TAKEPLACE: TIMELESS DESIGN SLATED FOR CONVERSION

Saturday, February 12, 2011

TIMELESS DESIGN SLATED FOR CONVERSION

Eero Saarinen’s decommissioned TWA Terminal has been slated for conversion into a boutique hotel. It seems as though the Port Authority’s plan is to use the landmark terminal as the gateway to a separate hotel building that will be squeezed into the crescent of space between Saarinen’s building and JetBlue’s Terminal 5. Along with this proposal, some might think that creating a boutique out of a classic could contradict what Saarinen had in mind. Many design challenges can arise from a simple, yet complex transformation. ARCHDAILY

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