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Sunday, November 3, 2013

Eliel Saarinen

Eliel Saarinen was a Finnish architect who became famous for his art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century. 
He became the foremost architect of his generation in Finland before he moved to the U.S. in 1923. By 1914 he was widely known in Europe for his Helsinki railroad station and urban planning projects for Reval, Estonia, and Canberra, Australia. 
From 1932 to 1948 Saarinen was president of Cranbrook Academy of Art, at Bloomfield Hills, near Detroit, and thereafter, until his death, head of the graduate department of architecture and city planning. His son, Eero Saarinen, was also an outstanding American architect.

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