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Marrakech Airport

Architect : Abdallah Elghrari, De Pretto Serge, CR Architecture, Patrick Puyo

Placed in service since 2005, with an area of 4600 m2, the work was completed in record time. Marrakech Menara Airport is currently the second largest in Morocco after the Casablanca, in terms of traffic, with 3.7 million passengers per year.

Marrakech-Menara has two terminals. The first was completely renovated in June 2008, it is partially powered by solar energy. The second, meanwhile, has been operational since 2005, while opening a third terminal is planned for 2012 to pass the Cape of 8 million passengers per year.



Like the cells of a beehive Airport Menara Marrakech provides a contemporary view to Moroccan architecture while developing a functional concept original. Unlike the existing structure, the extension is made entirely of light and shadow, every hour of every day, a special light dresses volume. The facade consists of 24 lozenges dressed in white with aluminum glazing receives silkscreened stylized ornamental motifs. The cover door 72 photovoltaic pyramids

Located 3 km from downtown, the airport of Marrakech-Menara Airport is the second Moroccan in terms of traffic after Mohammed V in Casablanca. According to "Travel and Leisure, the new Terminal 1 at the airport is" an example of a successful marriage between traditional Islamic architecture and modern architecture. The Marrakech-Menara airport was selected by the U.S. publication, Travel and Leisure Magazine, among the 13 most beautiful airports in the world on a list including those in Denver, Hong Kong and the TWA Terminal JFK New York.

Marrakech-Menara has two terminals, Terminal 1 which was completely refurbished in June 2008, is partially powered by solar energy. Terminal 2 was opened in 2005 while opening a third is planned for 2012, bringing the total capacity to 8 million passengers per year.


The monthly U.S. T & L (Travel and Leisure), a monthly magazine of reference for tourism and travel, has chosen International Airport Marrakech-Menara among the 13 most beautiful airports in the world.The airport in the red city of Marrakech is Morocco's second ranked airport in terms of traffic after the Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca.

"The airport of Marrakech-Menara is an illustration of a successful marriage between the Islamic architectural art and modern architecture," says the magazine in its January issue, noting that the robustness of its design is tempered by ornaments exquisite arabesque painting on glass.


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Interior Design The Hong Kong Airport Concept

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Airport, Hong Kong

The new airport concept should be consolidated with surrounding city context. Architectonic bureau Aedas has made it a basis of the conceptual project.

The airport becomes a part of a city landscape

WKT Airport will serve the passengers who have arrived both to Hong Kong, and to China thus it's unusual enough to the traditional international airports which are usually being the property of one country.

The construction place is on border of the West Kowloon Cultural District, near to Victoria Harbour. The design of a building is completely identical to city structure.

WKT Airport, Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Airport

In an airport complex there will be 400,000 sq.m. of the commercial areas, they will be placed over station.

The project height — 45 metres, a building is benched, opening a sort on the Hong Kong sky. The station building becomes as though an amphitheatre, where representation — the city opening on opposite river bank. Arena here — set of the pedestrian paths transformed into the blossoming garden.

«Magic of Disneyland» in Hong Kong International Airport

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Interior Design At the German airport have erected a salutatory sign

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Berlin, airport

BBI-Info Tower appeared at the main airport of Berlin, intends to become a significant element of an infrastructure.

Spiral Tower in Berlin Airport

The tower will function as an observation post with which will supervise process of building of a new complex of the airport.

Tower in Berlin airport

Helicoid structure

The facade represents a series of triangles which turn round an axis on 6 degrees, counter-clockwise. The unusual and impressing form creating various prospects, depending on a review point as a result turns out. Dynamic rotation of a tower embodies in the architectural form idea of a wind, the movement, associating with the airport.

Unusual Tower in Berlin Airport

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Interior Decoration The new terminal of the airport in Barcelona

Interior Decoration

Airport in Barcelona

Spain aspires to become for a long time already the most hospitable country for tourists and businessmen — thanks to it, for the American travellers receiving the visa of the countries of the Schengen agreement (Schengen visa) in the Spanish embassy, period of validity of this visa — whole half a year. And here now the next step to increase of comfort having a rest — one of the largest airports of Europe in Barcelona became on one terminal more.

On building of the terminal having the form and a kind of a sword, it is spent about 1,7 billion dollars. On expectations, introduction of the new area will allow to increase a volume of passenger traffic to 30 million persons a year — this figure in 2 times more present throughput of the airport.

Airport in Spain

The bent and smooth terminal which has been developed Ricardo Bofill reflects recent trends in building not only facilities of similar appointment, but also in general, any modern buildings. It is a question and of solar batteries, and about water heated up glass walls which, in addition, allow to illuminate perfectly a building natural light and to admire a fine view on the city.

The airport — now not simply transport station, but also a resort — SPA, fitness-centre, a hairdressing salon, churches of various faiths, beds and, certainly, about 80 shops and restaurants — all it provides comfortable conditions of passengers in case of delay of departures and flights.

Airport terminal

Among 19 airlines which now are based in T1, it is possible to notice: US Airways, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines and Spainair.

Them will soon join American Airlines, airline Iberia and Vueling.

Terminal T1 is extremely difficult design from the point of view of logistics and technologies: more than 100,000 passengers will pass through the terminal every day, and more than 15,000 people will work there. Integration of the big communication centre and the centre on rendering of services in the field of communication has rendered a great influence on design of a building.

Luxury airport

All aforesaid allows to say that we are witnesses of opening of one of the largest projects of the civil building, ever spent in Europe; the project combining high technologies, respect for environment and high quality of service.

New terminal

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