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Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future
November 17, 2007 – March 30, 2008
Cranbrook Art Museum

Cranbrook Art Museum presents the North American premiere of the exhibition Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future which explores the work of one of the most prolific, unorthodox, and controversial masters of 20th-century architecture. Shaping the Future examines the architect’s wide-ranging career -- which was based in Bloomfield Hills -- from the 1930s through the early 1960s. Saarinen’s international array of buildings will be featured, as well as his path-breaking designs for furniture and his master plans for civic centers and universities.

The son of Cranbrook’s first Resident Architect, Eliel Saarinen, and Cranbrook Academy of Art’s first Head of the Department of Weaving, Loja Saarinen, the Finnish-American Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) first studied architecture and design with his parents at Cranbrook where, as a precocious twenty-year-old, he designed all of the furniture for Kingswood School for Girls. After formal studies at the Yale School of Architecture, Eero returned to Michigan and partnered with his father on many important commissions, including the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, a project that ultimately launched Eero’s independent career after his father’s death in 1950. During the 1950s Eero helped create the international image of the United States with his designs for some of the most potent symbolic expressions of American identity, including the St. Louis Gateway Arch and the TWA Terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport.

For more information on the Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future project visit www.eerosaarinen.net

Saarinen information general information and registration hotline is 248-645-3312.
Media Relations, please contact 248-645-3329.


photo: United States Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis, Missouri, under construction, 1965 From the Collections of Arteaga Photos Ltd.
.CREDITS >>
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future is organized by The Finnish Cultural Institute in New York, the Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki, and the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., with the support of Yale University School of Architecture.
 
ASSA ABLOY is the global sponsor of the exhibition project. 
ASSA ABLOY



Major Sponsorhip for the presentation of Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future at Cranbrook Art Musuem is provided by the General Motors Foundation and Knoll.
GM
Knoll



Additional sponsorhip provided by Roncelli, Inc.
Roncelli



Additional support for the presentation of the exhbition at Cranbrook is provided by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, The Somerset Collection, and Michigan Radio.

Program sponsorships are provided by Greater Helsinki Promotion Ltd., in partnership with the City of Helsinki, the General Motors Technical Center, Herman Miller, and the SmithGroup.

The 2007-2008 Exhibition Season and Education Programs are made possible, in part, by the Museum Committee of Cranbrook Art Museum and the members of ArtMembers@Cranbrook.
Cranbrook Academy of Art and Cranbrook Art Museum are a part of Cranbrook Educational Community, which also includes Cranbrook’s Institute of Science, Schools and other affiliated cultural and educational programs. Cranbrook Art Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums. For information call toll free 1-877-GO-CRANBrook (1-877-462-7262).