Travel Blog • Alicia Imbody • 07.23.09 | 9:18 AM ET
Slate has a great slideshow essay on the history of airport architecture. It shows how the evolution has come full circle, from the early days when all you needed was a grassy field, through innovative and artful designs that reflected the bygone days when air travel was still glamorous, to the glorified bus stations we’ve come to expect today.
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Lindsey 07.23.09 | 12:54 PM ET
I have a friend who designs airports! I’ve always thought it kinda crazy but she travels all over the world doing it!
Newyork Hotels 07.23.09 | 2:04 PM ET
Which airport has the most efficient design?
A lot of airports have constraints due to lack of space, which in turn prohibits the number of runways and restricts their shape. It seems to me that ATL, LAX, and DEN are very lucky to have dual parallel runways. If anything were possible, would those be the best designs?