Berlin architects J. Mayer H. have completed this airport building in the medieval mountain town of Mestia, Georgia.
The building comprises two branches that curve up towards the sky and serves the local ski resort.
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New Airport Building in Mestia, Giorgia
The new built airport is part of Georgia's ambitious plans to develop tourism in Mestia.
The beautiful medieval town with its stone defensive towers is part of UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites and also famous as ski-resort. With the unveiling of the airport on December 24th the building was designed and constructed within 3 months.
J. MAYER H. Architects
Project Team: Juergen Mayer H., Jesko Malkolm Johnsson-Zahn, Hugo Reis, Mehrdad Mashaie, Max Reinhardt
Project: October - December 2011
Completion: December 2010
Client: Tbilisi International Airport
Architect on Site: Beka Pkhakadze
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This is either a very unique airport or a very ugly one!!
It's a bit of both, especially the latter.
Some buildings don't need to stand out in a crowd.
Its very nice project. Thank you for sharing. Of course everybody is welcome to beautiful Mestia. For more about Georgia as a travel destination: http://georeales.blogspot.com
if it doesnt stand out .it'll never appear in this website
It is amazing building.