War Memorial Center
Title
War Memorial Center
Publisher
Lawrence Technological University
Date Created
February 27, 2015
Creator
Saarinen, Eero
Creator2
O’Connor, Thomas (photograph)
Creator Nationality
American
Work Type
Single Built Works
Date
July, 1965
Work Location
Wisconsin (state)
Milwaukee (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Modern (styles and periods)
Subject
war memorials
Description
Detail view of cantilevered section of the south side and the stairwell at the War Memorial Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin designed by Eero Saarinen and completed in 1957. "...Eero Saarinen & Associates’ War Memorial Center for Milwaukee, Wis. Saarinen was widely noted for his sharply different approach to each of his commissions, and here he opted for right-angled forms executed in muscular, exposed concrete. His proposal responded to its setting on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan with rectangular volumes cantilevering out 30 feet in three directions from hefty columns that surround an open, central court. While the courtyard and the cantilevered blocks accommodated the war memorial and meeting rooms, the two-story podium below the court provided new quarters for the Milwaukee Art Museum in spacious galleries that opened to lakeside terraces,"--A Landmark With Growth Potential, by John Morris Dixon in Architect, September 20, 2013.
Material/Medium
concrete
steel (alloy)
glass (material)
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
LTU-TO-365
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