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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 2h

Washington Dulles (opened 1962), by Eero Saarinen. 📷 Byrd Williams/UNT Libraries. #airportarchitecture

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 2h

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Terminal 3 (opened 1994). 📷 via University of Cincinnati. #airportarchitecture

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 2h

Kansas City (opened 1972, closed 2023), by Kivett and Myers. 📷 via @kclibrary.bsky.social. #airportarchitecture

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 2h

Santa Barbara (opened 2011), by HNTB, and PMSM Architects. #airportarchitecture

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 2h

Columbus, Ga. (opened 1991, renovated 2021), by Hecht, Burdeshaw, and Johnson Architects, renovation by RS&H. #airportarchitecture

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 2h

Portland (opened 1958, expanded, replaced 2024). 📷 @sfomuseum.bsky.social. #airportarchitecture

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 7h

Frankfurt, Terminal 1 (opened 1972), by Alois Giefer, Hermann Mäckler and Heinrich Kosina. 📷 Jakab Antal/Fortepan. #airportarchitecture

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 7h

Copenhagen (opened 1939, decommissioned), by Vilhelm Lauritzen. 📷 via Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects. #airportarchitecture

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 8h

Pittsburgh, landside terminal model (opened 1992, closing 2025), by Tasso Katselas. 📷 Gift of Tasso Katselas/Carnegie Museum of Art. #airportarchitecture

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Edward Russell @byerussell.com · 1d

“You just know you’re in Pittsburgh. It’s part of the texture, the very particular design elements and atmosphere of this place.”

Pittsburgh's Tasso Katselas-designed landside terminal will close for good later in October, replaced by a new modern terminal.

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 1d

Atlanta proved the sheer efficiency of complete separation of airside and landside functions at a hub, Tasso Katselas improved on the idea with a more passenger-friendly airside layout for Pittsburgh.

The sun sets for Pittsburgh's landside terminal.

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 1d

Paris Charles de Gaulle, Terminal 1 (opened 1974), by Paul Andreu. 📷 Leonard Currie/Virginia Tech Libraries Special Collections. #airportarchitecture @memoire2cite.bsky.social

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 2d

Hong Kong, Terminal 1 (opened 1998), by Norman Foster. #airportarchitecture

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 4d

San Diego, new Terminal 1 (opened 2025), by Gensler. 📷 San Diego Airport. #airportarchitecture

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 4d

Los Angeles, Terminal 4 satellite (opened 1961, renovated 2024), renovation by PGAL, mural by Allison Kunath. #airportarchitecture

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 5d

Madrid Barajas, Terminal 4 (opened 2006), by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, and Estudio Lamela. 📷 Tom Močička via Flickr. #airportarchitecture

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 5d

Stuttgart, Terminal 3 (opened 2004), by gmp Architects. 📷 Richard Bryant and Wolf Dieter Gericke via gmp Architects. #airportarchitecture

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 5d

Baltimore/Washington waiting area (opened 1979), by Peterson & Brickbauer. 📷 via @bwiairport.bsky.social. #airportarchitecture

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 5d

Zürich, Dock E (opened 2003), by Martin Spühler Architekten AG, and AGPS Architeken. #airportarchitecture

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 5d

Budapest Ferihegy, Terminal 2 (opened 1985). 📷 via Fortepan/Szalay Zoltán. #airportarchitecture

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 5d

Lisbon (opened 1942, renovated). 📷 via University of Nevada, Reno Special Collections. #airportarchitecture

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 5d

Architecture has the power to transport audiences to a place. Here, Paul Andreu’s Roissy Terminal 1 tubes immediately land viewers in Paris.

Paris Charles de Gaulle, Terminal 1 (opened 1974), by Paul Andreu. 📷 French Kiss, 1995. #airportarchitecture

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 5d

Oslo Gardermoen, former terminal, 1970s. 📷 Leif Ørnelund/Oslo Museum via @europeana.bsky.social. #airportarchitecture

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 5d

Cleveland Hopkins (opened 1956), by Outcalt, Guether & Associates. 📷 via Miami University Libraries. #airportarchitecture

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 5d

Dallas Love Field, “World Map” (opened 2013-18, mosaic 1959 and reinstalled), by Corgan, mosaic by Luighi Flabiano. #airportarchitecture

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