# TWA Flight Center **Domain:** Architecture / Aviation / Mobility **Doc Type:** Built-Environment Node **Maturity:** Evolving **Related:** [[Eero Saarinen]], [[Mid-Century Design Grammar]], [[Civilian Cockpit]], [[Public Mythology]] --- ## Definition The TWA Flight Center at New York's Idlewild Airport, designed by Eero Saarinen and opened in 1962, used sculptural concrete and continuous interior forms to dramatize jet-age movement. ## Corpus Context In [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]], it is an architectural counterpart to the Space Needle: infrastructure rendered as a gesture of departure and bodily flow. ## Relationships [[Eero Saarinen]], [[Mid-Century Design Grammar]], [[Civilian Cockpit]], [[Public Mythology]] ## Sources / Provenance - [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]]