Airports
Survey data points to achievable solutions for airports around the globe.
BD+C editors speak with experts from ALICE Technologies, Build Group, Hastings Architecture, Nv...
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First-Place Winner: BANIYA, The Green Gateway, designed by Nikhil Bang and Kaushal Tatiya from the Southern California Institute of Architecture.
Winning projects reimagine airport mobility in the year 2100 for one of the 20 busiest airports...
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Gensler’s solution for infection control in airports relies on a combination of actions that begin with prescreening passengers as they enter the building. Technology will help keep passengers moving, and, when stationary, distanced from fellow travelers. Illustration: Gensler
More automation and scanning, of people and baggage, will help unclog airports.
This rendering illustrates CallisonRTKL’s biophilic design for the Guadalajara Airport in Mexico. Passenger well-being is a key driver of that design, which also facilitates touchless processing from curb to gate. Rendering: CallisonRTKL
Alternative project delivery methods are also being considered.
The September 10 episode of BD+C's "The Weekly" is available for viewing on demand.
All renderings courtesy CallisonRTKL
Guadalajara Airport Terminal 2 will be designed from the ground up.
This week's guests: Mitch Dalton, Core Spaces; Andrew Horning, Bala Consulting Engineers; and Geoffrey Ax, Populous.
Experts from Core Spaces, Bala Consulting Engineers, and Populous were interviewed in the July...
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All photos courtesy of LaGuardia Gateway Partners
HOK and WSP USA designed the project.
The span connects Sea-Tac's new International Arrivals Facility with the airport's South Satellite. Images: Courtesy of Clark Construction
It took eight years to plan, design, and construct this bridge.
Photos: LEO A DALY/Atkins
LEO A DALY designed the project.
All renderings courtesy COX/ZHA
The COX/ZHA team was selected from a field of over forty applicants.
Photo: Pexels
Hensel Phelps, AECOM, Turner, Skanska, and PCL top the rankings of the nation's largest airport t...
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Photo by Michael Gaida from Pixabay
Jacobs, Arup, Burns & McDonnell, Ghafari Associates, and Kimley-Horn head the rankings of the...
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Boarding Area B at San Francisco International Airport’s Harvey Milk Terminal 1. Renderings: HKS
AECOM, Gensler, HNTB, Corgan, and HOK top the rankings of the nation's largest airport terminal s...
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Wanderwall is one of the largest public art pieces in North Carolina. Designed by Marc Fornes/Theverymany, it reimagines an exterior wall of the Stonewell Station parking garage along Interstate 277 in Charlotte (more below). Photo: NAARO
9 projects that push the limits of architectural design, space planning, and material innovation....
Auckland Airport — Auckland, New Zealand. Photo courtesy Gensler
Connected devices and their wealth of data have led to significant improvements in operational ef...
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Courtesy TWA Hotel
MCR and Morse Development spearheaded the project.
All Photos Courtesy: Paine Field Propeller Airports
$40 million redevelopment brands hub as true boutique airport.
All photos courtesy Hufton + Crow
Amir Mann-Ami Shinar Architects and Planners designed the facility in partnership with Moshe Zur...
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A star-shaped oculus is a focal point of Studio ORD's winning design proposal for O'Hare Airport's expansion. Image: Studio ORD
Studio ORD, which includes Chicago-based Studio Gang, is chosen from five finalists.
Courtesy Peter Walker Partners Landscape.
The addition is set to open this spring.
Photo: Seamus Payne
Skanska and HOK led the design-build team.
Courtesy ACAA
The terminal’s design philosophy combines nature, technology, and community.
More airports are asking passengers to check their own baggage. What’s the ripple effect?
Norman Foster (right), Founder and Executive Chairman of London-based Foster + Partners, discussing sketches of the three-arched entrance for his design team's proposal for O'Hare International Airport's new global terminal. Image: Foster + Partners
Competition finalists took different approaches to rethinking the logistics of a gigantic, hectic...
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Courtesy Foster + Partners
The project was set to cost $13.3 billion.
A new 280,000-sf passenger terminal at Hong Kong International is slated to provide 57 aircraft parking positions and be able to handle 30 million passengers a year. AECOM is the design firm. Aecom
As service demand surges, airports turn to technology, faster building techniques.
Cultivation of airport cities is an emerging development strategy shaped by urban planners, civic...
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