Annual Builders Event

Members of
The Builders are invited to attend this year’s annual Builders Event on Thursday, July 10 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Invited guests will enjoy refreshments and have the opportunity to view the exhibition
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future.
Special guest Peter M. Ruggiero, AIA, design partner in the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, will join members for the evening. Mr. Ruggiero will present an illustrated talk about his work, particularly the master plan for the Washington Dulles International Airport expansion, which incorporates the iconic terminal building designed by Eero Saarinen.
Dulles International Airport Terminal, Chantilly, Virginia, circa 1963.
© Balthazar Korab Ltd.
Mr. Ruggiero’s experience spans a multitude of project types, including high-profile commercial buildings such as 7 World Trade Center in New York, the new International Treaty Organization Headquarters in Brussels, Broadgate West in London, and projects in China and Russia. In addition to the Dulles expansion project, he has worked on several other airport projects, including new terminals at the Lester B. Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, and terminal expansions for Continental Airlines at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.
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