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Lishui Airport / MAD Architects

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000

The Lishui Airport in Zhejiang Province, designed by MAD, has officially begun operations, marking the regions first direct connection to China's national aviation network. Initiated in 2008 and completed after 17 years of planning and construction, the project signals a new chapter for the mountainous of southwestern Zhejiang.

Techo International Airport Cambodia / Foster + Partners

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 02:00:00 +0000

An inaugural ceremony marked the official opening of Techo International Airport in Phnom Penh. Designed by Foster + Partners, the new terminal building embodies Cambodia's long-term vision for growth. It evokes a strong sense of place, drawing inspiration from one of the oldest civilizations on earth, inspired by its vernacular forms, and responsive to the tropical climate.

Aspire Westjet Lounge / MRDK

Hadir Al Koshta — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Tucked into the Transborder terminal of Calgary International Airport, the Aspire WestJet Garden Lounge is a tranquil expansion of the existing Aspire lounge. The project began with the simple yet poetic idea of walking from the main lounge into the garden. A new opening was carved into the original wall, allowing guests to flow seamlessly into the garden addition with its 40-foot ceilings, expansive skylights, and a full-height curtain wall.

Western Sydney Airport / Zaha Hadid Architects + Cox Architecture + Woods Bagot

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000

A debut look inside the newly completed Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (WSI) terminal reveals a design that redefines airport architecture in Australia – grounded in place, shaped by light, and built for the future of aviation. As the first major airport built in Australia in over 50 years, WSI signals a generational shift that will transform Western Sydney. Located in Badgerys Creek, the terminal is a catalyst for long-term economic, social, and cultural opportunity. From initial design concepts by COX Architecture and Zaha Hadid Architects to the design and construction by Multiplex and Woods Bagot, the terminal blends innovation with functionality. It reflects the identity of its setting while offering an intuitive and future-ready passenger experience.

Maharishi Valmiki International Airport / STHAPATI

Hana Abdel — Sat, 25 May 2024 01:00:00 +0000

In the heart of India, the newly unveiled Ayodhya Airport by the Airports Authority of India isn't just a transportation hub; it's a living testament to the nation's cultural richness. Departing from the conventional glass box architecture, each facet of the airport, from its towering roof to the intricate columns, has a historical and spiritual significance. The airport's architecture weaves together history, tradition, sustainable practices, and mythological stories —a deliberate departure from minimalism and the coming together of cultural expression and modern innovation.

Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill + Enter Projects Asia

Paula Pintos — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 07:00:00 +0000

The opening of Terminal 2 at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (BLR Airport) marks a transformative moment for the state of Karnataka in southern India. Located in Bengaluru, one of the country’s largest cities, the 255,000-square-meter terminal emphasizes the city’s rich history and culture, while looking toward the future. It increases the airport’s annual passenger capacity by 25 million and is a striking civic gateway that will establish BLR Airport as one of the world’s premier airports.

Kansas City International Airport New Terminal / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Paula Pintos — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 17:00:00 +0000

The new terminal at Kansas City International Airport (KCI)—designed, planned, and engineered by SOM with Clark | Weitz | Clarkson (CWC) and a team of consultants largely led by women—is a state-of-the-art travel hub that transforms the existing airport. This 1.1-million-square-foot building replaces the original, overcrowded terminals, built in 1972, with a single 39-gate complex designed to expand to 50 gates in the future. The project significantly increases passenger capacity, and reimagines the travel experience, embodying the region's rich culture and elevating the airport into a place that is inclusive and accessible to all.

Alaska Airlines Flagship Lounge / Graham Baba Architects

Andreas Luco — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 15:00:00 +0000

At the Alaska Airlines Flagship Lounge in SeaTac International Airport, the door is always open. Travelers seek lounges as an escape from the anxiety, noise, and commotion of the concourse. Traditionally, airport lounges catered to this desire by emphasizing exclusivity: sleek, business-oriented safe havens that prioritized the needs of a privileged swath of travelers. Alaska Airlines sought to transform the lounge typology by providing a warm, welcoming space where all guests could find refuge – to relax, work, refuel and connect – a home-away-from-home with a sense of place deeply rooted in the Pacific Northwest. Programmatically, the lounge is conceived in four zones: Come In, an approachable entry; Help Yourself, a casual bistro; Take a Breath, a haven for peaceful relaxation; and Cut Loose, a cozy bar atmosphere. Lightly separated with an array of oak and twisted metal screens, the spaces flow together.

Aegean Business Lounge / K-Studio

Andreas Luco — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 09:00:00 +0000

The new venue of Aegean Airlines was conceived drawing inspiration from the humble sculptural folk architecture of the Cyclades, reflecting on the cutting edge technology of airplanes, and was crowned with a sense of comfort, as originally seen in the air traveling the world. Curved, soft edges and shapes of flow interpreted in the deep Aegean sea blue convey the aesthetics and the dynamic of technology, borrowed from the culture of air traveling.

Dalaman International Airport Terminal II / EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture

Andreas Luco — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Located in the Mediterranean Riviera of Turkey, the new 105,585-square-meter international terminal of Dalaman Airport is designed as a branch of the airport Complex of which the domestic flights terminal was completed by EAA in 2006.

International Arrivals Facility at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Luciana Pejić — Mon, 16 May 2022 18:00:00 +0000

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) led the design team, replacing a 50-year-old arrivals facility with a dynamic structure nearly five times bigger, dramatically improving the passenger experience. The IAF comprises an aerial walkway—the longest of its kind in the world—a Grand Hall, and a secure corridor to increase the number of international-capable gates.

Chibougamau-Chapais Air Terminal / EVOQ + ARTCAD architects

Valeria Silva — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 17:00:00 +0000

The Chibougamau-Chapais airport is the gateway to the Eeyou Istchee James Bay region. It services a large territory that includes the communities of Chibougamau, Chapais, and Oujé-Bougoumou. Faced with growing passenger traffic, a new terminal building was deemed necessary to meet the increasing demand. The new terminal was designed according to the latest standards to provide a seamless passenger experience and to express the aspirations and culture of the communities it services.

Helsinki Airport Extension / ALA Architects

Pilar Caballero — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0000

The newly opened expansion of Helsinki Airport brings adventure and romance back to air travel. It also improves the functionality of the airport, built in multiplephases starting from the 50s. In 2016, the airport operator Finavia launched a design competition for theexpansion and modification of terminal 2.The competition task included relocating the departures and arrivals halls to a new building so that the existing departures hall of terminal 2 could be turned into gate areas.

Te Hono – New Plymouth Airport Terminal / Beca Design Practice

Valeria Silva — Sat, 14 Aug 2021 20:00:00 +0000

Te Hono, New Plymouth Airport Terminal, Beca Design Practice. This significant project, conceived as a strong architectural and cultural gateway, provided an opportunity to integrate the local hapū (subtribe), Puketapu, into the design team to create a site-specific response that distinctly reflects the Taranaki region which the airport serves.

South Wing Expansion - Athens International Airport / Alexandros N. Tombazis and Associates | AVW Architecture

Valeria Silva — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 06:00:00 +0000

The Expansion of the main terminal building of Athens International Airport (AIA) was instigated by the new European Security Regulatory Framework enforced in 2019, in order to cover a critical increase in Extra Schengen’s operational needs. The terminal building, approx. 168.000 sqm and almost 800m in length, had to extend by an additional 10% to cover the additional capacity requirements.

Nelson Airport Terminal / Studio Pacific Architecture

Andreas Luco — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 20:00:00 +0000

The Nelson Airport Terminal is a new large span timber building overlooking the runway, with a stunning backdrop of Tasman Bay and the Western Ranges in Nelson, New Zealand. The requirement for a new terminal building arose out of the reality that the existing 1975 building no longer met building code requirements or functioned efficiently with the ever-increasing passenger numbers travelling through Nelson.

Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt / gmp Architects

Paula Pintos — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 11:00:00 +0000

The Airport consists of the passenger terminal, the Airport City in the center of the parallel takeoff and landing runways, as well as maintenance areas to the west and service and cargo areas to the east. All elements are aligned along with the overall axial system and form an architectural and functional unit. The newly built railway, road, and aviation hub converges at one point and thereby ensures that the distances between the different transport modes are as short as possible. Starting from the entrance in the east, the traditional Brandenburg landscape has been remodeled to create cohesive urban open space in the Airport City at the center of the airport.

Rostov on Don Business Terminal / Nefa Architects

Andreas Luco — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000

The new airport was based on the site with a rich history and huge amount of archaeological finds. At the construction site, a mound with Sarmatian burials was discovered and, in the mound, there lay treasure with gold ornaments. Also at the beginning of the 2 century there were greek colonies.

Eagle County Regional Airport Concourse Replacement / Gensler

Andreas Luco — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 11:00:00 +0000

The Eagle County Regional Airport serves both locals and visitors of Eagle County and the Vail Valley. A reimagined concourse was constructed with six new gates in a design-build collaboration with Gensler and Hensel Phelps. The primary purpose of the project was to resolve gate lounge sizing issues to accommodate both current and future enplanements, as well as enhance the overall passenger experience.

LaGuardia Terminal B Arrivals and Departures Hall / HOK

Andreas Luco — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 19:00:00 +0000

LaGuardia Airport Terminal B Arrivals and Departures Hall (aka headhouse) is a highly efficient yet adaptable terminal that completely transforms the passenger experience while paying homage to the architectural grandeur and individuality of New York City. The four-story, 850,000-sq.-ft. the facility houses passenger services and amenities, including airline check-in, baggage drop-off and pick-up, and security. These enhancements are supplemented by extensive food, beverage, and retail options as well as a dynamic public art program. The steel-framed terminal, with its linear, precisely articulated, and dynamic form presents a modern, cohesive face to both the landside and airside. It replaces a disjointed patchwork of structures with one that closely follows the curves of the Grand Central Parkway (GCP) and the airport access roads.

Mactan Cebu International Airport T2 / Integrated Design Associates

罗靖琳 - Jinglin Luo — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 23:00:00 +0000

Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) is the second largest airport in the Philippines. To meet traffic demands a new Terminal 2 for international traffic is planned to supplement the existing Terminal 1, which will be converted to Domestic use when T2 completes. Hong Kong-based architect, Integrated Design Associates, was invited to design the new terminal. The expanded facility is expected to transform MCIA from a city airport to a world-class international hub, as the main gateway to the central Philippine region.

Florianópolis International Airport / Biselli Katchborian Arquitetos

Andreas Luco — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 22:00:00 +0000

Florianópolis International Airport underwent a privatization process in 2017. As required by the current operator, a terminal with two operational levels (boarding and landing) and ten boarding bridges was designed. This new structure was installed to the south of the main runway - in a territory with no previous occupation - in order to allow the existing terminal, on the opposite side of the complex, to be deactivated. To enable its implementation, new accesses from the city and new parking areas were built, as well as new taxiways and a new apron area/ramp.

Beijing Daxing International Airport / Zaha Hadid Architects

Paula Pintos — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 06:00:00 +0000

Beijing Daxing International Airport is a new airport in the Daxing district 46km south of the city centre (20 minutes by express train). Developed to alleviate congestion at the capital’s existing airport, Beijing Daxing will be a major transport hub for the region with the world’s fastest-growing demand for international travel and is fully integrated within the country’s expanding transport network.

Bergen Airport / Nordic Office of Architecture

Andreas Luco — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:00:00 +0000

Bergen Airport is the second busiest airport in Norway, located 19 km south of Bergen city centre. In 2017, the airport was upgraded with a new passenger terminal building and an improved taxiway system. The airport now has the capacity to serve 7.5 million passengers per year. In addition to the new terminal, Nordic was responsible for the masterplan on airside and landside, as well as auxiliary buildings.