Biografie von Eliel SAARINEN (1873-1950)

Birth place: Helsingfors, Finland.

Addresses: Bloomfield Hills, MI

Profession: Designer, architect

Studied: Inst. Polytech., Helsingfors.

Exhibited: Arch. Lg., 1931 (gold); Nat. Comp., Smithsonian, 1939.

Member: White Rose Order of Finland; Finnish Acad. A.; Imperial Acad. A., Russia; Royal Acad., Stockholm; Detroit Chap. AIA; Mich. S. Arch; Jury of Arch. Comp., Olympiad, Paris, 1924, Los Angeles, 1932; Columbus Mem. Light-tower Comp., Santo Domingo.

Work: railway station, Keirkner Gal., associate on Nat. Mus., all in Helsingfors; town halls, in Lahti and Joensuu, Finland; Estobank, Reval, Estonia; Cranbrook Acad. A.; Cranbrook Sch. Boys, Kingswood Sch. for Girls, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

Comments: Position: pres., Cranbrook Acad. A.