Edizioni Press - 10 Airports: Fentress Bradburn Architects

his comprehensive survey of one firm’s airports designs spans the globe. From Denver to Seoul to Beijing to Raleigh-Durham, airport designs by Fentress Bradburn Architects have tackled a remarkable number of challenges, and have adapted to meet the needs of a wide range of climates and locations. Each chapter provides a detailed look at one of the 10 airports including highlights of the exterior and interior architecture. To achieve truly successful public spaces the design of each terminal incorporates both ideas as well as materials from the surrounding locale, culture and community. Today airports are much more than places of arrival and departure: they are places where cultures intersect and people interact. Curtis Worth Fentress notes in his introduction:

The ten terminals in this book are among the first in the world to realize civic responsibility. In them, you will see the power of civic-minded airport design to stir one’s soul and ignite the prowess of an entire community. Each example is an iteration of Contextual Regionalism, our firm’s design philosophy. This approach unearths the unique combination of elements that define a site, and, thus, the building upon it. An area’s history, culture, memory, and myth are evoked in form-giving solutions that operate on metaphor, symbol, and even legend. Making these abstract concepts material is the ongoing challenge that sustains us through the natural–albeit often protracted–process of creating public spaces.

10 Airports: Fentress Bradburn Architects Essay by Curtis Worth Fentress

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	10 Airports: Fentress Bradburn Architects Essay by Curtis Worth Fentress
	his comprehensive survey of one firm’s airports designs spans the globe. From Denver to Seoul to Beijing to Raleigh-Durham, airport designs by Fentress Bradburn Architects have tackled a remarkable number of challenges, and have adapted to meet the needs of a wide range of climates and locations. Each chapter provides a detailed look at one of the 10 airports including highlights of the exterior and interior architecture. To achieve truly successful public spaces the design of each terminal incorporates both ideas as well as materials from the surrounding locale, culture and community. Today airports are much more than places of arrival and departure: they are places where cultures intersect and people interact. Curtis Worth Fentress notes in his introduction: The ten terminals in this book are among the first in the world to realize civic responsibility. In them, you will see the power of civic-minded airport design to stir one’s soul and ignite the prowess of an entire community. Each example is an iteration of Contextual Regionalism, our firm’s design philosophy. This approach unearths the unique combination of elements that define a site, and, thus, the building upon it. An area’s history, culture, memory, and myth are evoked in form-giving solutions that operate on metaphor, symbol, and even legend. Making these abstract concepts material is the ongoing challenge that sustains us through the natural–albeit often protracted–process of creating public spaces.	Book Details 144 pages, 7.5" x 9.5" $45.00, Hardcover ISBN 1-931536-56-2 Purchase this title About the Firm 10 Airports: Fentress Bradburn Architects follows two previous Edizioni Press–published volumes on the Denver-based firm that is known for large-scale public projects. Over the span of 25 years, Fentress Bradburn has won more than 200 design honors, awards, and citations, including 26 international and national design competitions.