Architect: Eero Saarinen

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Eero Saarinen (August 10, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a famous Finnish architect and designer of the 20th century.

TWA Flight Center, New York, USA, Eero Saarinen

TWA Flight Centre

Saarinen’s design originated in a futuristic way and featured a prominent wing-shaped thin shell roof, constructed over the main terminal (head house). It also had tube-shaped departure and arrival corridors, originally wrapped in red carpet that were quite unusual. An other aspect of the design and very critical to its’ […]