20 August

Born in 1873 – Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect and academic.

Above: A 1901 watercolor made while Saarinen was with the architectural firm of Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen in Helsinki.

Also, born in 1910, Finnish-American architect, furniture designer, and Eliel’s much more famous son, Eero Saarinen, who said:

The purpose of architecture is to shelter and enhance man's life on earth and to fulfill his belief in the nobility of his existence.