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further increments up to 82 million by 2060. For those wondering where it will all end; with no sense of irony at all, the authorities in Montana have just approved a $100 million terminal expansion at Glacier Park International Airport to enable more visitors to come to see the glaciers – which experts claim will have almost completely melted by 2030 due to global warming.


However, young Greta might be delighted that in some cases the tide seems to have turned against airport expansions despite all


the eff orts of architects to put forward sustainable solutions. A $13 billion X-shaped airport for Mexico City, designed by Foster + Partners with Mexican studio Fernando Romero Enterprise, was scrapped entirely midway through construction after a change of president and a public vote, despite having won awards for its design. T e project, being built from local, lightweight and carefully sourced materials, would have achieved LEED Platinum and was intended to be the world’s most sustainable airport. Meanwhile, a $3.8


billion upgrade to New York’s JFK airport was massively scaled back and, last year, the French government unexpectedly tore up plans for a huge new terminal at Charles de Gaulle airport, which would have facilitated an additional 450 fl ights a day. T e French government did so on environmental grounds. In the UK, though, it is business as usual, with both Heathrow and Leeds Bradford airports having recently been given permission to expand despite pauses, protests and delays. Behind it is Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s


This image and below left Shenzhen Airport East Integrated Transport Hub


A design based on the shape of the mangrove tree, a symbolic plant in the area, won Grimshaw the competition in 2021 to design a new LEED Platinum transport interchange at the Shenzhen Bao’an airport in China. The naturally daylit spaces will encourage walking as airline passengers transfer to high speed rail and other public transport.


Architect Grimshaw Client Shenzhen Metro Group Collaborators RSP Architects Planners & Engineers


Competition team Mott MacDonald, China Aviation Planning and Design Institute, Beijing Urban Construction Design and Development Group, Schlaich Bergermann Partner, Atelier Ten and Gross Max


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