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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Finnish-American → architect → person →
awardReceived	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, St. Louis, Missouri → General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan → Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Gateway Arch) → Kresge Auditorium, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts → Kresge Chapel, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts → Miller House, Columbus, Indiana → TWA Flight Center, John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York → Tulip chair for Knoll → 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 → Eero Saarinen and Associates → Saarinen, Swanson & Saarinen →
familyName	Saarinen →
father	Eliel Saarinen →
fieldOfWork	architecture →
fullName	Eero Saarinen →
givenName	Eero →
knownFor	Dulles International Airport terminal → Gateway Arch → General Motors Technical Center → 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 → Dulles International Airport terminal → Gateway Arch → General Motors Technical Center → TWA Flight Center →
placeOfBirth	Kirkkonummi, Finland →
placeOfDeath	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 →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
CBS Building → Gateway Arch → General Motors Technical Center → Ingalls Rink → Kresge Auditorium at MIT → Kresge Chapel → Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts → Miller House and Garden → Miller House, Columbus, Indiana → TWA Flight Center → Washington Dulles International Airport →	architect
Kresge Chapel → Tulip chair → Womb chair for Knoll →	designer
CBS Building ("Eero Saarinen buildings") → Ingalls Rink ("Eero Saarinen buildings") →	category
Eero Saarinen ("Saarinen") → Lilian Swann Saarinen ("Saarinen") →	familyName
Aline Bernstein Saarinen → Lilian Swann Saarinen →	spouse
Tulip chair ("Eero Saarinen for Knoll") →	associatedDesigner
Kirkkonummi →	birthplaceOf
Lilian Swann Saarinen →	collaboratedWith
Saarinen, Swanson & Saarinen →	foundedBy
Eero Saarinen →	fullName
Milwaukee Art Museum →	hasArchitect
Saarinen, Swanson & Saarinen →	hasEmployee
Saarinen, Swanson & Saarinen →	hasMember
Saarinen, Swanson & Saarinen →	hasNotableArchitect
Eero →	hasNotableBearer
Frank Lloyd Wright →	influenced
Aline Bernstein Saarinen →	partnerInBusinessOrProfessionalRelationship
General Motors Technical Center →	planner
Miller House and Garden →	significantProjectOf