Career achievements / Story of betrayal Saarinen’s projects can actually be categorized into three different approaches, ranging from pure function to uninhibited expression. He explored all three strategies simultaneously throughout his career, rendering any singular summation of his work inaccurate.
Abstraction
Increasing Formal Expresssion IBM Rochester, 1958
Orthogonal modern utility
MIT Chapel, 1955
Concealed internal expression
TWA Terminal, 1962
External expression
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