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2 Early life & background Born 1910 in Finland and moved with architect father and sculptor mother and 3 siblings to America in 1923 After school went to Paris to study to be a sculptor in ’29 Returned to study architecture in Yale in 1931 Post graduation worked in Helsinki for a year & 2 years in Flint, Michigan in Housing & planning before joining his Father’s practice in 1938

3 1946 – Grasshopper Chair 1956 – Tulip Chair 1940 – Organic Chair 1939 – Side Chairs 1948 – The Womb Chair

4 Down with Love - 2003 Legally Blonde - 2001

5 Worked closely with Florence Knoll of Knoll Furniture Florence Knoll & Eero Saarinen pictured working together on the Pedestal Collection (Knoll Inc., 2015)

6 Continued to work with his Father and has received a lot of recognition for his architectural works

7 Please feel free to ask any questions you may have at this time. Thank you for your attention

8 Works sited http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1956070 2,00.html http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1956070 2,00.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_Arch Time Inc. (n.d.). Retrieved March 11, 2015, from www.time.com: http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1956070 2,00.html


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