Saturday, March 6, 2010

Dulles Airport

Eero Saarinen's Monument to Flight

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Soaring windows reach for the sky.

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The sweeping curved ceiling evokes taking wing.

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Saarinen carefully orchestrated the different levels.

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The original control tower.

2 comments:

  1. So, why were you there, or are these shots previously taken?

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  2. We were there to pick up our son but these are a collection made from several trips. The form of this building has fascinated me since my youth when we used to see my father, who worked for NASA, off on his trips.

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