TWA flight centre – Grand Central of the jet age
The TWA Flight Center or Trans World Flight Center opened in 1962 as the original terminal for Trans World Airlines – designed by Eero Saarinen and located at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
The departures area - TWA terminal New York - Idlewild Airport
Advert for TWA terminal 1 - 1961
TWA Terminal 1
The luminal tunnel of the Terminal at JFK International Airportis the perfect symbolic experience of the future. A truly theatrical passage which embodies the utopian ideal of transcendence and transportation in travel.
TWA Skyliner September 1994
Following the demise of TWA in 1999 the future of the terminal looked uncertain. In 2004 Rachel K. Ward used the space to curate an art exhibition called Terminal 5, featuring the works of artists Jenny Holzer, Dan Graham, Vanessa Beecroft, Tom Sachs, Tobias Wong, Douglas Coupland, Mark Handforth, Anri Sala, Sean Linezo, Jonas Mekas and Aleksandra Mir , however the show was promptly shut down after a raucaus opening party got out of control.
The terminal after the closure of TWA
The terminal lay dormant for some time but atttracted interest from a range of parties, including the government of Finland, however in 2004 the terminal was taken over by US low cost airline JetBlue.
We liked the, interior of airport and the night photo of TWA airport, as shown above. ( first and the second photo)
Can we use it for our book, for the students of architecture?
We will be happy to acknowledge.
Please send us the high resolution pictures.
Kulbhushan Jain