Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas airport, Madrid
Opened way back in 1931, this airport specialises in travelling to Latin America with direct flights to Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Santiago de Chile.
Photo: Roland Halbe/Artur Images
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas airport, Madrid
With a total surface of over 760,000 square meters, the airport’s giant windows allow it to be fully covered in natural light during daytime.
Photo: Raul Urbina
Shenzhen Bao’an international airport, China
Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, who designed the airport, describe it as a a manta ray, which can be found on the coast of China.
Photo: Leonardo Finotti
Shenzhen Bao’an international airport, China
With over 32.3 million passengers every year, the airport has 63 fixed gates, 15 movable gates and a ceiling that is 79 metres high.
Photo: Leonardo Finotti
Wellington international airport, New Zealand
Also known as ‘The Rock,’ this airport’s architecture comes from the regional legend of the sea monsters Ngake and Whataitai.
Photo: Patrick Reynolds
Wellington international airport, New Zealand
What’s most unique about this airport is its means of transportation. Instead of evelators or steps, there are used ramps all over the place.
Photograph: Patrick Reynolds
Lleida-Alguaire airport, Lleida, Spain
This airport was designed right before the great 2008 crisis to handle more than 400,000 passengers every year. These days, it only has 40,000 – but its design is definitely unique.
Photograph: Óscar Laborda Sanchez
Lleida-Alguaire airport, Lleida, Spain
The control tower of the airport is over 41 meters high and its entire exterior surface is covered in shade of yellow, green and orange.
Photograph: Óscar Laborda Sanchez
King Abdulaziz international airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
The architecture of this airport terminal is mainly based on tent-like structures created to resemble Bedouin dwellings.
Photograph: Jay Langlois/Owens Coming/courtesy of SOM
King Abdulaziz international airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Although it may not look like it, the total surface of the inside of the airport is about 500,000 square meters, which can hold up 80,000 passengers.
Photograph: Jay Langlois/Owens Coming/courtesy of SOM
Marrakech Menara airport, Morocco
Built at the beginning of the 2000s, this airport is filled with giant triangular windows painted with unique Arabic designs.
Photo: Adam Fowler
Marrakech Menara airport, Morocco
The pyramid shapes of the ceiling are made of photovoltaic modules, which can generate power all day long.
Photograph: Benjamin Edwards/Flickr