Airport Terminals (Butterworth Architecture Library of Planning and Design)

Airport passenger terminals have developed to be a major new public building-type representing transportation in the late twentieth century. The functional planning of facilities for aircraft and people, and the architectural forms to accommodate them, are of great interest to designers and the myriad of people who work in an visit airports. The book is a discourse rather than a design guide. It is written for an international readership and illustrated from the author's experience. Airport passenger terminals have developed to be a major new public building-type representing transportation in the late twentieth century. The functional planning of facilities for aircraft and people, and the architectural forms to accommodate them, are of great interest to designers and the myriad of people who work in an visit airports. The book is a discourse rather than a design guide. It is written for an international readership and illustrated from the author's experience. A practical discourse (rather than a design guide) on the functional planning of facilities for aircraft and people, and the architectural forms to accommodate them. This updated edition (first was 1991) includes many new airport terminals and facilities, as well as improvements in baggage security, privatization, more plans for the NLA, the arrival of the B3777, and sub-apron services at Stockholm Arlanda. Thoroughly illustrated in b&w. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. This text covers the functional planning of facilities for aircraft and people and the architectural forms that accommodate them. Intended as a discourse rather than a design guide, it provides a review of airport design principles and discusses the organic nature of modern buildings. Christopher J. Blow. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 212-213) And Index.