Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Eero Saarinen Architecture

File:Eero Saarinen with Gateway Arch Model.jpgIn 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. 



Inglass Ice Rink, Yale University

Gateway Arch, St Louis



North Christian Church, Indiana
Altar of The North Christian Church



Womb chair


Washington Dulles airport 





Dulles Airport



General Motors Center



General Motors Center

TWA Flight Center at JFK

TWA Flight Center at JFK

TWA Flight Center at JFK

TWA Flight Center at JFK






MIT Chapel, Massachusetts
MIT Chapel

Swedish Theater
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