Eero Saarinen

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Finnish-American architect person

Eero Saarinen was a Finnish-American architect renowned for his innovative, sculptural modernist designs, including landmarks such as the Gateway Arch in St. Louis and the TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport.

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Label	Occurrences
Eero Saarinen canonical	69
Eero Saarinen buildings	3
Saarinen	2
Eero Saarinen for Knoll	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Finnish-American ⓘ architect ⓘ person ⓘ
awardReceived	AIA Gold Medal ⓘ surface form: AIA Gold Medal (posthumous)
causeOfDeath	brain tumor ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Finland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Finland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1910-08-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1961-09-01 ⓘ
designed	CBS Building (Black Rock), New York City ⓘ Gateway Arch ⓘ surface form: Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri General Motors Technical Center ⓘ surface form: General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan Gateway Arch ⓘ surface form: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Gateway Arch) Kresge Auditorium at MIT ⓘ surface form: Kresge Auditorium, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts Kresge Chapel ⓘ surface form: Kresge Chapel, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts Miller House, Columbus, Indiana ⓘ TWA Flight Center ⓘ surface form: TWA Flight Center, John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York Tulip chair for Knoll ⓘ Washington Dulles International Airport ⓘ surface form: Washington Dulles International Airport main terminal, Virginia Womb chair for Knoll ⓘ
educatedAt	Académie de la Grande Chaumière ⓘ Cranbrook Academy of Art ⓘ Yale School of Architecture ⓘ
employer	Cranbrook Academy of Art ⓘ Saarinen, Swanson & Saarinen ⓘ surface form: Eero Saarinen and Associates Saarinen, Swanson & Saarinen ⓘ
familyName	Eero Saarinen self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Saarinen
father	Eliel Saarinen ⓘ
fieldOfWork	architecture ⓘ
fullName	Eero Saarinen self-link ⓘ
givenName	Eero ⓘ
knownFor	Washington Dulles International Airport ⓘ surface form: Dulles International Airport terminal Gateway Arch ⓘ General Motors Technical Center ⓘ Kresge Auditorium at MIT ⓘ surface form: Kresge Auditorium Kresge Chapel ⓘ Miller House and Garden ⓘ TWA Flight Center ⓘ Tulip chair ⓘ sculptural modernist designs ⓘ
mother	Loja Saarinen ⓘ
movement	mid-century modern ⓘ modernist architecture ⓘ
notableWork	CBS Building ⓘ Washington Dulles International Airport ⓘ surface form: Dulles International Airport terminal Gateway Arch ⓘ General Motors Technical Center ⓘ TWA Flight Center ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Kirkkonummi, Finland ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Ann Arbor ⓘ surface form: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
residence	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, United States ⓘ
spouse	Aline Bernstein Saarinen ⓘ Lilian Swann Saarinen ⓘ
style	expressionist modernism ⓘ
workedIn	Finland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States

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Washington Dulles International Airport → architect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

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TWA Flight Center → architect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Gateway Arch → architect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Ingalls Rink → architect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Ingalls Rink → category → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eero Saarinen buildings

Frank Lloyd Wright → influenced → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Milwaukee Art Museum → hasArchitect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts → architect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Kresge Auditorium at MIT → architect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Eero → hasNotableBearer → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

General Motors Technical Center → architect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

General Motors Technical Center → planner → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Miller House and Garden → architect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Miller House and Garden → significantProjectOf → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Tulip chair → designer → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Eero Saarinen for Knoll

Miller House, Columbus, Indiana → architect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Womb chair for Knoll → designer → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Kirkkonummi, Finland → birthplaceOf → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

subject surface form: Kirkkonummi

Kresge Chapel → architect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Kresge Chapel → designer → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Saarinen, Swanson & Saarinen → hasMember → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Saarinen, Swanson & Saarinen → foundedBy → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Saarinen, Swanson & Saarinen → hasNotableArchitect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Saarinen, Swanson & Saarinen → hasEmployee → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Lilian Swann Saarinen → familyName → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saarinen

Lilian Swann Saarinen → spouse → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Lilian Swann Saarinen → collaboratedWith → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Aline Bernstein Saarinen → spouse → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Aline Bernstein Saarinen → partnerInBusinessOrProfessionalRelationship → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

CBS Building (Black Rock), New York City → architect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

subject surface form: CBS Building

CBS Building (Black Rock), New York City → category → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

subject surface form: CBS Building

this entity surface form: Eero Saarinen buildings

Eliel Saarinen → child → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Eliel Saarinen → influenced → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Morse College → architect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

CBS Building → architect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Ezra Stiles College → architect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Columbus, Indiana, United States → hasArchitecturalWorkBy → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

subject surface form: Columbus, Indiana

Columbus, Indiana, United States → MillerHouseAndGardenDesignedBy → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

subject surface form: Columbus, Indiana

J. Irwin Miller → supportedArchitect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Cranbrook, Michigan → hasArchitect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial → containsStructureDesignedBy → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center → architect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Kresge Auditorium → architect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Kresge Auditorium → designer → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

Mid-century modern architecture → hasNotableArchitect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

The Whale → architect → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

The Whale → hasCategory → Eero Saarinen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eero Saarinen buildings