Eero Saarinen
((1910-1961) )
Birthplace
Finland
The son of architect and Cranbrook Academy of Art director Eliel
Saarinen and his wife, textile artist Loja, Eero Saarinen studied
fine arts in Paris and architecture at Yale before working on
furniture design with Norman Bel Geddes and practicing architecture
with his father in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He collaborated on several
projects, including a plywood leg splint for the U.S. Army, with
his friend, and Cranbrook alumnus Charles Eames. He opened his own
practice in Ann Arbor in 1950. Among the many buildings for which
he is known are Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C. and the TWA
Terminal at Kennedy International Airport in New York. He was the
recipient of numerous awards and the subject of many
exhibitions.
