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War Memorial Center - Milwaukee Art Museum
[Milwaukee Art Museum ("Milwaukee County War Memorial …
Milwaukee Art Museum ("Milwaukee County War Memorial Center ...
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Architecture - Milwaukee Art Museum
The War Memorial Center, completed in 1957, was designed by the Finnish American architect Eero Saarinen to create a new home for two previously separate art collections and a veterans memorial. The modernist building is …
Event Spaces - War Memorial Center
Dedicated on Veterans Day 1957 and designated a Milwaukee Landmark in 1974, The War Memorial Center is the stunning architectural achievement of renowned Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, whose work also included the St. …
Milwaukee: War Memorial Center - Flickr
Saarinen incorporated many of Le Corbusier’s ideas: lifting the bulk of a building off the ground on reinforced columns; eliminating load-bearing walls to allow a freeform façade and open floor plan; and using plazas, courtyards, and …
Building Significance & History - War Memorial Center
Saarinen’s unique design of concrete, glass, and granite around the open space, and a floating cruciform with cantilevered portions, is now considered a classic in the development of modern architecture. The WMC was designated a …
Milwaukee County War Memorial Center - Scott Norris Photography