--- title: "Eero Saarinen" url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/eero-saarinen" language: "en" type: "designer" description: "Individual designer items from Eero Saarinen ✓ Wide range of products & designs ➜ Get inspired now" published: "2001-05-01T00:00:00+02:00" modified: "2026-04-26T17:08:56+02:00" image: "https://www.stylepark.com/apple-touch-icon.png" --- # Eero Saarinen Finland - [Biography](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/eero-saarinen) - [Products](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/designer/eero-saarinen) - [Manufacturer](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/eero-saarinen/manufacturer) - [Articles](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/eero-saarinen/contributions) Address: ## Eero Saarinen Finland Products by Eero Saarinen [![Organic Chair Sheepskin Limited 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sehr bekannten Architekten. 1923 emigrierte die Familie Saarinen in die USA. 1929 - 1930 studierte Eero Saarinen Bildhauerei an der Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. 1930-1934 studierte er Architektur an der Yale School of Art and Architecture. Anschließend trat er in das Architekturbüro seines Vaters ein. 1941 wurde er dort Partner. 1950 eröffnete er sein eigenes Architekturbüro Eero Saarinen and Associates in Birmingham, Michigan. 1948 gewann er mit dem Wettbewerb für das Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis seine erste wichtige öffentliche Anerkennung. Der gewaltige doppelte Parabelbogen wurde allerdings erst posthum nach Eero Saarinens Tod, 1963, verwirklicht. Saarinen orientierte sich zunächst stark an den strengen kubischen Formen von Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, ehe er im Lauf der Zeit expressivere Formen fand, die stark an Skizzen von Erich Mendelsohn erinnern. Bekannt sind vor allem seine schwungvollen frei tragenden Dachkonstruktionen. 1957 entwarf er das Milwaukee Art Museum. Neben Gebäuden konstruierte Eero Saarinen auch Möbel. Berühmt ist sein einbeiniger "Tulpenstuhl" (Tulip Chair) mit seinem breiten, kreisrunden Standfuß. Beim Wettbewerb für das Opernhaus von Sydney 1956 bis 1957 war Eero Saarinen Vorsitzender der Jury. Er soll diesem Wettbewerb eine entscheidende Wende gegeben haben, indem er den schon abgelehnten Entwurf des späteren Siegers Jørn Utzon zwischen den Unterlagen zu Tage förderte und der Aufmerksamkeit der Jury empfahl. Articles about Eero Saarinen [DESIGN Stacking Pillows Like a Pro 5/3/2024 A sofa with a formal idea that is so simple and captivating that you can't help but like it: The multidisciplinary designer Willo Perron has realized his idea of comfort with Knoll.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/knoll-willo-perron-pillo-sofa-stylepark-magazine) [HOTEL A nest with a hill 1/8/2021 With the Shiroiya Hotel, Sou Fujimoto Architects have succeeded in producing a fascinating combination of an old building and a conversion, design, architecture and art. Michele de Lucchi, Jasper Morrison, Leandro Erlich and Sou Fujimoto have each designed one of the rooms.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/shiroiya-hotel-maebashi-japan-sou-fujimoto-architects) [DESIGN On the death of Florence Knoll Bassett 2/15/2019 When she died, the world lost a pioneer of Modernist furniture, one whose carefully designed rooms fired the imagination of a post-War global community who felt united in its aesthetic sensibilities. Just how fragile the foundations of this community were is something that we are experiencing today. Along with the importance of the example she set us.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/florence-knoll-bassett-obituary-death-knoll-international) [ARCHITECTURE Swirled surroundings 10/13/2015 How did Eero Saarinen’s TWA Terminal in New York come about? Why is Friedrich Kiesler’s vision of an “Endless House” still so topical? And what does Kodak City Rochester look like? The following books provide the answers.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/swirled-surroundings) [FAIRS & EVENTS Tranquility – is to be found in salad bowls 9/23/2014 The “Helsinki Design Week” took place for the 10th time this year. For all those who may have forgotten what makes Finnish design so special – the trade fair complex and Helsinki’s Design District provided a lot to bring things back to mind.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/tranquility-is-to-be-found-in-salad-bowls) [FAIRS & EVENTS Here come the Finns! 9/2/2014 Soon it’ll be book fair time again in Frankfurt. And as always, the fair’s Guest of Honor country gets to shape the face of culture in the city for a short time. So what does Finland have to offer in addition to vodka and forests, sauna and Saarinen, Artek and Aalto?](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/here-come-the-finns)