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By Jim Dunton2019-10-02T05:00:00
Source: Hufton+Crow
Scheme is the largest single-structure airport terminal in world
Zaha Hadid Architects’ new Beijing airport has officially opened and boasts the largest single-structure airport terminal in the world.
The practice said Beijing Daxing International Airport drew on principles within traditional Chinese architecture that organise interconnected spaces around a central courtyard.
Beijing Daxing’s vaulted roof has six flowing forms reaching to the ground to support the structure and bring natural light within. Its structural spans are up to 100m.
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