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Restoring Eliel Saarinen's Home

About 4 pages (1,080 words)

The Washington Post, January 6th, 1994

Everywhere you look in the Saarinen House, subtle harmonies of color, form, space and texture rest the eye or engage it in wonder. One alcove invites relaxed conversation. Another, reading and quiet thought. Each room has a completely different feeling by design, yet each is related to all the others, and the effect of the whole is a soothing, peaceful haven. Saarinen House is undergoing meticulous restoration at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, 20 miles outside of Detroit. It is named for Eliel Saarinen, the academy's first president and its resident architect, who designed, built and lived in t...

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