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[glynor]

Amazing. They don't design buildings like this anymore, certainly not airport terminals:

http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/06/30/explore_the_twa_terminal_a_pristine_time_capsule_from_1962.php

[JimH]

I saw this when you first posted.  I love that building.  It was new when I first saw it, when I flew there from Nebraska at the beginning of college, and I saw it many more times after that.  

I had (and still have) a deep interest in architecture, and the building was really thrilling to see.  

Eero Saarinen was the architect.  He did a lot of great work.

[gkenfield]

The photography is equally impressive.

Now, let's see the "then and now" side-by-side;-)

[astromo]

Didn't I see some of these spaces used for sets on 2001: A Space Oddysey?

If not, then there are some remarkable likenesses.

[glynor]

Eero Saarinen was the architect.  He did a lot of great work.

For sure. Sadly, he died before the TWA Flight Center was opened in 1962 (though it was largely complete well before then and I'm sure he got to see it mostly-done).

[glynor]

Didn't I see some of these spaces used for sets on 2001: A Space Oddysey?

It certainly does look like it, but I don't think it was actually used anywhere for filming. That said, I think it is obvious that Kubrick took some inspiration for designs from the TWA Terminal (and TWA is, of course, even used in 2001).


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I also don't think it was an accident that the terminal on the space port (shown above) was called Space Station 5, while the TWA Terminal was well known as Terminal 5 (or T5). But who knows.

Certainly this shot would not look at all odd in 2001:

[astromo]

It certainly does look like it, but I don't think it was actually used anywhere for filming. That said, I think it is obvious that Kubrick took some inspiration for designs from the TWA Terminal (and TWA is, of course, even used in 2001).


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Even though they're not one from Eero Saarinen, love the Djinn Chairs. The pedestal tables were one of his.