{"product_id":"the-art-of-the-airport-the-worlds-most-beautiful-terminals-9780711238411","title":"The Art of the Airport: The World's Most Beautiful Terminals","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree quarters of a million people are in a plane somewhere right now. Many millions travel by air each day. For most of us  the experience of being in an airport is to be endured rather than appreciated  with little thought for the quality of the architecture. No matter how hard even the worlds best architects have tried  it is difficult to make a beautiful airport. And yet such places do exist. Cathedrals of the jet age that offer something of the transcendence of flight even in an era of mass travel and budget fares. Here are twenty-one of the most beautiful airports in the world. The book features: Wellington International Airport  The Rock shaped like the dangerous cliffs of a local legend Kansai International Airport  Renzo Pianos gigantic project built on three mountains of landfill Shenzhen International Airport  a manta ray shaped terminal putting this booming region on the map Daocheng Yading Airport  the worlds highest civilian airport in the middle of the Tibetan mountains Chhatrapati Shijavi International Airport  rising from the slums of Mumbai like a Mogul palace Queen Tamar Airport  a playfully iconic modern airport nestled in the mountains of Georgia King Abdulaziz International Airport  the gateway to Mecca resembling a Bedouin city of tents Pulkovo Airport  mirroring the city of St Petersburg with bridges  squares and art Berlin-Tegel Airport  ultramodernity  1970s style Copenhagen Airport  an icon from the golden age of air travel Franz Josef Strau Airport  sober and easy to negotiate  Munichs model airport Paris Charles du Gaulle Airport  the brutalist icon that launched the career of airport architect Paul Andreu London Stansted Airport  Norman Fosters return to the golden age of air travel Lleida-Alguaire Airport  a relic of Catalonias early 21st century building boom Madrid-Barajas Airport  Richard Rogers and Antonio Lamelas calm  bamboo-panelled Terminal 4 Marrakesh Mnara Airport  a blend of 21st century construction and traditional Morrocan design Santos Dumont Airport  Rio de Janeiros modernist masterpiece Carrasco International Airport  Rafael Violys design inspired by the sand dunes of his native Uruguay Malvinas Argentinas International Airport  echoing the mountains and glaciers of Tierra del Fuego John F Kennedy International Airport  Eero Saarinens glamorous jet-age TWA terminal Spaceport America  a vision of the future in the New Mexico desert\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279673679925,"sku":"ByrdShop_0711238413","price":212.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780711238411.jpg?v=1780605760","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-art-of-the-airport-the-worlds-most-beautiful-terminals-9780711238411","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}