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- Eliel Saarinen (1873-1950) was already well established as an architect in Finland when, in 1922, he entered a competition to design the Chicago Tribune Building. He won second place and used the prize money to immigrate to Chicago in 1923, eventually joined by his wife Loja (1879-1968), daughter Pipsan (1905-1979) and son Eero (1910-1961).
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Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (/ ˈ s ɑːr ɪ n ə n /, Finnish: [ˈelie̯l ˈsɑːrinen]; August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish and American architect known for his work with Art Nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century.
Eliel Saarinen, one of the foremost architects and urban planners of his generation in Finland before moving to the United States, where he influenced modern architecture, particularly skyscraper and church design.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
She founded the weaving department at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. She also led her own studio, the Studio Loja Saarinen, which designed many of the textiles used in buildings designed by her husband, the architect Eliel Saarinen. [1][2][3]
Aug 20, 2018 · Eliel Saarinen, born in Finland 1873, was arguably the northern nation’s “ most noted early modernist architect ” and worked at the forefront of the Finnish offshoot of National Romanticism....
- Tom Dobbins
Eliel and Loja Saarinen are well-known for their association with Cranbrook Academy of Art, the revolutionary school of art, design, and architecture they helped to shape and lead. At the center of the Academy of Art sits Saarinen House, designed collectively by Eliel, Loja, Pipsan, and Eero in 1928.
Eliel Saarinen established an architecture office together with fellow architecture students, Herman Gesellius and Armas Lindgren in 1897, the same year they received their diplomas of architecture. The Exposition Universelle 1900 in Paris was the breakthrough for the architect trio.
Working with his wife Loja, daughter Pipsan, and son Eero, the Saarinens created what came to be known as Saarinen House to be the residence of Cranbrook Academy of Art’s president. Designed in 1928 and ready for use in 1930, Saarinen House is one of the most significant examples of a Gesamtkunstwerk , or total work of art, in America.