List of works by Eero Saarinen explained

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
Name City State/Country Designed Completed Other Information Image
Cranbrook School for Boys furnishings 1925 1931
Saarinen House furnishings 1928 1930
Kingswood School for Girls furnishings 1929 1931
1929 1937 Remodel
1935 1936
Fenton Community Center 1937 1938
J. F. Spencer House 1937 1938 First building designed independently
J.K. Nikander HallHancockMichigan1939First building Saarinen designed within Michigan's Copper Country. Designed in conjunction with his father, Eliel Saarinen.
1937 1940 With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson
1938 1940 With Eliel Saarinen. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989
1938 1942 With Eliel Saarinen and Perkins & Will. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990
Berkshire Music Center buildings 1938 1959 Tanglewood Shed in 1938 (with Eliel Saarinen and Joseph Franz), Chamber Music Shed in 1947 (with Eliel Saarinen), Edmund Haws Talbot Orchestra Canopy in 1959
Center Line Defense Housing 1941 1942 With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson. 477 housing units
Albert and Muriel Wermuth House 1941 1942
Willow Lodge 1942 1943 Demolished
Grasshopper Chair n/a n/a 1943 1946
Lincoln Heights Housing 1944 1946 With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson.
1944 1947 With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson.
1944 1948 With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004
Case Study House #91945 1949 With 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 73 n/a n/a 1945 1950
Birmingham High School 1945 1952 With Eliel Saarinen and J. Robert F. Swanson
Drake University plan and buildings 1945 1957 Harvey 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 & Ottoman n/a n/a 1946 1948
1947 1949 With Eliel Saarinen; solo addition in 1962. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2009.
Eero Saarinen House 1947 1959 Renovation of a Victorian house
1947 1965 Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987
UAW–CIO Cooperative 1948 1948 Renovation. Demolished.
1948 1956 Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2014
Aspen Music Center 1949 1949 With Eliel Saarinen. Demolished in 1963.
Brandeis University plan and buildings 1949 1952 With Matthew Nowicki. Ridgewood Quadrangle Dormitories (1950), Hamilton Quadrangle Dormitory & Student Center (1952), Sherman Student Center (1952) (three remodeled, one demolished)
Loja Saarinen House 1950 1950 House for Saarinen's widowed mother
J. Irwin and Xenia Miller Cottage 1950 1952
1950 1954 Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology buildings 1950 1955
University of Michigan School of Music 1951 1956
1952 1957
Eero Saarinen & Associates Building 1953 1953
1953 1956
1953 1957 Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000
1953 1958
Pedestal Series n/a n/a 1954 1957
1954 1958
1955 1959
1955 1960
University of Chicago plan and buildings 1955 1960 Women's Dormitory & Dining Hall (1958; demolished 2001), Law School (1960)
1956 1958
1956 1958
1956 1962 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005
Hill College House (Hill Hall) 1957 1960
1957 1961
1957 1962
1957 1963
1958 1962
1958 1963
1958 1965
1959 1964 Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000
Hamden Office 1960 1961 Became new headquarters
Saarinen House 1960 1961 Renovation of a Tudor Revival house
1960 1965
1960 1969

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