The Logan Airport Remote Terminal at Framingham in the Boston suburbs is an old idea adapted for the 21st century. I recently stopped by to check it out: byerussell.substack.com/p/the-return...

West London Air Terminal, 1957-1983.

Monterey (opened 1950), by Robert Jones. 📷 Architectural Forum, Nov. 1952. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DaQhwZ_Bcx8/

“The greatest problem for any airport designer is to remember that a terminal is nothing but a transit shed and that the main object is to get passengers out of the plane and on their way, or vice versa.” - Architect George Wimberly, Architectural Forum, Nov. 1952 #airportarchitecture

Chicago O’Hare, Terminal 1 (opened 1987), by Helmut Jahn. 📷 Architecture, May 1988. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DaOT_Dtza-L/

Congrats Portland (PDX) on completing the terminal core today, June 30! The space was gorgeous when I visited in 2024 and I continue to hear praise two years on. Now PDX faces its next challenge: becoming a major connecting complex for Alaska Airlines. byerussell.substack.com/p/portland-l...

Is this Brutalism? Paris CDG Airport r/brutalism

Paris Orly, Ouest/Terminal 2, Hall 2 (opened 1971), by Henri Vicariot. 📷 Poinfixe, 1972, via @gallicabnf.bsky.social. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DaK326_R85X/

Congratulations to Pittsburgh (Gensler, HDR and Luis Vidal), and San Diego Terminal 1 (Gensler) on their Prix Versailles "most beautiful airports" awards 👏👏

Osaka Kansai (opened 1994), by Renzo Piano, and Nikken Sekkei. 📷 Architecture, Jan. 1995. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DaJAvF8TRwe/

São Paulo Guarulhos, Terminal 2 (opened 1985, renovated 2016), renovation by Fernandes/Arquitetos Associados. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DaDS48ixdEs/

Montreal Trudeau, Aéroquai (opened 1960), by Illsley, Templeton, Archibald, and Larose. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DaAr_6-RguW/

How strange and fair, this glass and steel that cradles travelers. It seems a place where one might arrive and forget they ever left.

Detroit, McNamara Terminal (opened 2002), by SmithGroup. 📷 Architectural Record, Aug. 03. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DZ94VPwxgj8/

New York JFK, new Terminal 1 construction (opening 2026), by Gensler. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DZ7WEjvx9c5/

Montreal Trudeau, Aéroquai tunnel (opened 1960), by Illsley, Templeton, Archibald, and Larose. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DZ2fUlfxoUT/

Cleveland Hopkins, Concourse D (opened 1999, closed 2014), by Robert P Madison International. 📷 @airlineflyer.net. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DZzro7gxH7g/

Rio de Janeiro Galeão, Terminal 2 (opened 1999). #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DZw9mK6xl_S/

The new MET-Montreal Metropolitan Airport is a pleasant and low-key gateway to Montreal, especially compared to the chaos of Trudeau. It's a gamble by Porter Airlines to try and recreate the magic of Toronto's Billy Bishop airport in Canada's second city. byerussell.substack.com/p/montreal-i...

“I think the primary job of an architect is taking thigns that are really, really complex and making it simple.” Like an airport. Tomas Stokke, founding director of Haptic Architects, who worked on airport terminals in Istanbul, Noida and Athens, on Monocle’s The Urbanist podcast.

Montreal Metropolitan (opened 2026), by Scott Associates Architects. #airportarchitecture byerussell.substack.com/p/montreal-i...

The new MET-Montreal Metropolitan Airport is a pleasant and low-key gateway to Montreal, especially compared to the chaos of Trudeau. It's a gamble by Porter Airlines to try and recreate the magic of Toronto's Billy Bishop airport in Canada's second city. #airportarchitecture

Montreal Trudeau, Aéroquai (opened 1960, renovated), by Illsley, Templeton, Archibald, and Larose. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DZryheHRArp/

Toronto Billy Bishop (opened 2010), by Scott Associates Architects. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DZpXGrbxPgw/

Friday Harbor (opened 1985). 📷 @photojdl.bsky.social. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DZkkAxpx2eY/

Rating airport pedestrian tunnels. 🧵

Brasilia (opened 1971), by Tércio Fontana Pacheco. 📷 Hartill Archive of Architecture and Allied Arts. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DZhjga5Rssd/

Washington Dulles, Concourse E (opening 2026), by PGAL. #airportarchitecture byerussell.substack.com/p/the-first-...

New York JFK, Terminal 4, “Walking New York” (installed 2001), terminal by SOM, mural by Deborah Masters. #airportart www.instagram.com/p/DZfFFOKxdeB/

"Will Concourse E be a nice space to fly out of? Yes. Will it be a memorable space like Eero Saarinen’s main terminal at Dulles or Cesar Pelli’s Terminal 2 at Washington Reagan National? Probably not." #airportarchitecture

What follows Pierre L'Enfant's iconic city grid for DC, features a Washington Metro-inspired entryway and has cherry blossom-themed art? The new United Club at Washington's Dulles International Airport. thepointsguy.com/news/united-...

It still blows my mind that this is LaGuardia. The centerpiece fountain is rotating through a bunch of different programs, including pride month and World Cup countries.

Chicago O’Hare, Terminal 1 (opened 1987), by Helmut Jahn. 📷 Architecture, May 1988. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DZbHKCcThW6/

Exciting morning out at Dulles touring the new Concourse E set to open for United this fall. More soon!

Rio de Janeiro Galeão, Terminal 2 (opened 1999). #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DZXcBNGRoEN/

Paid adverts don't exactly exude a positive "destination and experience" in the pedestrian tunnel in Terminal 8 at JFK. byerussell.substack.com/p/how-to-des... #airportarchitecture

São Paulo Guarulhos, Terminal 2 East Pier (opened 1985, renovated 2016), renovation by Fernandes/Arquitetos Associados. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DZUrTGkRRlz/

Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont, concourse (opened 2007), by Sérgio Jardim. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DZSMKwBxEby/

Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont (opened 1945), by Marcelo e Milton Roberto. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DZPYh1IR_Ki/

If you get the chance, definitely fly into Rio's Santos Dumont Airport!

São Paulo Guarulhos, Terminal 2 (opened 1993). #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DZNW-p3RLFu/

Brasilia (opened 1971), by Tércio Fontana Pacheco. 📷 Visual Arts Legacy Collection/Artstor. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DZKOpotRwPu/

Miyako Shimojishima (opened 2019), by Nikken Sekkei. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DZIzybWzDto/

Miami, Concourse F (rebuilt 1980s). #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DZGWTjqTMnO/

📍 Washington Reagan National #airportarchitecture

Naha, Domestic Terminal (opened 1999), by Yasui & Miyahira Architects. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DZChEP4RjDo/

Amsterdam Schiphol, train station, 1980 (opened 1978, demolished 1995). 📷 Fortepan/Veres Júlia. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DZABR5Ouufz/

"There is no blunting it: Denver's are utilitarian corridors that the airport designers never intended for travelers ... The airport has its work cut out for it in turning these working corridors into pleasant, if not great, spaces." byerussell.substack.com/p/how-to-des...

Nashville (opened 1987), by Gresham Smith, and Robert Lamb Hart. 📷 Jonathan Hillyer/Landscape Architecture, May 1989. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/DY9oa1LRcn4/

AIRPORT Aeroport de Paris-Orly Dans l'objectif de Jean Ribière (1922 - 1989) Avec une Renault Dauphine