BIG and HOK to add timber terminal and control tower to Zurich Airport
Danish architecture studio BIG and US firm HOK have revealed the design for a mass-timber terminal and control tower named Dock A at Zurich's airport. More
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Miller Hull Partnership and Woods Bagot design timber Sea-Tac airport expansion
Architecture offices Miller Hull Partnership and Woods Bagot have revealed plans for an extension of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. More
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Urban-Air Port designs "world's first urban airport" for flying cars and drones
Aviation and aerospace manufacturing company Urban-Air Port has designed Air One, an airport for electric flying cars and large drones in Coventry, UK. More
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Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners completes modular airport terminal in Geneva
British architecture studio Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has completed the polychromatic and modular Aile Est airport terminal in Geneva, Switzerland, as part of a consortium called RBI-T. More
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Norman Foster criticises architects' "hypocritical moral stance" on airports
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Norman Foster has criticised architects that have walked away from designing airports due to concerns about the environmental impact of air travel. More
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Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners designs Shenzhen airport terminal with "natural environment at its heart"
Architecture studio Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has designed a terminal for an airport in Shenzhen, China, that will be arranged around a large covered garden. More
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Flughafen Tegel book bids farewell to Berlin's brutalist "drive-in airport"
Photographers Robert Rieger and Felix Brüggemann have released a book that pays homage to the recently closed Tegel airport and captures its distinctive hexagonal terminal that once served as a bastion of freedom for walled-in West Berlin. More
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Fentress Architects launches $15,000 competition to envision airport of the future
Dezeen promotion: the Fentress Global Challenge is inviting students to design an airport terminal for 2100. More
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Construction begins on Foster + Partners' Red Sea International Airport in Saudi Arabia
Work has started on building a Foster + Partners-designed international airport on the west coast of Saudi Arabia, which was "inspired by the colours and textures of the desert landscape". More
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Carbon net-zero design for Delhi Noida International Airport revealed
Architecture firms Nordic Office of Architecture, Grimshaw, Haptic and consultants STUP have won the competition to design a carbon-neutral terminal for Delhi Noida International Airport in India. More
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Video offers glimpse inside Safdie Architects' Jewel Changi Airport
This short film provides a brief tour of Safdie Architects' Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore, which is home to the world's tallest indoor waterfall. More
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"Foster + Partners withdrawing will not solve climate change" say commenters
In this week's comments update, readers are debating whether Foster + Partners should pull out of designing a controversial new private airport in Saudi Arabia and sharing their views on other top stories. More
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ACAN calls on Foster + Partners to withdraw from Amaala airport project over climate concerns
Climate activist group Architects Climate Action Network has called on Foster + Partners to pull out of a controversial new private airport in Saudi Arabia – or resign as a signatory of the Architects Declare movement. More
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CallisonRTKL unveils Guadalajara airport terminal informed by Mexico's canyons
US firm CallisonRTKL has designed a terminal building for the airport in Guadalajara topped with a perforated wooden ceiling to filter sunlight. More
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Gensler expands and remodels Colorado airport with cosy yet contemporary interiors
Gensler has added a black metal volume to an airport servicing ski resorts in Vail, Colorado, containing lounges with fireplaces and pale wood ceilings. More
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Toyota presents finalists of baggage handling competition
Toyota is showcasing the finalists of this year's Toyota Logistics Design Competition for the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. More
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Rozana Montiel builds Mexican incinerators from corrugated-concrete
Mexican architect Rozana Montiel has developed a "new kind of folded concrete" that is being used to build prefabricated solid-waste furnaces across Mexico. More
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Opposite Office proposes converting Berlin's Brandenburg airport into superhospital
German studio Opposite Office has proposed creating a temporary Covid-19 superhospital inside Berlin's unfinished Brandenburg airport during the coronavirus pandemic. More
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Fentress Architects launches 2020 competition to design airport of the future
Dezeen promotion: Fentress Architects is inviting entries to its annual Fentress Global Challenge – a competition that tasks students with designing an airport terminal for the year 2100. More
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Grimshaw's Heathrow airport expansion in jeopardy as third runway ruled illegal
Plans to expand UK's Heathrow airport by architecture firm Grimshaw are in disarray as a court has deemed a third runway illegal due to climate change implications. More
