Eero Saarinen believed that “architecture is not just here to give space and shelter, but architecture also has the purpose of marking and enhancing man’s time on earth.” Nowhere was he able to illustrate that more boldly than at the General Motors Technical Facility in Warren, MI.
Major funding for American Masters — Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future is provided by the A. Alfred Taubman Foundation. Additional funding is provided in part by American Institute of Architects, National Endowment for the Arts, The Durst Family, Vital Projects Fund, Eric and Katherine Larson Family Fund, MCR Development LLC, Gerald D. Hines, Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey Brown, KieranTimberlake, KPF Foundation, and Daryl and Steven Roth Foundation.
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