Eero Saarinen

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Eero Saarinen

American architect

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Born:: August 20, 1910, Kirkkonummi, Finland

Died:: September 1, 1961, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. (aged 51)

Notable Family Members:: father Eliel Saarinen

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Eero Saarinen (born August 20, 1910, Kirkkonummi, Finland—died September 1, 1961, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.) was a Finnish-born American architect who was one of the leaders in a trend toward exploration and experiment in American architectural design during the 1950s. Eero was the son of the noted architect Eliel Saarinen and Loja Gesellius, a textile designer and sculptor. The Saarinen family of four, including a sister, Eva-Lisa, moved to the United States in 1923, where they settled first in Evanston, Illinois, and then in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1929 Eero studied sculpture at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in ...(100 of 1486 words)

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