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Marking Man's Time on Earth at General Motors
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.
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