General Motors Technical Center

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The General Motors Technical Center (also the Warren Technical Center; sometimes shortened as the Tech Center) in Warren, Michigan, United States, is the primary design and engineering center for General Motors (GM). The facility opened in stages from the 1950s to the 1970s. It was designed by Eero Saarinen and Argonaut Realty, with the landscaping designed by Thomas Church. A railroad track runs north–south through the Tech Center, dividing it into west and east campuses, each with its own central rectangular lake. GM chairman Alfred P. Sloan and research director Charles F. Kettering devised the Tech Center to separate the company's research and development activities from its other divisions. At the urging of GM executive Harley Earl, Sloan hired Eliel Saarinen and Robert Swanson in 1944 to draw up the initial plans. Material shortages postponed the beginning of construction to 1949; the initial part of the complex, overseen by Eero Saarinen, was dedicated on May 16, 1956, and included...

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