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Eliel Saarinen Architect, Buildings, America, Helsinki, American Projects, Finland Eliel Saarinen, United States of America : Information20th Century Architecture Practice : Finnish National Romanticism
Practice InformationGottlieb Eliel Saarinen - Winner of RIBA Gold Medal 1950Eliel 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 - New York Architects American Buildings ![]() picture © Andy Ryans Eero Saarinen Related designers: Ray & Charles Eames Modern Architects World Architecture : e-architect - key buildings across the globe Comments / photos for the Eliel Saarinen Architecture page welcome: info@e-architect.co.uk Eliel Saarinen Architect: page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt |
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