List of works by Eero Saarinen

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This is a list of houses, commercial buildings, educational facilities, furniture designs, and other structures designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen. Many of Saarinen's early designs were in collaboration with his father Eliel Saarinen.

List of works

Completed Works table
NameCityState/CountryDesignedCompletedOther InformationImage
Cranbrook School for Boys furnishings Bloomfield Hills Michigan 19251931With Eliel Saarinen
Saarinen House furnishings Bloomfield Hills Michigan 19281930
Kingswood School for Girls furnishings Bloomfield Hills Michigan 19291931
Hvitträsk Studio and Home Kirkkonummi Finland 19291937Remodel Hvittrask.JPG
Swedish Theatre Helsinki Finland 19351936Remodel. With Eliel Saarinen Svenska Teatern by night.jpg
Fenton Community Center Fenton Michigan 19371938With Eliel Saarinen
J. F. Spencer House Huntington Woods Michigan 19371938First building designed independently
J.K. Nikander Hall Hancock Michigan 1939First building Saarinen designed within Michigan's Copper Country. Designed in conjunction with his father, Eliel Saarinen.
Charles and Ingrid Koebel House Grosse Pointe Farms Michigan 19371940With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson CharlesandIngridKoebelHouseGrossePointeMI.jpg
Kleinhans Music Hall Buffalo New York 19381940With Eliel Saarinen. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989 Kleinhans Music Hall.jpg
Crow Island School Winnetka Illinois 19381942With Eliel Saarinen and Perkins & Will. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990 Crow Island School.jpg
Berkshire Music Center buildings Lenox Massachusetts 19381959Tanglewood Shed in 1938 (with Eliel Saarinen and Joseph Franz), Chamber Music Shed in 1947 (with Eliel Saarinen), Edmund Haws Talbot Orchestra Canopy in 1959 The Shed, Lenox MA.jpg
Center Line Defense Housing Center Line Michigan 19411942With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson. 477 housing units
Albert and Muriel Wermuth House Fort Wayne Indiana 19411942
Willow Lodge Willow Run Michigan 19421943Demolished
Grasshopper Chairn/an/a19431946Chair design for Knoll Associates
Lincoln Heights Housing Washington District of Columbia 19441946With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson.
Hugh Taylor Birch Hall at Antioch College Yellow Springs Ohio 19441947With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson.
Des Moines Art Center Des Moines Iowa 19441948With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 Des Moines Art Center.jpg
Case Study House #9 Pacific Palisades California 19451949With Charles Eames. Saarinen also provided an original plan for House #8, but Eames completely redesigned it. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013
Models 71 and 73n/an/a19451950Chair design for Knoll Associates SaarinenModel71chair.JPG
Birmingham High School Birmingham Michigan 19451952With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson
Drake University plan and buildings Des Moines Iowa 19451957Harvey Ingham Hall of Science, Fitch Hall of Pharmacy, Women's Dormitory & Dining Hall (all in 1945 with Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson), Bible School & Prayer Chapel in 1952, Women's Dormitory #4 in 1957, Jewett Union addition in 1957
Womb Chair & Ottomann/an/a19461948Chair design for Knoll Associates
Christ Church Lutheran Minneapolis Minnesota 19471949With Eliel Saarinen; solo addition in 1962. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2009. Christ Church Lutheran 1.jpg
Eero Saarinen House Bloomfield Hills Michigan 19471959Renovation of a Victorian house
Gateway Arch St. Louis Missouri 19471965Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987 St Louis night expblend cropped.jpg
UAW–CIO Cooperative Flint Michigan 19481948Renovation. Demolished.
General Motors Technical Center Warren Michigan 19481956Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2014 Warren - General Motors Technical Center (50826111923).jpg
Aspen Music Center Aspen Colorado 19491949With Eliel Saarinen. Demolished in 1963.
Brandeis University plan and buildings Waltham Massachusetts 19491952With Matthew Nowicki. Ridgewood Quadrangle Dormitories (1950), Hamilton Quadrangle Dormitory & Student Center (1952), Sherman Student Center (1952) (three remodeled, one demolished)
Loja Saarinen House Bloomfield Hills Michigan 19501950House for Saarinen's widowed mother
J. Irwin and Xenia Miller Cottage District of Muskoka Ontario 19501952
Irwin Union Bank and Trust Columbus Indiana 19501954Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000 Irwin Union exterior.JPG
Massachusetts Institute of Technology buildings Cambridge Massachusetts 19501955 MIT Chapel and Kresge Auditorium MIT Chapel, Cambridge, Massachusetts - exterior.JPG
University of Michigan School of Music Ann Arbor Michigan 19511956
Milwaukee County War Memorial Milwaukee Wisconsin 19521957 Milwaukee, Wisconsin.jpg
Eero Saarinen & Associates Building Bloomfield Hills Michigan 19531953
Firestone Baars Chapel, Stephens College Columbia Missouri 19531956 Firestone Baars Chapel.JPG
Miller House Columbus Indiana 19531957Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000 Miller House in Columbus.jpg
Concordia Senior College Fort Wayne Indiana 19531958 Concordia Theological Seminary - Chapel and Waterfall.jpg
Pedestal Seriesn/an/a19541957Furniture design for Knoll Associates. Includes the tulip chair Saarinen Tulpanstolen.jpg
Emma Hartman Noyes House at Vassar College Poughkeepsie New York 19541958 Vassar9.jpg
United States Chancellery Building Oslo Norway 19551959 Amerikansk ambassade oslo 1.jpg
United States Chancellery Building London England 19551960 US Embassy London view from SE.jpg
University of Chicago plan and buildings Chicago Illinois 19551960Women's Dormitory & Dining Hall (1958; demolished 2001), Law School (1960)
David S. Ingalls Rink New Haven Connecticut 19561958 Yale Ingalls Rink.jpg
IBM Manufacturing & Training Facility Rochester Minnesota 19561958 IBM Rochester.jpg
TWA Terminal New York City New York 19561962Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 Jfkairport.jpg
Hill College House (Hill Hall) Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19571960undergraduate dormitories at the University of Pennsylvania Hill College House - IMG 6585.JPG
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Yorktown Heights New York 19571961 IBM Yorktown Heights.jpg
Bell Telephone Corporate Laboratories Holmdel New Jersey 19571962 Holmdel-cropped.jpg
Deere & Co. Administrative Center Moline Illinois 19571963 Deere & Company World Headquarters.jpg
Ezra Stiles & Morse College New Haven Connecticut 19581962 MorseCollegeNighttime.jpg
Dulles International Airport Chantilly Virginia 19581963 Washington Dulles International Airport at Dusk.jpg
Vivian Beaumont Repertory Theater & Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Library & Museum New York City New York 19581965 Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC 2003.jpg
North Christian Church Columbus Indiana 19591964Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000 NorthChristianChurch.jpg
Hamden Office Hamden Connecticut 19601961Became new headquarters
Saarinen House New Haven Connecticut 19601961Renovation of a Tudor Revival house
CBS Building New York City New York 19601965 Cbs-building.jpg
Athens Airport Athens Greece 19601969

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