The Milwaukee County War Memorial Center looking east across Lake Michigan. Designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, construction on the center began in 1955. Heavily influenced by the abstract geometry of French architect Le Corbusier, Saarinen incorporated many of Le Corbusier’s ideas: lifting the majority of the building off the ground on columns, eliminating load-bearing walls to create open floor plans, and…… Continue reading Milwaukee County War Memorial Center