<\/a>Biography<\/h3>\n![\"eerosaarinen\"](\"http:\/\/ss.sites.mtu.edu\/cca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/se_EeroSaarinen.jpg\")
<\/a>Architect Eero Saarinen<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nEero Saarinen was born August 20, 1910, in Kirkkonummi, Finland, to Eliel and Loja Gesellius Saarinen. In 1923 the Saarinens moved to the United States after Eliel, a prominent architect, received second place in the Chicago Tribune Competition. In 1925 the Saarinens moved to Cranbrook, Michigan.2<\/sup>\u00a0In 1929-1930, Eero Saarinen studied sculpture at the Acad\u00e9mie de la Grande Chaumi\u00e8re in Paris. Saarinen then studied architecture at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, graduating in 1934. In1934-1935, he traveled Europe on a scholarship. Upon returning, Saarinen taught at Cranbrook Academy of Art.3<\/sup>\u00a0He joined his father\u2019s firm in 1936, where he continued to work after father\u2019s death in 1950. Saarinen was also well known for the design of furniture for his buildings. In 1954 he married Aline Bernstein, an art critic at\u00a0The New York Times, with whom he had a son, Eames.4<\/sup>\u00a0He died September 1, 1961, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, after brain surgery.<\/p>\nSaarinen\u2019s works included those of the Berkshire Music Shed at Tanglewood, Massachusetts (1940); Dulles Airport in Chantilly, Virginia (1958-1962); Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, 1947 competition, constructed 1961-1966; General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan (1946-1955); IBM Research Building in Yorktown, New York (1957-1961); John Deere and Company in Moline, Illinois (1963); Kresge Auditorium in Cambridge Massachusetts (1950-1955); Kresge Chapel in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1955); North Christian Church in Columbus, Indiana (1959-1963); TWA terminal in New York (1956-1962); and Yale Hockey Rink in New Haven, Connecticut (1956-1958).<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Eero Saarinen was born August 20, 1910, in Kirkkonummi, Finland, to Eliel and Loja Gesellius Saarinen. In 1923 the Saarinens moved to the United States after Eliel, a prominent architect, received second place in the Chicago Tribune Competition. In 1925 the Saarinens moved to Cranbrook, Michigan.2<\/sup>\u00a0In 1929-1930, Eero Saarinen studied sculpture at the Acad\u00e9mie de la Grande Chaumi\u00e8re in Paris. Saarinen then studied architecture at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, graduating in 1934. In1934-1935, he traveled Europe on a scholarship. Upon returning, Saarinen taught at Cranbrook Academy of Art.3<\/sup>\u00a0He joined his father\u2019s firm in 1936, where he continued to work after father\u2019s death in 1950. Saarinen was also well known for the design of furniture for his buildings. In 1954 he married Aline Bernstein, an art critic at\u00a0The New York Times, with whom he had a son, Eames.4<\/sup>\u00a0He died September 1, 1961, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, after brain surgery.<\/p>\n Saarinen\u2019s works included those of the Berkshire Music Shed at Tanglewood, Massachusetts (1940); Dulles Airport in Chantilly, Virginia (1958-1962); Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, 1947 competition, constructed 1961-1966; General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan (1946-1955); IBM Research Building in Yorktown, New York (1957-1961); John Deere and Company in Moline, Illinois (1963); Kresge Auditorium in Cambridge Massachusetts (1950-1955); Kresge Chapel in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1955); North Christian Church in Columbus, Indiana (1959-1963); TWA terminal in New York (1956-1962); and Yale Hockey Rink in New Haven, Connecticut (1956-1958).<\/p>\nBuildings<\/h3>\n