Eero Saarinen's Works

Eero Saarinen is one of my favorite architects so it's my pleasure to introduce him to people who don't know him yet. Here's the summary of his biography.

-Born in August 20, 1910
-Finnish-American architect
-Son of Eliel SaarinenTook sculpture and furniture design in Académie de la Grande Chaumière then went to study architecture in Yale University

-Recruited by his friend, who’s also an architect, to join military services in the Office of Strategic services (OSS)
-He was assigned to draw illustrations for bomb disassembly manuals and to provide designs for the Situation Room in the White House
-Founded his own firm, ‘Eero Saarinen and Associates, after his father’s death in 1950

-Joined chair design competition, "Organic Design in Home Furnishings" in 1940 with Charles Eames, for which they received first prize
-he took first prize in the 1948 competition for the design of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis
-Served as a jury for the Sidney Opera House

-Was elected as a Fellow in American Institute of Architects in 1952
-Winner of AIA Gold Medal
-Said to have pluralism of styles

Here's some of his works.

Kresge Auditorium

-Kresge Auditorium is a building auditorium for Massachusetts Institute of Technology
-The auditorium is defined by an elegant thin-shell structure, one-eighth of a sphere rising to a height of 50 feet, and sliced away by sheer glass walls

St. Louis Gateway Arch

-Gateway Arch, a.k.a. Gateway to the West, is an integral part of Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
-The tallest monument in US
-Made of stainless steel skin covering the reinforced concrete from ground level to 300 ft(91 m)
-From 300 ft to the peak, the arch is made of carbon steel and rebar


General Motors Technical Center

-First major work was the GM Technical Center in Warren, Michigan

-In the 1950s he began to receive more commissions from American universities for campus designs and individual buildings; these include the Noyes dormitory at Vassar, as well as an ice rink, Morse College, and Ezra Stiles College at Yale University.


Dulles International Airport

-Dulles International Airport is a public airport west of Washington, D.C.
-It was named after John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State under Dwight Eisenhower


The TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy Airport

-It was completed in 1962 and became the most famous landmark of the airport
-The interior had wide glass windows that opened onto parked TWA jets

David S. Ingalls Rink

-David S. Ingalls Rink, a.k.a. Yale Whale serves as home to the men’s and women’s hockey teams.
-The curved roof, which resembles the back of a whale, is one of the most defining features of the arena