Key Structures, alphabetical:

Christ Church Lutheran, Minneapolis, USA
1949

Helsinki Railway Station, Finland
1904-14/19

Hvitträsk in Kirkkonummi, Finland
1902
Eliel Saarinen's home, Finnish National Romanticist style, well worth a visit, subtle northern art nouveau within rugged stone frame, with first floor loggia the highlight

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Finnish buildings

Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen - Winner of RIBA Gold Medal 1950

Eliel Saarinen, architect
1873-1950
born Rantasalmi, Finland
died Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, United States

Eero Saarinen married Louise (Loja) Gesellius (younger sister of Herman Gesellius) in 1904. They had a daughter Eva-Lisa (Pipsan) in 1905 and a son Eero in 1910.

Eliel Saarinen moved with his family to the United States of America in 1923.

He became Cranbrook Academy of Art president in 1932

Education:
Helsinki University of Technology

Career:
Gesellius, Lindgren, and Saarinen
1896-1905
partner with Herman Gesellius and Armas Lindgren

Finnish Pavilion - World Fair
1900

Munksnäs-Haga project, Finland
1910-15

Helsinki City Plan, Finland
1917-18

Tribune Tower competition entry, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2nd place

Gulf Building in Houston, Texas, USA - Tribune Tower design
1929

Cranbrook Educational Community campus, USA
1925-

Teaching:
University of Michigan - visiting professor
1924-

Cranbrook Educational Community campus
1925-

University of Michigan's Architecture Department - professor
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Eero Saarinen



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