TWA Hotel

New York, USA

Architects: Beyer Blinder Belle Architects

Location: 11430 New York, USA
Year: 2019
Client: MCR Development
Team: Richard W. Southwick (Partner/Director of Historic Preservation/Partner-in-Charge), Miriam Kelly (Principal), Orest Krawciw (Principal), Carmen Menocal (Principal), Joe Gall (Senior Associate), Susan Bopp (Associate), Efi Orfanou (Associate), Michael Elizabeth Rozas (Associate), Monika Sarac (Associate), Ariane Prache (Architectural Designer)
Consulting Architect & Hotel Building Design: Lubrano Ciavarra Architects
Events Center Interior Design: INC Architecture & Design
Hotel Interior Design: Stonehill Taylor
Landscape Architect: Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects
Mechanical/Electrical: Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Structural Architect: Arup
Geotechnical Engineer: Langan
Materials Conservation: Integrated Conservation Resources (ICR)
Lighting Design-Flight Center & Building Exteriors: One Lux
Lighting Design-Hotel & Event Space: Cooley Monato Studio
Sound Design: Cerami & Associates
Curtain Wall: Front Inc.
Food Service: Next Step Design
Code Consultant: Code Consultants International (CCI)
Lighting: Fisher Marantz Stone
Construction Manager: Turner Construction Company

BBB's design for the redevelopment of Eero Saarinen's mid-century masterpiece reactivates this international landmark and opens it to the public as a hotel, restaurant and conference center.

The newly designed TWA Hotel at JFK International Airport maintains the integrity and legacy of the 1962 structure designed by Eero Saarinen. Vacant for over 15 years, the restored Flight Center serves as the lobby for the hotel, and the cornerstone for the restaurant and conference complex. Two new wings located behind the historic Flight Center house 512 hotel rooms, and a subterranean 46,000 SF conference center is set between the two TWA connecting tubes. Restaurants, a 10,000-SF public observation deck, retail shops, a rooftop pool and a health club complete the program. The TWA Hotel is the only hotel within the JFK Airport property, providing both a convenient travelers amenity and an event destination for the metro New York area. Included in the project plans is a museum focusing on the history of TWA, the story of Eero Saarinen and the Midcentury Modern design movement.