Finnland: 10 Euro "Eero Saarinen und die Finnische Architektur" 2010

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Eero Saarinen (* 20. August 1910 in Kirkkonummi, Finnland; † 1. September 1961 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) war einer der bekanntesten Architekten und Designer des 20. Jahrhunderts.
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[KME]

Wie (fast) immer eine sehr eigenwillige Interpretation - schön anzusehen sind sie dann trotzdem.

[rene]

Das ist ja harte Konkurenz für unsere 10 Euro, mit dem kapputen Teller. :ROFL:
:hi:

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Das war auch mein Gedanke :)

[ursus]

Hallo, diese Münze soll ja als "Europasternmünze" herauskommen. Gibt es schon nähere Informationen oder gar Bilder?
ursus :?: :?: :?:

[Kai]

Ausgabe Ende Januar

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Hey, gefällt mir - gewohnt finnisch.
ursus

[Kai]

Und endlich ist auch der Stern zu sehen :br:

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The "Eero Saarinen and Architecture" Coin to Launch the Mint of Finland Jubilee Year

The Mint of Finland begins its 150th anniversary celebrations with the launch of the Eero Saarinen jubilee coin. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Finnish-American designer. The coin will be launched today at the World Money Fair in Berlin.

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The coin was designed by Juha Kauko, who won the design competition with his proposal entitled Tuolla puolen ("On the Other Side"). The obverse side depicts the Gateway Arch, a famous American landmark in St. Louis. The reverse side depicts the Tulip chair by Saarinen. Saarinen, a Finnish American, had a significant impact on modern architecture worldwide.

Mint of Finland has a new look to celebrate the jubilee year. The logo, look and name of the company have all changed. The "Eero Saarinen and Architecture" jubilee coin is the first of the jubilee year. The coin is presented in a package that depicts the new look of the Mint. For further information, please contact Severi Blomstedt, former director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture. The jubilee coin is available on 6 April from the Mint of Finland online shop.

"We at the Mint of Finland are delighted to launch the jubilee year with this design and architecture themed coin. We hope that more and more people will understand that coins and notes also have design value," says Maarit Aarni-Sirviö, Mint of Finland's CEO.

The silver collector coin has a nominal value of 10 euros. Its diameter is 38.61mm; it weighs 33.62 g and the maximum mintage is 26,000.
The son of architect Eliel Saarinen, Eero Saarinen was born on August 28, 1910 in Kirkkonummi, Finland, where he lived at the family villa Hvitträsk until the age of 12. In 1923, the family emigrated to the United States where Saarinen finished school and went on to study architecture. The family came back to Finland every summer. From 1929–30, Saarinen studied sculpture in Paris. After graduating from the Yale School of Architecture in 1934, Saarinen received a two-year grant to travel in Europe. One important stop was Helsinki, where he worked at the agency of the architect Jarl Eklund. After returning from Europe, Eero Saarinen worked together with his father Eliel Saarinen at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan from 1938-50. After Eliel's passing, Eero opened his own agency, Eero Saarinen and Associates.

Saarinen's first major work in the States was the General Motors Technical Center in Detroit, built between 1948 and 1956. The building achieved international recognition, and it is still regarded as one of the greatest works of industrial architecture. Thanks to the attention and popularity of the building, many other companies - among them IBM, John Deere and CBS - commissioned Saarinen to design their new headquarters.

Saarinen's breakthrough was the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (also known as the Gateway Arch) built between 1959 and 1964, after he won the design competition in 1948. It was the first time that Eero Saarinen and his father entered the same competition with different designs. The work epitomizes Saarinen's powerful, sculptural style of architecture, combining the technical possibilities of reinforced concrete with a sense of drama. Perhaps the best example of this technique is the TWA terminal at New York's JFK airport, completed in 1962. The TWA and Washington Dulles International Airport, also designed by Saarinen, captured the optimism of the time and the glamour of flying in their graceful concrete arches.

Like his father, Eero Saarinen also became renowned for his furniture designs. The Tulip series and the Womb chair are some of his best-known pieces. The 1956 Tulip series was designed to reduce clutter - the jungle of chair and table legs on ordinary furniture bothered Saarinen. Each Tulip had a single, pedestal-like leg.

As a seeker of a new kind of architectural language, Eero Saarinen became one of the most controversial architects of his time, but also one of the most respected and productive. He was popular with both the media and the public, but critics accused him of not creating a distinct style or school of his own. Saarinen consciously took each commission as a new and unique opportunity and allowed the architectural form to take shape organically.

Eero Saarinen died at the young age of 51 on September 1, 1961 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Many of his works were in progress at the moment of his death. Interest in Saarinen's works has increased significantly in recent years, as has the appreciation of his rich and individual style. Today, he is regarded as one of the most important American architects of the 20th century.

[Kai]

Endlich dran gedacht die auch mal zu knipsen :

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Auch zu dieser Münze gibt es einen Numisbrief.