The Architect · Lina · New York
TWA Hotel (TWA Flight Center)
Worth the trip to JFK on its own. Eero Saarinen's terminal is a single sculptural gesture — a concrete bird mid-flight — with sunken lounges, tube corridors, and chili-pepper-red carpet. The 2019 restoration kept the swooping headhouse intact. Go even if you're not flying.
Saarinen's 1962 winged terminal, restored as a hotel — the Jet Age in poured concrete.
— Lina, The Architect
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