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Eero Saarinen was born in Hvitträsk (then in the Russian Empire) on August 20, 1910, to Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen and his second wife, Louise, on his father's 37th birthday. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They migrated to the United States in 1923, when Eero was thirteen.
Lilian Louisa Swann Saarinen (April 17, 1912 – May 22, 1995) was an American sculptor, artist, and writer. She was the first wife of Finnish-American architect and industrial designer Eero Saarinen , with whom she sometimes collaborated.
Eric Saarinen (June 26, 1942 – December 21, 2024) was an American cinematographer and film director. His parents were the architect Eero Saarinen and his first wife, the sculptor Lilian Swann Saarinen. [1] [2] Saarinen has photographed several features, including The Hills Have Eyes directed by Wes Craven and Lost in America directed by ...
After the divorce from his first wife, Mathilde (who then married Herman Gesellius), on March 6, 1904, Saarinen married his second wife, Louise (Loja) Gesellius, a sculptor in Helsinki, and the younger sister of Herman Gesellius. They had a daughter Eva-Lisa (Pipsan) on March 31, 1905, and a son Eero on August 20, 1910. [1]
Following Saarinen's sudden death on September 1, 1961, [136] his associates, including Kevin Roche, Joseph N. Lacy, and John Dinkeloo, took over the CBS Building's design. [129] [137] Dinkeloo said the CBS headquarters had "especially excited" Saarinen, [138] who had said: "I think Louis Sullivan was right to want the skyscraper to be a ...
Eero Saarinen's wife Aline recalled that her husband saw most other air terminals as being ugly, shoddy, and inconvenient. [6] [64] Saarinen wanted the new terminal to have a practical purpose and not only "interpret the sensation of flying", [65] [66] but also "express the drama and specialness and excitement of travel". [67]
Offering authentic designs from the likes of Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Eero Saarinen, and more, the site is the best place to begin your design collection (and offers robust reviews ...
The 35 by 11 ½ foot tapestry decorating the church was designed by Saarinen and woven by trained Scandinavian weavers under the direction of his wife, Loja Saarinen. Woven with wool and flax, it depicts the Sermon on the Mount in an image of animals and listeners. It was the largest tapestry in the country at the time. [9]