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The TWA Terminal

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

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Description
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."--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."--Jacket.
Series Statement
The Building blocks series
Uniform Title
Building blocks series (New York, N.Y.)
Subject
  • Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961
  • Saarinen, Eero 1910-1961
  • Stoller, Ezra 1915-2004
  • Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961
  • Saarinen, Eero
  • Trans World Airlines Terminal (New York, N.Y.) > Pictorial works
  • Trans World Airlines Terminal (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Buildings
  • Architektur
  • Architekturfotografie
  • Bildband
  • Flughafen
  • Terminal Gebäude
  • Flughafenbau
  • Luchthavens
  • Terminals (vervoer)
  • Airport buildings > New York (State) > New York > Pictorial works
  • Architects > United States > 20th century
  • New York (N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Pictorial works
  • New York (State) > New York
  • John F. Kennedy International Airport
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Pictorial works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 12).
ISBN
  • 1568981821
  • 9781568981826
LCCN
98054862
OCLC
  • ocm40534860
  • 40534860
  • SCSB-9027147
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library