Airport Architecture
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Celebrating airport architecture and design around the world / #airportarchitecture
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December 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Noticed this art — metal bands wrapping the concrete support pillars — at the Dulles Metro station for the first time yesterday.
Nice to have but it certainly does not pop.
h/t @robpegoraro.com
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Nice to have but it certainly does not pop.
h/t @robpegoraro.com
open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...
December 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Noticed this art — metal bands wrapping the concrete support pillars — at the Dulles Metro station for the first time yesterday.
Nice to have but it certainly does not pop.
h/t @robpegoraro.com
open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...
Nice to have but it certainly does not pop.
h/t @robpegoraro.com
open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...
Love the details, even PSA smiles on the 727s!
Los Angeles, Terminal 1 rendering (opened 1984), by Norma Sklarek at Welton Becket Associates. #airportarchitecture
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Los Angeles, Terminal 1 rendering (opened 1984), by Norma Sklarek at Welton Becket Associates. #airportarchitecture
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December 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Love the details, even PSA smiles on the 727s!
Los Angeles, Terminal 1 rendering (opened 1984), by Norma Sklarek at Welton Becket Associates. #airportarchitecture
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Los Angeles, Terminal 1 rendering (opened 1984), by Norma Sklarek at Welton Becket Associates. #airportarchitecture
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Albuquerque Sunport (opened 1989, renovated), by Phillip Jacobson, and BPLW Associates. #airportarchitecture
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December 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Albuquerque Sunport (opened 1989, renovated), by Phillip Jacobson, and BPLW Associates. #airportarchitecture
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More soon: the closed airside pedestrian tunnel at the Albuquerque Sunport. #airportarchitecture
December 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
More soon: the closed airside pedestrian tunnel at the Albuquerque Sunport. #airportarchitecture
Santa Fe (opened 1957, expanded), by Woolgamood & Millington Architects. #airportarchitecture
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December 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Santa Fe (opened 1957, expanded), by Woolgamood & Millington Architects. #airportarchitecture
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Airport train station art, a subset of the broader airport art genre, are spaces that act as welcome mats to the place an airport serves.
From visible representations of movement to iconography that is both art and wayfinding, come down a rabbit hole with me: open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...
From visible representations of movement to iconography that is both art and wayfinding, come down a rabbit hole with me: open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Airport train station art, a subset of the broader airport art genre, are spaces that act as welcome mats to the place an airport serves.
From visible representations of movement to iconography that is both art and wayfinding, come down a rabbit hole with me: open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...
From visible representations of movement to iconography that is both art and wayfinding, come down a rabbit hole with me: open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...
📍 Pittsburgh
December 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
📍 Pittsburgh
📍 Zurich
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
📍 Zurich
📍 Boston Logan
December 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
📍 Boston Logan
📍 United at hubs
Not a huge fan of these, agree with a lot of @woconnor11.bsky.social’s critique the other week: open.substack.com/pub/gettinga...
Not a huge fan of these, agree with a lot of @woconnor11.bsky.social’s critique the other week: open.substack.com/pub/gettinga...
December 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
📍 United at hubs
Not a huge fan of these, agree with a lot of @woconnor11.bsky.social’s critique the other week: open.substack.com/pub/gettinga...
Not a huge fan of these, agree with a lot of @woconnor11.bsky.social’s critique the other week: open.substack.com/pub/gettinga...
Starting an airport FIDS thread. Who does it best?
📍 Denver
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#airportdesign
📍 Denver
More: open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...
#airportdesign
December 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Starting an airport FIDS thread. Who does it best?
📍 Denver
More: open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...
#airportdesign
📍 Denver
More: open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...
#airportdesign
December 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“Where Yampa falls apart is post-security. Gate waiting areas have been added in a haphazard fashion that is neither spacious nor cohesive, and undersized for the mainline aircraft the airport now sees.”
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December 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“Where Yampa falls apart is post-security. Gate waiting areas have been added in a haphazard fashion that is neither spacious nor cohesive, and undersized for the mainline aircraft the airport now sees.”
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Santiago de Chile (opened 2018-2021), by Luis Vidal + Architects, and ADPi. 📷 @sebastianbarney.bsky.social. #airportarchitecture
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December 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Santiago de Chile (opened 2018-2021), by Luis Vidal + Architects, and ADPi. 📷 @sebastianbarney.bsky.social. #airportarchitecture
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West Yellowstone (opened 2025), by A&E + SMA Design. 📷 Yellowstone Airport - WYS. #airportarchitecture
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December 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
West Yellowstone (opened 2025), by A&E + SMA Design. 📷 Yellowstone Airport - WYS. #airportarchitecture
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Denver, Concourse A and terminal rendering (unbuilt). 📷 Denver Public Library. #airportarchitecture
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December 8, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Denver, Concourse A and terminal rendering (unbuilt). 📷 Denver Public Library. #airportarchitecture
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Santiago de Chile (opened 2018-2021), by Luis Vidal + Architects, and ADPi. 📷 @sebastianbarney.bsky.social. #airportarchitecture
www.instagram.com/p/DR8RgKfETL...
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December 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Santiago de Chile (opened 2018-2021), by Luis Vidal + Architects, and ADPi. 📷 @sebastianbarney.bsky.social. #airportarchitecture
www.instagram.com/p/DR8RgKfETL...
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San Jose, Terminal C (opened 1966, demolished 2010), by Hollis Logue Jr. 📷 @flysjc.bsky.social. #airportarchitecture
www.instagram.com/p/Bg1d-cnh-RR/
www.instagram.com/p/Bg1d-cnh-RR/
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM
San Jose, Terminal C (opened 1966, demolished 2010), by Hollis Logue Jr. 📷 @flysjc.bsky.social. #airportarchitecture
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www.instagram.com/p/Bg1d-cnh-RR/
Copenhagen, Finger A (opened 1995), by Holm & Grut Arkitekter. 📷 Per Nagel/Living Architecture, 1995. #airportarchitecture
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December 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Copenhagen, Finger A (opened 1995), by Holm & Grut Arkitekter. 📷 Per Nagel/Living Architecture, 1995. #airportarchitecture
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Butte (opened 2018), by The KPA Group. 📷 via The KPA Group. #airportarchitecture
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www.instagram.com/p/CU5eVUalJOx/
December 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Butte (opened 2018), by The KPA Group. 📷 via The KPA Group. #airportarchitecture
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Festive Saarinen 🎄
Washington Dulles (opened 1962), by Eero Saarinen. #airportarchitecture
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Washington Dulles (opened 1962), by Eero Saarinen. #airportarchitecture
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December 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Festive Saarinen 🎄
Washington Dulles (opened 1962), by Eero Saarinen. #airportarchitecture
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Washington Dulles (opened 1962), by Eero Saarinen. #airportarchitecture
www.instagram.com/p/CX3Vx0YrK77/
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
December 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Honolulu, Central Concourse (opened 1980), by Vladimir Ossipoff. #airportarchitecture
www.instagram.com/p/BhhZjaeg_Zk/
www.instagram.com/p/BhhZjaeg_Zk/
December 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Honolulu, Central Concourse (opened 1980), by Vladimir Ossipoff. #airportarchitecture
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www.instagram.com/p/BhhZjaeg_Zk/