The General Motors Technical Center occupies a sprawling campus in Warren, Michigan, designed by Eero Saarinen, who took over the project after his father and design partner Eliel Saarinen died in 1950, with the complex opening in 1956 as a unified research, engineering, styling and administrative campus for General Motors. Saarinen organized the campus into separate low-rise buildings arranged around a long artificial lake, each building identified by walls of glazed brick in a different saturated color, an early and influential use of color as an organizing device across a large corporate campus. The Styling Auditorium is capped by a stainless steel geodesic dome, one of the first large-scale applications of that structural system, while a slender stainless steel water tower designed by Saarinen rises beside the lake as the campus's most recognizable landmark. Contemporary critics dubbed the campus the Versailles of Industry for its scale and formal landscaping. The American Institute of Architects recognized it with its Twenty-Five Year Award in 1985, citing its enduring influence on postwar corporate campus design.
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Building TypeDesign and engineering center 1 LocationWarren, Michigan, United States 1 Completed Year Classification
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The General Motors Technical Center (also the Warren Technical Center, sometimes shortened as the Tech Center) in Warren, Michigan, United States, is the primary design and engineering center for General Motors (GM).
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The General Motors Technical Center (also the Warren Technical Center, sometimes shortened as the Tech Center) in Warren, Michigan, United States, is the primary design and engineering center for General Motors (GM).
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the initial part of the complex, overseen by Eero Saarinen, was dedicated on May 16, 1956
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The General Motors Technical Center (also the Warren Technical Center; sometimes shortened as the Tech Center) in Warren, Michigan, United States, is the primary design and engineering center for General Motors (GM). The facility opened in stages from the 1950s to the 1970s. It was designed by Eero Saarinen and Argonaut Realty, with the landscaping designed by Thomas Church. A railroad track runs north-south through the Tech Center, dividing it into west and east campuses, each with its own cent
In Style: Mid-Century Modern Architecture, Infobox, architecture
architecture: Mid-century modern
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The original buildings share design features, such as facades of glass, enameled steel, and colorful glazed brick.
Uses Element: Steel, Wikipedia lead
The original buildings share design features, such as facades of glass, enameled steel, and colorful glazed brick.
Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia lead
The original buildings share design features, such as facades of glass, enameled steel, and colorful glazed brick.
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