TWA Terminal at JFK International Airport
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Thin shell
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| Function / usage: |
Airport terminal building
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| Completed in: | 1962 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Queens, New York, New York, USA, North America |
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| Part of: |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| width | 67 m | |
| height | 15 m | |
| covered area | > 5 000 m2 | |
| length | 96 m |
Quantities
| concrete weight | 5 400 t |
Materials
| building structure |
reinforced concrete
|
|---|---|
| shell |
reinforced concrete
|
Participants
Owner
Architecture
Structural engineering
Relevant Web Sites
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archINFORM: Trans World Airlines Terminal (TWA)
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Great Buildings Online: TWA in New York
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JFK International Airport, New York
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Trans World Airlines Terminal, John F. Kennedy Airport (Mary Ann Sullivan)
Relevant Publications
- World Airports / Weltflughäfen, Junius Verlag GmbH, Hamburg (Germany), ISBN 3885065193, 2002
- L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 519-521
- Saarinen, Taschen, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3836513307, 2009; pp. 60-68
- New York City für Architekten, Heike Werner Verlag, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3980947106, 2004; pp. 246-247
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000428 |
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| Created: | 29/09/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 19/03/2013 |