Hanimaadhoo Airport Maldives building

Hanimaadhoo Airport

The new Hanimaadhoo International Airport is located on an island with very limited land mass for an international airport of this size. With airfield infrastructure consuming nearly all the available land the concept of a “floating terminal” has been selected by the Government for its innovative, exciting and eco-friendly approach. The proposed building is built entirely on stilts over water without reclamation to preserve the existing environment and the natural coastline.

New Heathrow Terminal 2 Airport Building

Heathrow Terminal 2

Design: Luis Vidal + Architects (LVA). The £2.5 billion Heathrow’s new Terminal 2 development is the first in the UK by Luis Vidal + Architects. The Queen’s Terminal is to serve 20 million passengers a year. This building has taken five years to complete and includes the main Terminal 2 building, a monumental new sculpture by artist Richard Wilson RA, a 1,340-space car park, an energy centre and a cooling station.

Mumbai T2 Airport Terminal, India Building: SOM

Mumbai T2 Airport Terminal 6

Design: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The recent inauguration of Mumbai airport’s new state-of-the-art T2 terminal reveals an impressive engineering and architectural achievement. The newly opened Terminal 2 building at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, is designed by the New York office of architectural firm SOM and built by India-based conglomerate GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd.

Queen Alia International Airport Amman, Jordan

Queen Alia International Airport

Foster + Partners architects have produced a majestic, elegant building for Jordan. The have taken the repetitive pattern and top-lit concept of their earlier Stansted Airport building and improved it with a wonderful treatment of concrete. The building is a heavyweight, concrete flowing but controlled – articulated by well-placed joints. It seems like a return to the serious concrete structures of the past.