Richard Southwick, Partner at the international architecture firm Beyer Blinder Belle, tells the fascinating story behind the preservation, restoration and reinvention of Eero Saarinen’s architectural masterpiece, the TWA Flight Center at J F Kennedy International Airport, now called the TWA Hotel.
Saarinen described the head house form as being like the “Leonardo da Vinci flying machine", according to his associate Kevin Roche.
Hailed as the “Grand Central of the Jet Age,” the TWA Flight Center welcomed hundreds of thousands of travelers to JFK Airport from 1962 through 2001. Since then tens of thousands of people have been touring the building.
We talk about the beautiful design of the building, the genius of Eero Saarinen and Richard’s favorite role models as well as his top three projects over his successful career.
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PHOTOFAIRS NEW YORK - Interview with Helen Toomer
NIFF, NORDIC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - Interview with Linnea Larsdotter Mikkelä
DESIGN - Interview with Paola Antonelli
PUBLIC ART FUND - Interview with Susan Freedman
ART IN THE NEW GRAND CENTRAL MADISON - Interview with Sandra Bloodworth
A DIAMOND IS FOREVER - Interview with Greg Kwiat
COLLECTIBLE DESIGN - Interview with Evan Snyderman & Zesty Meyers
NAMES OF NEW YORK - Interview with Joshua Jelly-Shapiro
RICHARD SAUL WURMAN - Interview with Richard Saul Wurman
MARK SELIGER - Interview with Mark Seliger
NYC JEWELRY WEEK - Interview with Bella Neyman & JB Jones
ADFF, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN FILM FESTIVAL - Interview with Kyle Bergman
RICHARD FLORIDA - Interview with Richard Florida
PAULA SCHER - Interview with Paula Scher
THE SHED - Interview with Emma Enderby
MODERNISM - Interview with George Smart
SNØHETTA - Interview with Craig Dykers
THE VINTAGE POSTER - Interview with Philip Williams
HIDDEN SECRETS AT PENN STATION, THE NEW MOYNIHAN TRAIN HALL, THE CITY HALL LOOP AND THE CHAMBER STREET STATION - Interview with Justin Rivers
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