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The Trump administration received at least 21 ideas to revitalize Dulles Airport.
All would keep Saarinen's iconic terminal but most would turn it into a ceremonial space with a new departures terminal elsewhere on airport grounds.
More: byerussell.substack.com/p/21-ideas-t...
All would keep Saarinen's iconic terminal but most would turn it into a ceremonial space with a new departures terminal elsewhere on airport grounds.
More: byerussell.substack.com/p/21-ideas-t...
Dakar-Yoff, 1985 (closed 2017). 📷 Heinz Baumann via @ethz.ch. #airportarchitecture
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January 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Dakar-Yoff, 1985 (closed 2017). 📷 Heinz Baumann via @ethz.ch. #airportarchitecture
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Los Angeles, Terminal 4 tunnel mural (opened 1961), by Janet Bennett at Pereira and Luckman. #airportarchitecture
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January 26, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Los Angeles, Terminal 4 tunnel mural (opened 1961), by Janet Bennett at Pereira and Luckman. #airportarchitecture
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As William O’Connor wrote (gettingaround.substack.com/p/am-i-too-c...):
“The issues [at Dulles] are simple—the people movers and the crappy United terminals. Not the historic Saarinen terminal.”
“The issues [at Dulles] are simple—the people movers and the crappy United terminals. Not the historic Saarinen terminal.”
21 Ideas to Remake Dulles
I read 21 proposals to remake Washington Dulles airport so you don't have to
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January 26, 2026 at 2:17 PM
As William O’Connor wrote (gettingaround.substack.com/p/am-i-too-c...):
“The issues [at Dulles] are simple—the people movers and the crappy United terminals. Not the historic Saarinen terminal.”
“The issues [at Dulles] are simple—the people movers and the crappy United terminals. Not the historic Saarinen terminal.”
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Washington Dulles (opened 1962), by Eero Saarinen. 📷 Internet Archive. #airportarchitecture
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January 25, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Washington Dulles (opened 1962), by Eero Saarinen. 📷 Internet Archive. #airportarchitecture
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Florianópolis (opened 2019), by Biselli Katchborian Arquitetos. 📷 @sebastianbarney.bsky.social. #airportarchitecture
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January 24, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Florianópolis (opened 2019), by Biselli Katchborian Arquitetos. 📷 @sebastianbarney.bsky.social. #airportarchitecture
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AIRPORT Aéroport de Fort-Lamy (N'Djamena), 1971
January 18, 2026 at 9:59 AM
AIRPORT Aéroport de Fort-Lamy (N'Djamena), 1971
Paris Orly, Sud/Terminal 4 (opened 1961), by Henri Vicariot. 📷 Fotograf Swissair via @ethz.ch. #airportarchitecture @memoire2cite.bsky.social
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January 23, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Paris Orly, Sud/Terminal 4 (opened 1961), by Henri Vicariot. 📷 Fotograf Swissair via @ethz.ch. #airportarchitecture @memoire2cite.bsky.social
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ICYMI
The DOT received at least 21 proposals to reimagine Washington Dulles.
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📷 Ferrovial/Grimshaw
The DOT received at least 21 proposals to reimagine Washington Dulles.
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📷 Ferrovial/Grimshaw
January 23, 2026 at 1:21 PM
ICYMI
The DOT received at least 21 proposals to reimagine Washington Dulles.
byerussell.substack.com/p/21-ideas-t...
📷 Ferrovial/Grimshaw
The DOT received at least 21 proposals to reimagine Washington Dulles.
byerussell.substack.com/p/21-ideas-t...
📷 Ferrovial/Grimshaw
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Anybody thinking the Saarinen terminal is the problem with IAD can't possibly have spent any time at IAD. What the airport does need: replacement of the C/D concourses and completion of the Aerotrain system (including to the international arrivals building) so we can retire the people movers.
The Trump administration received at least 21 ideas to revitalize Dulles Airport.
All would keep Saarinen's iconic terminal but most would turn it into a ceremonial space with a new departures terminal elsewhere on airport grounds.
More: byerussell.substack.com/p/21-ideas-t...
All would keep Saarinen's iconic terminal but most would turn it into a ceremonial space with a new departures terminal elsewhere on airport grounds.
More: byerussell.substack.com/p/21-ideas-t...
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Anybody thinking the Saarinen terminal is the problem with IAD can't possibly have spent any time at IAD. What the airport does need: replacement of the C/D concourses and completion of the Aerotrain system (including to the international arrivals building) so we can retire the people movers.
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tfw you log off and then Patrik Schumacher drops this.
January 22, 2026 at 5:23 PM
tfw you log off and then Patrik Schumacher drops this.
The Trump administration received at least 21 ideas to revitalize Dulles Airport.
All would keep Saarinen's iconic terminal but most would turn it into a ceremonial space with a new departures terminal elsewhere on airport grounds.
More: byerussell.substack.com/p/21-ideas-t...
All would keep Saarinen's iconic terminal but most would turn it into a ceremonial space with a new departures terminal elsewhere on airport grounds.
More: byerussell.substack.com/p/21-ideas-t...
January 22, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The Trump administration received at least 21 ideas to revitalize Dulles Airport.
All would keep Saarinen's iconic terminal but most would turn it into a ceremonial space with a new departures terminal elsewhere on airport grounds.
More: byerussell.substack.com/p/21-ideas-t...
All would keep Saarinen's iconic terminal but most would turn it into a ceremonial space with a new departures terminal elsewhere on airport grounds.
More: byerussell.substack.com/p/21-ideas-t...
Copenhagen, Terminal 3 (opened 1998), by Vilhelm Lauritzen. 📷 via Living Architecture, 2000. #airportarchitecture
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January 22, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Copenhagen, Terminal 3 (opened 1998), by Vilhelm Lauritzen. 📷 via Living Architecture, 2000. #airportarchitecture
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Denver, Concourse C-East terrace (opened 2022), by Jacobs. #airportarchitecture
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January 21, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Denver, Concourse C-East terrace (opened 2022), by Jacobs. #airportarchitecture
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New York LaGuardia, Marine Air Terminal, “Flight” (opened 1940), by William Delano, mural by James Brooks. #airportarchitecture
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January 21, 2026 at 1:01 AM
New York LaGuardia, Marine Air Terminal, “Flight” (opened 1940), by William Delano, mural by James Brooks. #airportarchitecture
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Over by BOS gate 25. Brilliant idea and another example of how Massport is so customer focused (yes they are free)
January 20, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Over by BOS gate 25. Brilliant idea and another example of how Massport is so customer focused (yes they are free)
Hong Kong (opened 1998), by Norman Foster. 📷 Foster+Partners. #airportarchitecture
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January 19, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Hong Kong (opened 1998), by Norman Foster. 📷 Foster+Partners. #airportarchitecture
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Albuquerque Sunport, tunnel mosaic (opened 1965, closed 1989), by William E. Burk, Jr. #airportart
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January 18, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Albuquerque Sunport, tunnel mosaic (opened 1965, closed 1989), by William E. Burk, Jr. #airportart
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Kaanapali Airport Postcard
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Built in 1962, it served the growing Kaanapali resort area, primarily for Royal Hawaiian Air Service.
It closed in 1986 due to safety concerns, limiting operations to just RHAS before closing.
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#Kaanapali #airportarchitecture #Maui @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com
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Built in 1962, it served the growing Kaanapali resort area, primarily for Royal Hawaiian Air Service.
It closed in 1986 due to safety concerns, limiting operations to just RHAS before closing.
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#Kaanapali #airportarchitecture #Maui @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Kaanapali Airport Postcard
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Built in 1962, it served the growing Kaanapali resort area, primarily for Royal Hawaiian Air Service.
It closed in 1986 due to safety concerns, limiting operations to just RHAS before closing.
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#Kaanapali #airportarchitecture #Maui @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com
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Built in 1962, it served the growing Kaanapali resort area, primarily for Royal Hawaiian Air Service.
It closed in 1986 due to safety concerns, limiting operations to just RHAS before closing.
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#Kaanapali #airportarchitecture #Maui @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com
San Diego, Terminal 1 (opened 2025), by Gensler. #airportarchitecture @genslerdesign.bsky.social
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January 17, 2026 at 6:50 PM
San Diego, Terminal 1 (opened 2025), by Gensler. #airportarchitecture @genslerdesign.bsky.social
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January 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Albuquerque’s totally “this is New Mexico” airport.
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#airportarchitecture
January 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Albuquerque’s totally “this is New Mexico” airport.
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#airportarchitecture
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you need to see the tile mosaics that were in the tunnel to the satellite gates at ABQ
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January 15, 2026 at 7:54 PM
you need to see the tile mosaics that were in the tunnel to the satellite gates at ABQ
below and here: www.instagram.com/reels/DSSlap...
below and here: www.instagram.com/reels/DSSlap...
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Years ago, while looking at old maps, I realized that the Albuquerque Sunport once had a satellite concourse. Yes, that feature of large hubs or land-tight airport was once in Albuquerque.
Read why. 🧵1/
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Welcome to the Enchantoport
A subterranean mystery at the Albuquerque International Sunport
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January 15, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Years ago, while looking at old maps, I realized that the Albuquerque Sunport once had a satellite concourse. Yes, that feature of large hubs or land-tight airport was once in Albuquerque.
Read why. 🧵1/
@airportarchitecture.byerussell.com
Read why. 🧵1/
@airportarchitecture.byerussell.com
Albuquerque, 1980s (opened 1965, expanded 1989), by William Burk, Jr. 📷 Air, Land and Sea/Flickr. #airportarchitecture
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January 15, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Albuquerque, 1980s (opened 1965, expanded 1989), by William Burk, Jr. 📷 Air, Land and Sea/Flickr. #airportarchitecture
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