JFK Airport Terminal 6 New York - Sundrome : Information

JFK Airport Terminal 6 Building

Sundrome pavilion - Key 20th Century Architecture

Status: unused since 2008, due for demolition early 2011

Date built: 1970

Architect: I.M. Pei


JFK Sundrome interior - photo from PCFP

JFK Terminal 6 - Sundrome Pavilion Demoliton

Campaign for reprieve re John F. Kennedy International Airport Terminal 6 demolition.

Proposal to demolish Sundrome building at JFK by The Port Authority of New York.
 
Area: 66,000 sqft

Reputedly the JFK Sundrome was the first airport structure to use glass as a primary construction material. Previously the campaign to save JFK Terminal 5 was successful
thus giving the Save Terminal 6 campaigners some hope. However the Sundrome is not desginated a landmark by the NY Landmarks Preservation Commission.

I.M. Pei

I. M. Pei won the coveted RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2010 so it would be rather ironic if this classic JKF building was demolished this year.

I. M. Pei


Key recent Building designed by I.M. Pei:

Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar
2008

photo : Courtesy of the Museum of Islamic Art
Museum of Islamic Art Doha

JFK Airport Terminal 5 Building