The classic furniture design from the Finnish-American architect’s 1950s Pedestal Collection was also one of his last creations. Eero Saarinen’s Tulip chairs with needlepoint seating pads at the ...

Aline Louchheim, an art critic at the New York Times, quickly developed a strong relationship with Eero Saarinen. Major funding for American Masters — Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future ...

Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Caption from LIFE: Saarinen's study is equipped with three varieties of Saarinen furniture: a blue "womb" chair, a plywood chair (next to the bookcase) and a white ...

As a belated gift to the architecture community, PBS will be airing a new documentary about Finnish-American modernist architect Eero Saarinen. American Masters — Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw ...

The architectural firm Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates has donated its Eero Saarinen papers to the Manuscripts and Archives division of the Yale University Library. “We are delighted that it ...

The famous Gateway Arch in St. Louis came out of an architectural competition, where both Eliel and his son, Eero, entered designs. Confusion over a telegraph addressed to “E. Saarinen” led to a ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Aline and Eero Saarinen papers measure approximately 14.2 linear feet and date from 1906 to 1977. The bulk of the collection consists of Aline ...

There's a certain formula to mounting an architecture exhibition: Pin up some drawings and photographs, add a model or two, maybe a video for good measure, and call it a day. Visitors may leave with ...

Architecture history is filled with father-son duos. In the 18th century, Jacques V Gabriel, the premier architect to the King of France, left his title to his son Ange-Jacques, who designed and ...

The General Motors Technical Center is widely regarded as an icon of midcentury architectural design and has received generous praise as a landmark project since its opening in 1956. Over 60 years ...

Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo paid tribute to the soaring architecture of the TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport, calling the Eero Saarinen-designed terminal an "iconic landmark." As construction ...

(For the record, during my decades as an architecture writer, which overlapped with Hagberg’s, no New York Times editor was ever nonchalant about reporters accepting free travel.) There’s a lot about ...