Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961.

Eero Saarinen collection, 1956-1964.

734 items.

Access by appointment only.

The Eero Saarinen collection documents eight built projects executed in the United States, Greece, Norway and the United Kingdom. The projects reflect the range of Saarinen's practice, including airports (Athens), churches (North Christian Church, Columbus, Indiana), embassies (the US Embassy and Chancellery building at Oslo, Norway and London, England), corporate headquarters (CBS, New York and John Deere, Moline, Illinois) and university buildings (the David S. Ingalls Hockey Arena, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut). The collection includes many autograph Saarinen drawings, especially conceptual sketches, as well as design development drawings, photographic materials, including views of non-extant models and textual documents. Contains 573 drawings, 132 photographs, 27 textual documents, 1 16 mm film and 1 DVD.

Eero Saarinen ; born Aug. 1, 1910 in Kirkkonummi, Finland ; died Sept. 1, 1961 ; studied sculpture in France before entering architecture school at Yale University ; worked for his father Eliel ; taught at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan ; naturalized in the U.S. in 1940 ; formed his own architectual office in 1950. He designed airports, university buildings, churches, corporate headquarters, private houses and furniture.

Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.
Finnish architects.
American architects.
Architecture (object genre) Norway Oslo 1950-1970.
Architecture (object genre) Greece Athens 1950-1970.
Architecture (object genre) Great Britain England London 1950-1970.
Architecture (object genre) United States 1950-1970.

Fonds (collections)
Architectural drawings (visual works)
Black-and-white photographs.
Photographs.
DVDs.
Documents.
Film (material)

Localisation: Bibliothèque archives collection 278702
Cote: AP159
Statut: Disponible