In 1922, at the age of 12, Eero Saarinen took first place in a matchstick design contest. It was the first of many competitions he would win in his life, and foreshadowed his remarkable career as an architect. Born in Finland in 1910, Eero Saarinen was the son of Eliel Saarinen, a noted and respected architect. His mother, Loja Saarinen, was a gifted sculptor, weaver, photographer, and architectural model maker. After working with his father on a number of furniture design projects, Eero Saarinen had a chance to express his own philosophy when he entered the 1947 architectural competition for Jefferson National Expansion Memorial and created the Gateway Arch in St Louis.
The Arch was Saarinen's first great triumph, but there would be many more. Projects such as the General Motors Technical Center near Detroit, the TWA Terminal in New York City, the Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C. , IngalLs Ice Rink in Yale University, The North Christian Church in Indiana brought him acclaim and established him as one of the most successful and creative architects of his time.
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| Inglass Ice Rink, Yale University |
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| Gateway Arch, St Louis |
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| North Christian Church, Indiana |
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| Altar of The North Christian Church |
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| Womb chair |
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| Washington Dulles airport |
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| Dulles Airport |
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| General Motors Center |
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| General Motors Center |
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| TWA Flight Center at JFK |
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| TWA Flight Center at JFK |
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| TWA Flight Center at JFK |
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| TWA Flight Center at JFK |
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| MIT Chapel, Massachusetts |
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| MIT Chapel |
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| Swedish Theater |
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