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Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (/ ˈ s ɑːr ɪ n ə n /, Finnish: [ˈelie̯l ˈsɑːrinen]; August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish-American architect known for his work with art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century.
Jun 27, 2024 · Eliel Saarinen, one of the foremost architects and urban planners of his generation in Finland before moving to the United States, where he influenced modern architecture, particularly skyscraper and church design.
Aug 20, 2017 · Though some may now know him only as the father of Eero Saarinen, Eliel Saarinen (August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was an accomplished and style-defining architect in his own right.
Aug 20, 2018 · Eliel Saarinen, born in Finland 1873, was arguably the northern nation’s “most noted early modernist architect” and worked at the forefront of the Finnish offshoot of National Romanticism.
May 21, 2018 · Saarinen, Gottlieb Eliel (1873–1950). Finnish-born American architect. He practised with Herman Gesellius and Armas Lindgren from 1896 to 1905, and with Gesellius only until 1907, when he worked on his own, emigrating to the USA in 1923.
Eliel Saarinen established an architecture office together with fellow architecture students, Herman Gesellius and Armas Lindgren in 1897, the same year they received their diplomas of architecture. The Exposition Universelle 1900 in Paris was the breakthrough for the architect trio.
Mar 31, 2022 · Eliel Saarinen (1873–1950) was the first Finnish architect to rise to international fame in the early 20th century. His importance to Finnish architecture is indisputable. In this blog, we will explore his collection of drawings which have been the key collection of the Museum of Finnish Architecture since the museum’s beginning.
