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Architect Eero Saarinen
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Location St. Louis, Missouri   map
Date 1947 competition, construction 1961 to 1966   timeline
Building Type memorial arch, monument, observation tower
 Construction System stainless steel
Climate temperate
Context riverside urban park
Style Structural Expressionist Modern
Notes Arched gateway to the historical American West, on the bank of the Mississippi River. A 630 foot high graceful sweeping tapered curve of stainless steel, the St. Louis Gateway Arch is the tallest memorial in the US.
Images

 

Photo, exterior overview
View from east
View from east
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Drawings

 

Engraving
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Discussion Gateway Arch Commentary

Details

Catenary curve arch, 630 feet high, and 630 feet wide at the base.

American Institute of Architects 25 Year Award, 1990

Resources
Sources on Gateway Arch

Johnson Architectural Images. Copyrighted slides in the Artifice Collection.

Charles Guggenheim. Monument to the Dream. A documentary film on the construction of the arch.

Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com

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Web Resources
Links on Gateway Arch

A View of the Arch — and visitor details, at the St. Louis Front Page

St. Louis Arch — another site with Arch visiting information

Gateway Arch at Archiplanet — Find, add, and edit info at the all-buildings collaboration

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