CultureNOW - TWA Flight Center: Eero Saarinen, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP

TWA Flight Center
Historic Buildings: Transportation

Original Architect
Eero Saarinen

Renovation Architect
Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP

Owner
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Dates

Constructed, 1962
Renovation, 2011

Awards

NY Landmarks Conservancy Lucy G. Moses Preservation Project Award
AIA NY Chapter Merit Award
Preservation League of NYC Excellence Award
SARA NY Council Merit
AIA NY State Excellence Award
AIA NJ Honor Award

Podcasts

	Restoring Eero Saarinen's Iconic TWA Flight Center - Donald Fram	about
	The Golden Age of Flight: The Restoration of the TWA Terminal at JFK Airport - Richard Southwick	about

Description

Opened in 1962, the TWA Flight Center (also known as the Trans World Flight Center) is designed by Eero Saarinen for Trans World Airlines at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).

Conceived with notions of speed as well as references to a bird, the TWA features a prominent wing-shaped thin shell roof over the main terminal of the JFK. The concrete shell, which inspired Saarinen to develop curvilinear ceramic tiles, established the TWA as a modernist piece of architecture tha...

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Location

Van Wyck Expy & JFK Access Road
New York, NY 11430
United States

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