Deere hosts exhibit of modern buildings to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their landmark building
The company is hosting an exhibit at their Saarinen designed headquarters in Moline, Illinois entitled Structures of Our Time: 31 Buildings That Changed Modern Life. It is a special architectural exhibit celebrating buildings that have received the American Institute of Architect's 25-Year Award. The Deere Administative Center was one of Saarinen's last designs. The surrounding pastoral landscape setting was designed by Stu Dawson of Sasaki Associates.
Link: John Deere & Company
Link: Eero Saarinen bio (via USNPS)
Link: Sasaki Associates
Via: Quad-City Times - "Deere’s World Headquarters is centerpiece of new exhibit"
Via: Quad-City Times - "Landscaping was dear to their hearts"
In 1993, the prestigious award was granted to the Deere & Company Administrative Center, which is now identified as the Deere & Company World Headquarters, in Moline, Il. Instituted in 1969, the 25-Year award honors structures that are 25-35 years old and widely recognized to be of special significance and broad influence, and representative of the enduring power of good design. Among other buildings receiving the award and included in the exhibit are the Rockefeller Center and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City; the John Hancock Center, Chicago, Ill.; and the Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Mo.
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