ruminations about architecture and design

Thursday, August 4, 2011

some saarinen for today-dulles international airport terminal

This is one of the more elegant modern buildings ever built, possible the most elegant, although Louis Kahn did a show stopper with the Kimbell Art Museum.
What I like most about it is that it proves how versatile sheds can be. A row of columns and a roof can give you both a functional and beautiful building. I've read in places that we haven't quite settled on the perfect form for the airport terminal. I think that is an unfair criticism because all transportation buildings suffer from a philosophical transience. At some point they get worn out and it makes sense to build fresh. More work for the profession.

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