It's not enough to build an airport. It also has to look good! The airport has become the emblematic symbol of the region or city it serves. Richard Rogers, Norman Foster, Helmut Jahn, Kisho Kurokawa, Renzo Piano or Santiago Calatrava... from Lyon to Kuala Lumpur, from San Francisco to Abu Dhabi, the world's architectural gotha is being courted to design an airport. With their futuristic atmosphere, airports are sure to please fans of contemporary architecture. So take a moment to admire the airport designs of the great architects of our time in this non-exhaustive list.
PAUL ANDREU: Bordeaux terminal B, Nice terminal 2, Paris-Roissy Charles de Gaulle, Pointe-à-Pitre, Shanghai-Pudong.
RICARDO BOFILL: Barcelona.
SANTIAGO CALATRAVA: Bilbao, Lyon-Saint-Exupéry TGV station.
NORMAN FOSTER: Hong Kong, London-Stansted, Beijing terminal 3
HELMUT JAHN: Bangkok- Suvarnabhumi, Chicago-O'Hare (United Airlines terminal), Cologne-Bonn terminal 2.
KISHO KUROKAWA: Kuala Lumpur.
RENZO PIANO: Osaka-Kansai.
RICHARD ROGERS: London-Heathrow Terminal 5, Madrid Barajas terminal 4.
EERO SAARINEN: New York JFK (former TWA terminal), Washington Dulles.
VON GERKAN: Ancona, Hamburg, Stuttgart.
Special report - Major airports: in search of lost time
Major airports: in search of lost time
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