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.
Name | City | State/Country | Designed | Completed | Other Information | Image | |
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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 Hall | Hancock | Michigan | 1939 | First 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 #9 | 1945 | 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 |