List of works by Eero Saarinen
This is a list of houses, commercial buildings, educational facilities, furniture designs, and other structures designed by architect Eero Saarinen. Many of Saarinen's early designs were in collaboration with his father Eliel Saarinen.
List of works
Name | City | State/Country | Designed | Completed | Other Information | Image |
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Cranbrook School for Boys furnishings | Bloomfield Hills | Michigan | 1925 | 1931 | With Eliel Saarinen | |
Saarinen House furnishings | Bloomfield Hills | Michigan | 1928 | 1930 | ||
Kingswood School for Girls furnishings | Bloomfield Hills | Michigan | 1929 | 1931 | ||
Hvitträsk Studio and Home | Kirkkonummi | Finland | 1929 | 1937 | Remodel | |
Swedish Theatre | Helsinki | Finland | 1935 | 1936 | Remodel. With Eliel Saarinen | |
Fenton Community Center | Fenton | Michigan | 1937 | 1938 | With Eliel Saarinen | |
J. F. Spencer House | Huntington Woods | Michigan | 1937 | 1938 | First building designed independently | |
J.K. Nikander Hall | Hancock | Michigan | 1939 | First building Saarinen designed within Michigan's Copper Country. Designed in conjunction with his father, Eliel Saarinen. | ||
Charles and Ingrid Koebel House | Grosse Pointe Farms | Michigan | 1937 | 1940 | With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson | |
Kleinhans Music Hall | Buffalo | New York | 1938 | 1940 | With Eliel Saarinen. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989 | |
Crow Island School | Winnetka | Illinois | 1938 | 1942 | With Eliel Saarinen and Perkins & Will. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990 | |
Berkshire Music Center buildings | Lenox | Massachusetts | 1938 | 1959 | Tanglewood Shed in 1938 (with Eliel Saarinen and Joseph Franz), Chamber Music Shed in 1947 (with Eliel Saarinen), Edmund Haws Talbot Orchestra Canopy in 1959 | |
Center Line Defense Housing | Center Line | Michigan | 1941 | 1942 | With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson. 477 housing units | |
Albert and Muriel Wermuth House | Fort Wayne | Indiana | 1941 | 1942 | ||
Willow Lodge | Willow Run | Michigan | 1942 | 1943 | Demolished | |
Grasshopper Chair | n/a | n/a | 1943 | 1946 | Chair design for Knoll Associates | |
Lincoln Heights Housing | Washington | District of Columbia | 1944 | 1946 | With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson. | |
Hugh Taylor Birch Hall at Antioch College | Yellow Springs | Ohio | 1944 | 1947 | With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson. | |
Des Moines Art Center | Des Moines | Iowa | 1944 | 1948 | With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 | |
Case Study House #9 | Pacific Palisades | California | 1945 | 1949 | With Charles Eames. Saarinen also provided an original plan for House #8, but Eames completely redesigned it. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013 | |
Models 71 and 73 | n/a | n/a | 1945 | 1950 | Chair design for Knoll Associates | |
Birmingham High School | Birmingham | Michigan | 1945 | 1952 | With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson | |
Drake University plan and buildings | Des Moines | Iowa | 1945 | 1957 | Harvey Ingham Hall of Science, Fitch Hall of Pharmacy, Women's Dormitory & Dining Hall (all in 1945 with Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson), Bible School & Prayer Chapel in 1952, Women's Dormitory #4 in 1957, Jewett Union addition in 1957 | |
Womb Chair & Ottoman | n/a | n/a | 1946 | 1948 | Chair design for Knoll Associates | |
Christ Church Lutheran | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 1947 | 1949 | With Eliel Saarinen; solo addition in 1962. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2009. | |
Eero Saarinen House | Bloomfield Hills | Michigan | 1947 | 1959 | Renovation of a Victorian house | |
Gateway Arch | St. Louis | Missouri | 1947 | 1965 | Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987 | |
UAW–CIO Cooperative | Flint | Michigan | 1948 | 1948 | Renovation. Demolished. | |
General Motors Technical Center | Warren | Michigan | 1948 | 1956 | Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2014 | |
Aspen Music Center | Aspen | Colorado | 1949 | 1949 | With Eliel Saarinen. Demolished in 1963. | |
Brandeis University plan and buildings | Waltham | Massachusetts | 1949 | 1952 | With Matthew Nowicki. Ridgewood Quadrangle Dormitories (1950), Hamilton Quadrangle Dormitory & Student Center (1952), Sherman Student Center (1952) (three remodeled, one demolished) | |
Loja Saarinen House | Bloomfield Hills | Michigan | 1950 | 1950 | House for Saarinen's widowed mother | |
J. Irwin and Xenia Miller Cottage | District of Muskoka | Ontario | 1950 | 1952 | ||
Irwin Union Bank and Trust | Columbus | Indiana | 1950 | 1954 | Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000 | |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology buildings | Cambridge | Massachusetts | 1950 | 1955 | MIT Chapel and Kresge Auditorium | |
University of Michigan School of Music | Ann Arbor | Michigan | 1951 | 1956 | ||
Milwaukee County War Memorial | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | 1952 | 1957 | ||
Eero Saarinen & Associates Building | Bloomfield Hills | Michigan | 1953 | 1953 | ||
Firestone Baars Chapel, Stephens College | Columbia | Missouri | 1953 | 1956 | ||
Miller House | Columbus | Indiana | 1953 | 1957 | Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000 | |
Concordia Senior College | Fort Wayne | Indiana | 1953 | 1958 | ||
Pedestal Series | n/a | n/a | 1954 | 1957 | Furniture design for Knoll Associates. Includes the tulip chair | |
Emma Hartman Noyes House at Vassar College | Poughkeepsie | New York | 1954 | 1958 | ||
United States Chancellery Building | Oslo | Norway | 1955 | 1959 | ||
United States Chancellery Building | London | England | 1955 | 1960 | ||
University of Chicago plan and buildings | Chicago | Illinois | 1955 | 1960 | Women's Dormitory & Dining Hall (1958; demolished 2001), Law School (1960) | |
David S. Ingalls Rink | New Haven | Connecticut | 1956 | 1958 | ||
IBM Manufacturing & Training Facility | Rochester | Minnesota | 1956 | 1958 | ||
TWA Terminal | New York City | New York | 1956 | 1962 | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 | |
Hill College House (Hill Hall) | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 1957 | 1960 | undergraduate dormitories at the University of Pennsylvania | |
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center | Yorktown Heights | New York | 1957 | 1961 | ||
Bell Telephone Corporate Laboratories | Holmdel | New Jersey | 1957 | 1962 | ||
Deere & Co. Administrative Center | Moline | Illinois | 1957 | 1963 | ||
Ezra Stiles & Morse College | New Haven | Connecticut | 1958 | 1962 | ||
Dulles International Airport | Chantilly | Virginia | 1958 | 1963 | ||
Vivian Beaumont Repertory Theater & Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Library & Museum | New York City | New York | 1958 | 1965 | ||
North Christian Church | Columbus | Indiana | 1959 | 1964 | Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000 | |
Hamden Office | Hamden | Connecticut | 1960 | 1961 | Became new headquarters | |
Saarinen House | New Haven | Connecticut | 1960 | 1961 | Renovation of a Tudor Revival house | |
CBS Building | New York City | New York | 1960 | 1965 | ||
Athens Airport | Athens | Greece | 1960 | 1969 |
References
- Pelkonen, Eeva-Liisa; Albrecht, Donald (2010). Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11282-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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