Changi Airport Group (CAG) in Singapore has announced that expansion and renovation works at Terminal 2 (T2) will commence in late January 2020, after the Chinese New Year holiday.

The work marks the beginning of a multi-year expansion project which will increase T2’s handling capacity, as well as replacing facilities and amenities which are nearing the end of their shelf lives, according to the airport.

The expansion project will add 15,500m2 (166,840ft2) to the terminal building and increase Changi Airport’s capacity by 5,000,000 passengers per annum (mppa).

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The first-ever Summerfest merchandise store outside the grounds of Henry Maier Festival Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been unveiled at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport.

At 3,466ft² (322m²), the new outlet, located inside the main terminal, is the largest retail space at the airport, selling primarily merchandise from Summerfest, the self-styled “world’s largest musical festival” and a focal point of summer in Milwaukee

The new store features Summerfest t-shirts, drinkware, hats, a one-of-a-kind Summerfest branded guitar, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle display, and unique merchandise from more than 30 other local vendors.

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As part of its expansion and renovation, Los Angeles International Airport has transformed many of its public spaces into art spaces by featuring permanent public art commissions and temporary art exhibitions and installations throughout the airport. The art is presented in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

Photo credit: Panic Studio LA, courtesy of Los Angeles World Airports and City of Los Angeles
Department of Cultural Affairs

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Architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has revealed the new look for Missouri’s Kansas City International Airport.

The new state-of-the-art air travel hub will be the largest single infrastructure project in Kansas City’s history. Designed, planned and engineered by SOM and a team of local and national consultants in collaboration with design-builder Clark | Weitz | Clarkson, the project will transform the existing airport, adding a 1,000,000ft2 (92,900m2) new, single terminal designed to embody the city’s identity as a growing center of technology and innovation.

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A new exhibition on some of Colorado’s most eerie attractions, ‘Haunted Colorado’, has opened at Denver International Airport.

The new exhibition, which will run until October, highlights supernatural hot-spots throughout the state. From cemeteries to hotels to abandoned mines, it features historical and current artefacts, intriguing objects, photographs and information that its curators expect to edify, scare and excite visitors.

Haunted Colorado can be seen in Ansbacher Hall, in the Jeppesen Terminal, on Level 6 North.

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San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has released design studies for the proposed New Manila International Airport (NMIA), which it is to build at Bulacan, just north of Metro Manila.

The company is investing Peso 734bn (US$14bn) to build a new, world-class international gateway to the Philippines. It will have four runways, with enough space to expand to six, and will be capable of handling up to 100 million passengers a year. The new airport will be part of a larger infrastructure ecosystem, connecting with existing expressways and mass rail transits that will link it to both southern and northern Luzon.

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Work is now underway on a major infrastructure project at Vienna International Airport. Once complete, the Austrian airport will boast a new central security checkpoint, an additional baggage claim area, more space at the gates, and new shopping and food and beverage offerings.

Further information can be found here. 

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Fentress Architects is proud to announce the shortlisted entries for the 2019 Fentress Global Challenge (FGC). The entries include a wide range of responses – from highly speculative visions, to more practical adaptations of current methodologies. The shortlist is:

• AER-O75
• Arseniy Rabotnov Architects
• Boom
• Carag
• CJ Studio
• FP
• Hong Kong International Transit Terminal
• Infinity Airport
• MSY
• Niasinn
• Samantha Pires
• Sharygina_Ekaterina
• Six Lane City
• Vi and Del
• Y3M
• Yuanyuan Wu

The winners of the 2019 Fentress Global Challenge will be announced July 29, 2019.

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President Hassan Rouhani of Iran opened the Salam Terminal-Gallery at Imam Khomeini Airport City (IKAC) on June 18.

The opening of the Salam Terminal-Gallery means that domestic flights can take off from Imam Khomeini Airport for the first time. Built by Iranian engineers at a cost of Rials 7trn (US$166.2m), the facility covers 40ha and is expected to act as a model for other new terminals.

Located 30km (19 miles) from the capital, Tehran, IKAC ranks third in terms of passenger traffic in Iran, after Tehran Mehrabad Airport and Mashhad Airport.

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The Crown Prince of Denmark has inaugurated the largest construction project in recent times in Copenhagen Airport: the 36,000m² (387,500ft²) Pier E.

The first stage of Pier E has eight gates, a new passport control, spacious and bright passenger areas and a new office building, which will house police officers, technical staff and equipment. In 2020, a further 8,000m² (86,111ft²) space will open, with three new flexible bus gates and two new contact gates for long-haul flights.

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