Richard Rogers\u2019 latest airport project, following on from the huge success he had with Madrid Barajas (see below), T5 (and its two mini-me satellite buildings) is a glorious undulating wave of a building \u2013 and the fact that it\u2019s made almost entirely of glass means that it\u2019s flooded with natural light. There\u2019s plenty of seating and good options for shopping and food (including Gordon Ramsey\u2019s Plane Food restaurant). It serves only British Airways flights, though, so you\u2019re slightly limited in terms of options.<\/p>\n
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Madrid Barajas Terminal 4<\/strong><\/p>\n The project that won Richard Rogers a repeat airport gig with Heathrow, he designed the mammoth (eight million square feet) T4 in Madrid<\/a> along with Antonio Lamela. Again, it\u2019s a mass of undulating ceilings and spaces kept as open as possible \u2013 think deliberately visible structural aspects and as few unnecessary walls as possible, making it almost like the airport Gaudi would have designed. No wonder it\u2019s won awards.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Beijing Terminal 3<\/strong><\/p>\n Like his fellow British architect Richard Rogers, Norman Foster has a couple of airports under his belt. His airy, glass-fronted Stansted airport in Essex (London\u2019s main budget airline hub) may have been eclipsed by T5 as London\u2019s newest kid on the block, but his Terminal 3 at Beijing Airport is up there with the best. Not only is it huge \u2013 bigger than Heathrow\u2019s terminals combined \u2013 but it\u2019s an awesome blend of traditional Chinese and modern architecture.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kansai International Airport, Osaka<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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