Eero Saarinen

”Function influence but does not dictate form.”-Eero Saarinen Eero Saarinen. During, World War II most European architect had to flee Europe due to the Nazi regime. This is a story of one of these brilliant Architects that I had was forced to leave at a young age and became an architect known for its full of form follows function but by creating a flow throughout each building it creates the perfect Acoustics and function with each curve. Eero Saarinen was born on August 20, 1910, in Kirkkonummi

ARCHGEN 300 TRANS WORLD AIRLINES TERMINAL / EERO SAARINEN / NEW YORK / 1956-1962  Designed by Eero Saarinen in 1956-1962, the TWA Terminal was a very powerful building and certainly one that had a revolutionary architectural statement. It was built for the increasing demand of air travel for the early 20th Century where the majority of airports were nothing more than plain rectangular structures with watchtowers that had failed to captivate people’s urge to travel. Idlewild Airport

In the year 1910 of August 20th, Eero Saarinen was born in Kirkkonummi, Finland from his two parents, Eliel Saarinen and Louise Gesellius. By the age of thirteen, he immigrated to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in the United States that had then allowed him to have a new perception of architecture as he was able to view both Finnish and American artwork in his career. He was taught by his father, Eliel Saarinen, who was also an architect that designed the Helsinki Central Railway Station, National Museum

competition also brought architect Eero Saarinen fame. “ Winning the St. Louis competition brought EEro Saarinen a level of fame few architects achieve.” By winning the competition and designing the Arch, Saarinen became one of the most famous architects of all time. Campbell further elaborates on this when he says, “ Winning the architectural competition gave Eero the national recognition he craved.” The competition would make people around the world that Eero was one of the best architects in the

he starts his own firm, at the age of 23, with colleague Charles Gray. “Eames architectural work in the intervening years was eclectic, drawing on Colonial Revival and Moderne styles as well as Scandinavian influences (particularly the work Eliel Saarinen, who fused a restrained, stripped-down classicism with Arts and Crafts ideals and Scandinavian National Romanticism. Not much work for this time is known, Charles, as well as the architectural committee of the time, disregards any work that may have

Daniel Urban Kiley was one of the most important and influential Modernist landscape architects of the 20th century. He was born in Roxbury Highlands in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1912. He grew up and attended public schools, graduating high school in 1930. Before he went to college, Dan was an apprentice working in the office of Warren Manning, While in Manning’s office, Dan learned a lot of European garden design. Dan was interested in designing in three dimensions and started to think in terms

The inspiration of nature in design created a movement of Organic Architecture through functionalism and minimalism since the 1800’s influencing some of the greatest architects to emerge. Functionalist architects and artists design utilitarian structures in which the Organic Architecture dictates the development within and moves outward in harmony with its surroundings, without regard to such traditional devices as axial symmetry and classical proportions or any other heavy ornamentation. Louis

was built to remember the westward expansion. The Gateway arch is arguably one of the most important things in america. The Gateway arch is tall it is 630 feet tall and 630 feet wide. The Gateway arch was actually a competition the winner was Eero saarinen his structure was chosen to be built. The Gateway arch is tall actually that's an understatement. The Gateway arch is giant it stands 630 feet tall and 630 feet wide. Actually the Gateway arch is the tallest American Monument, it’s also the newest

“Design is for living”. The adage fashioned a widespread shift in design during the 1940s and 1950s. It revolutionized the form by creating an electrifying visual language that signaled a new age and a fresh start- two of the powerhouses were Charles and Ray Eames. The Eameses were a husband and wife team whose unique synergy led to a whole new expression in furniture and architecture. The couple advocated the principles of Modernism through the adaptation of innova¬tion from wartime technology

The main component of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial ‘The Gateway Arch’ that monument built on the bank of the Mississippi River that in St. Louis, Missouri. During 1947-48, the Gateway Arch, which design by Eero Saarinen. In 1962, the Bi-State Development Agency (BSDA) asked about the finance the $2 million tram system that transports visitors to and from the top of the Arch (History of Gateway Arch, Paragraph 4). The Gateway Arch’s