First Christian Church, 1942, Columbus, Indiana, by Eliel Saarinen. Digital Imaging Project: Art historical ...
		Saarinen combines simple forms with asymmetry, both in the facade and interior.
		Interior details such as light fixtures, screen, and furniture were designed by Eliel's son Eero and Charles Eames.
		Eliel's wife Loja wove the Sermon on the Mount tapestry on the side of the altar opposite the organ.
	www.bluffton.edu /~sullivanm/colselsaar/elsaar.html (232 words)

	Eero Saarinen (1910-61) (from Eliel and Eero Saarinen) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Eero Saarinen (1910-61) (from Eliel and Eero Saarinen) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		He was 13 when the Saarinen family moved to the United States.
		Eero joined his father's office, and the two collaborated from 1938 until Eliel's death in 1950.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-207626?tocId=207626&ct=eb (86 words)

	Eliel Saarinen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Saarinen, Eliel, 1873–1950, Finnish-American architect and city planner, resident of the United States after 1923.
		Scandinavian art and architecture: The Twentieth Century - The Twentieth Century The Swedish sculptor Carl Milles, who worked extensively in the United...
		Eero Saarinen - Saarinen, Eero, 1910–61, Finnish-American architect, son of Eliel Saarinen.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0842824.html (211 words)

	Architecture - Eliel Saarinen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This page gives only some of the important examples of Eliel Saarinen's architecture.
		A detailed overview concerning Saarinen's work as an architect can be found in:
		Mid-30ies: independent architecture practice with his son Eero Saarinen
	www.eliel-saarinen.com /3/Architecture.htm (93 words)

	Eliel Saarinen Online
		Eliel Saarinen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
		We cannot be responsible for the content of external web sites.
		All images and text on this Eliel Saarinen page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
	www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/saarinen_eliel.html (243 words)

	Eliel Saarinen / Prototype Tea Service / ca. 1933-35
		Eliel Saarinen / Prototype Tea Service / ca.
		This image is one of over 118,000 from The Art Museum Image Consortium Library (The AMICO Library™), a growing online collection of high-quality, digital art images from 39 museums around the world.
		Ronald Saarinen Swanson and John C. Waddell Gifts, and Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, by exchange, 1999
	www.davidrumsey.com /amico/amico896730-105332.html (281 words)

	Images of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, by Eliel Saarinen, 1928-41. Digital Imaging Project: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Images of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, by Eliel Saarinen, 1928-41.
		Click here to see the Institute of Science, Cranbrook Academy of Art.
		See also Eliel Saarinen's First Christian Church in Columbus, Indiana.
	www.bluffton.edu /~sullivanm/cranbrook/cranbrook.html (178 words)

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