Airport ceiling project

As a core part of the airport’s midfield expansion, the Midfield Concourse equips the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) with sufficient handling capacity to strengthen the city’s competitiveness as a leading regional and international aviation hub. This project also symbolises a major achievement for the Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK), poised to embark on their expansion to a three runway system. Located to the west of Terminal 1 and between the two existing runways at the airport, the five-level concourse has a total floor area of 105,000m2 with ceiling heights comparable to those of Terminal 1. There are 20 aircraft parking stands, 19 of which are bridge-served, including two Code F stands that are wide enough to cater for the... More

An international architectural team of Nordic — Office of Architecture, Grimshaw and Haptic Architects are currently working on the terminal complex for the Istanbul New Airport. Appointed by the Turkish consortium of Cengiz, Kolin, Limak, MAPA and Kalyon, the plans have been created following an intensive design period. Based on the Black Sea coast, some 35km outside Istanbul, the ambitious six-runway development, master planned by Arup, will be delivered in four phases. The first phase will open in 2018 and aims to serve 90 million passengers per year. This will increase to over 150 million passengers once fully complete. Terminal 1 of the Istanbul New Airport will be the world’s largest airport terminal under one roof, with a gross fl... More