| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 277 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Part 1. Airport design -- 1. The airport industry -- 2. The airport as a unique twentiety-century building type -- 3. Relationship between airports, terminals and aircraft design -- 4. Layout, growth and access to airports -- 5. Masterplanning airports -- Part 2. Terminal design -- 6. The terminal as part of the airport system -- 7. Procurement and management of terminals -- 8. Flexibility and permanence in airport design -- 9. The terminal as a movement system -- 10. Baggage handling -- 11. Terminal design concepts -- 12. Conflict between function and meaning in the design of terminals -- 13. Passenger types, space standards and territories -- 14. Technical standards -- Part 3. Case studies -- 15. Major international airport terminals -- 16. National airport terminals -- 17. Regional airport terminals -- 18. Other airport structures -- Part 4. The airport of the future -- 19. Characteristics of twenty-first-century airports -- 20. The terminal of the future |
| Summary |
This book will be a source of inspiration and guiding principles for those who design, commission or manage airport buildings |
| Notes |
Previous edition: published as The modern terminal. 1997 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 274) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Airport terminals.
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Public architecture.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Public, Commercial & Industrial.
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Airport terminals
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Public architecture
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Edwards, Brian, 1944-
Modern terminal
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| ISBN |
0203646878 |
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9780203646878 |
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9780415248129 |
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0415248124 |
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1134537646 |
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9781134537648 |
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1280154365 |
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9781280154362 |
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1134537638 |
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9781134537631 |
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