November 2010
2 posts
I. M. Pei's Terminal 6 at JFK to be demolished
A recent news item in Preservation Magazine brought to my attention this planned demolition at JFK airport in New York City. I. M. Pei’s Terminal 6, built in 1970 for National Airlines and used in the past few years by JetBlue, sits next to Eero Saarinen’s Terminal 5, another architectural landmark. According to Port Authority, the space could be converted into a parking lot or...
Boston City Hall: The ideology behind the infamous...
This is a post I wrote for the blog at Design Museum Boston. It’s part of a series on Boston City Hall.
“Architecture is not about self-expression,” said Gerhard Kallmann, the architect who, along with partner Michael McKinnell, designed Boston City Hall. Unlike painting and sculpture, architecture rarely wears its message on its sleeve. Though architectural movements are fraught with ...