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The TWA Terminal

Title
The TWA Terminal / photographs by Ezra Stoller ; introduction by Mark Lamster.
Publication
New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors
Stoller, Ezra.
Description
viii, 87 pages : illustrations; 19 cm.
Summary
  • "Eero Saarinen's TWA Terminal stands as the ultimate icon of midcentury modern design. Commissioned in 1956 and completed in 1962, the bird-like terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport was intentionally designed as an eye-catching showpiece that would capture the public's imagination. Its expressionistic concrete exterior and soaring interior spaces did just that, making it one of the most dramatic architectural statements of its day."--BOOK JACKET.
  • "Time and expedience have taken tolls on the building. As it has been adapted to the needs of contemporary air travel, the terminal has fallen into disrepair and lost much of the grandeur that made it a symbol of all that was modern and new. Ezra Stoller's sharp-eyed photographs offer a return trip to the terminal at the time of its opening, when dapper travelers moved smartly through its majestic spaces."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Building blocks
Uniform Title
Building blocks series (New York, N.Y.)
Subject
  • Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Trans World Airlines Terminal Building (John F. Kennedy International Airport, N.Y.) > Pictorial works
  • New York (N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Pictorial works
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
1568981821 (alk. paper)
LCCN
98054862
OCLC
  • ocm40534860
  • SCSB-14626424
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries