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Key Aeronautical Developments + Airports around the World
Airport Architecture
Key Contemporary Air Terminal Buildings + Developments
We've selected what we feel are the key examples of Airport Architecture. We aim to include Airport buildings / projects that are either of top quality or interesting, or ideally both.
We cover completed Airport Terminal buildings, new building designs for airports and architectural exhibitions. We also post architecture competitions for Airports.
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Architecture News arranged chronologically:
HIA Airport City, Doha, Qatar
Design: OMA

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Airport City Buildings Doha - 13 Mar 2013
Rem Koolhaas commented “We are delighted and honored to participate in the exciting growth of Doha, in a project that is perhaps the first serious effort anywhere in the world to interface between an international airport and the city it serves.”
Partner-in-charge Iyad Alsaka commented “Doha’s Airport City is an important addition to the realization of OMA’s work in urbanism and will incorporate unprecedented transport planning opportunities; we look forward to collaborating with the HIA to meet the objectives of this ambitious project.”
New Gibraltar Airport Building
Design: 3DReid and bblur Architecture

photo : Hufton & Crow
Gibraltar Airport Building - 15 Jan 2013
Gibraltar Airport's uniquely situated new terminal building is modern, dynamic, transparent and airy. The new terminal is the first building visitors will see when they enter Gibraltar by air, road or on foot and is located immediately at the frontier, with the Rock as a backdrop.
Frankfurt Airport : Extension of gate A, Germany
gmp - von Gerkan, Marg & Partners

photo © Marcus Bredt, Berlin
Frankfurt Airport - 2 Oct 2012
This building is about 800 meters long, with an area of 185,000 sqm and designed for up to six million passengers a year. On 10 October 2012, Fraport and Lufthansa start operations in the extension of gate A at Rhein-Main airport, Frankfurt, which has been designed and implemented by the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp). The inauguration of the building will take place on 2 October.
London Britannia Airport, Thames Estuary, England
Gensler

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London Britannia Airport - 5 Sep 2012
The world’s largest floating airport would be faster and cheaper to build; London Britannia Airport could provide the UK with its first 24/7 airport within the next decade. Today global design firm Gensler reveals its concept for a new London aviation hub. London Britannia Airport (LBA) would position the capital as the global gateway for Europe in what would be the world’s most innovative infrastructure development this century - whilst reducing environmental impact, cost and disruption to London.
Tampa International Airport Expansion, Florida, USA
Alfonso Architects

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Tampa International Airport Building Expansion - 17 Jul 2012
Alfonso Architects along with The Beck Group has been awarded the $17 million design build project at Tampa International Airport. The complex expansion will include 30,000 sq. ft. of additional space and a 40,000 sq. ft. renovation of existing space at Airside F. Project design starts this month with completion of the first phase by the end of 2012 and the entire upgrade finished by August 2013.The terminal, which originally opened in 1987, handles most of the international flights including daily non-stop service to London and four weekly flights to Cuba.
Abu Dhabi Airport Terminal, UAE
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

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Abu Dhabi Airport Terminal Building - 6 Feb 2012
Tthe new Midfield Terminal Complex at Abu Dhabi International Airport has been approved by the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi. With ground works already commenced on site, a contractor will now be appointed to commence work on the construction of the Terminal Complex
Recent Airport Building Designs
Kutaisi Airport, Georgia
Ben van Berkel / UNStudio

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Kutaisi Airport Building - 23 Nov 2011
Winnipeg Airport, Manitoba, Canada
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

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Winnipeg Airport Building - 31 Oct 2011
Canada’s greenest airport terminal, designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects in collaboration with Stantec, opened Sunday at the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport. The terminal, which draws design inspiration from Manitoba’s vast prairies and sky, will be the first freestanding airport building in Canada to be LEED certified.
Domodedovo Airport, Moscow, Russia

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Domodedovo Airport Building - 31 Oct 2011
RMJM awarded Segment 3 of Domodedovo Airport’s United Terminal. The RMJM European studio has been awarded the contract to design Segment 3 of the United Terminal of Domodedovo Airport in Moscow. It will be designed by RMJM in Edinburgh and Moscow and will increase the airports current capacity by 16.5 million passengers per year, with construction expected to be complete in 2017.
Kuwait International Airport
Foster + Partners

picture : Foster + Partners
Kuwait International Airport - 4 Oct 2011
Kuwait International Airport is planned to significantly increase capacity and establish a new regional air hub in the Gulf - the project’s strategic aims will be matched by a state-of-the-art terminal building, which will provide the highest levels of comfort for passengers and will set a new environmental benchmark for airport buildings. Its design is rooted in a sense of place, responsive to the climate of one of the hottest inhabited environments on earth and inspired by local forms and materials.
Airport Terminal Buildings
Major Terminal Buildings / Projects, alphabetical:
Arctic Airport, Norway
Narud Stokke Wiig / Haptic Architects

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Arctic Airport
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Bangalore Airport Building, India
HOK Architects

image : HOK
Bangalore Airport Building
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Bangkok International Airport, Thailand
Helmut Jahn of Murphy/Jahn Architects

photo : Rainer Viertlböck
Suvarnabhumi Airport
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Barajas Airport Terminal, Madrid, Spain
Richard Rogers Partnership, Estudio Lamela

building image : Manuel Renau
Barajas Airport architecture
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Barcelona Airport, Prat of Llobregat, Spain
Ricardo Bofill, Architect

photo : Adrian Welch
Barcelona Airport
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Capital Airport, Beijing, China
Foster + Partners

image : Nigel Young, Foster + Partners
Beijing Airport
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Carrasco International Airport, Uruguay
Rafael Vinoly Architects

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Carrasco Airport building, Montevideo
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Chep Lap Kok Airport, Hong Kong
Foster + Partners

photograph : Dennis Gilbert/VIEW
Chep Lap Kok Airport, Lantau Island
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Christchurch Terminal, New Zealand
HASSELL + Warren and Mahoney

picture © Stantiall Studio
Christchurch Airport Terminal
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Copenhagen Airport buildings, Denmark
Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects

photo from VLA
Copenhagen Airport Terminal
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Delhi Airport Building, India
HOK Architects

image : HOK
Delhi Airport Building
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Dublin T2 Airport, Ireland
Pascall + Watson Architects

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Dublin Airport
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Farnborough Airport, England, UK
REID architecture

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