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Designing TWA

Eero Saarinen’s Airport Terminal in New York

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The definitive book on an architectural icon of the jet age: the former TWA terminal at New York's JFK airport


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By Kornel Ringli
2015
Hardback
224 pages, 71 color and 169 b/w illustrations
21.5 x 28 cm
ISBN 978-3-906027-75-3

When it opened in 1962, the TWA Flight Center at New York’s JFK airport was a sensation. Created by Eero Saarinen with a distinctly birdlike design, it was instantly seen as a striking emblem of the romance of air travel. More than half a century later, it remains a beloved icon of modern architecture.

Designing TWA is the first book to tell the whole story of Saarinen’s building, from its early planning through its closing in 2001 after the takeover of TWA by American Airlines. Documenting the terminal’s commission, planning, building, and use, architect Kornel Ringli reveals the constant tension between the operational needs of the airline and Saarinen’s visionary imaginings—revealing the TWA building as an incredible architectural achievement that nonetheless failed to meet the day-to-day demands of the business it housed. Lavishly illustrated with archival photographs, Designing TWA is an unprecedented look behind the scenes at the making of a modern masterpiece.

 

Named one of the Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2015.

Echo

“Zürich’s Park Books proves once again to be the destination press for lovers of architecture. Kornel Ringli’s exhaustive, fascinating book goes back to the basics of passenger and baggage movements that Saarinen studied, as well the glamorous opening gala to tell of the tension between architect’s imagination and the practical demands of the airline business.” Robert Bound, Monocle

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