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Airport train station art, a subset of the broader airport art genre, are spaces that act as welcome mats to the place an airport serves.
From visible representations of movement to iconography that is both art and wayfinding, come down a rabbit hole with me: open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...
From visible representations of movement to iconography that is both art and wayfinding, come down a rabbit hole with me: open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...
Albuquerque Sunport, satellite connector tunnel (opened 1965, closed 1989), by William E. Burk, Jr. #airportarchitecture
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December 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Albuquerque Sunport, satellite connector tunnel (opened 1965, closed 1989), by William E. Burk, Jr. #airportarchitecture
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International style 👌
Chicago O'Hare, Terminal 2 (opened 1962), by CF Murphy and Associates. #airportarchitecture
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Chicago O'Hare, Terminal 2 (opened 1962), by CF Murphy and Associates. #airportarchitecture
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December 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
International style 👌
Chicago O'Hare, Terminal 2 (opened 1962), by CF Murphy and Associates. #airportarchitecture
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Chicago O'Hare, Terminal 2 (opened 1962), by CF Murphy and Associates. #airportarchitecture
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December 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
December 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Noticed this art — metal bands wrapping the concrete support pillars — at the Dulles Metro station for the first time yesterday.
Nice to have but it certainly does not pop.
h/t @robpegoraro.com
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Nice to have but it certainly does not pop.
h/t @robpegoraro.com
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December 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Noticed this art — metal bands wrapping the concrete support pillars — at the Dulles Metro station for the first time yesterday.
Nice to have but it certainly does not pop.
h/t @robpegoraro.com
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Nice to have but it certainly does not pop.
h/t @robpegoraro.com
open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...
Love the details, even PSA smiles on the 727s!
Los Angeles, Terminal 1 rendering (opened 1984), by Norma Sklarek at Welton Becket Associates. #airportarchitecture
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Los Angeles, Terminal 1 rendering (opened 1984), by Norma Sklarek at Welton Becket Associates. #airportarchitecture
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December 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Love the details, even PSA smiles on the 727s!
Los Angeles, Terminal 1 rendering (opened 1984), by Norma Sklarek at Welton Becket Associates. #airportarchitecture
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Los Angeles, Terminal 1 rendering (opened 1984), by Norma Sklarek at Welton Becket Associates. #airportarchitecture
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Albuquerque Sunport (opened 1989, renovated), by Phillip Jacobson, and BPLW Associates. #airportarchitecture
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December 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Albuquerque Sunport (opened 1989, renovated), by Phillip Jacobson, and BPLW Associates. #airportarchitecture
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More soon: the closed airside pedestrian tunnel at the Albuquerque Sunport. #airportarchitecture
December 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
More soon: the closed airside pedestrian tunnel at the Albuquerque Sunport. #airportarchitecture
Santa Fe (opened 1957, expanded), by Woolgamood & Millington Architects. #airportarchitecture
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December 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Santa Fe (opened 1957, expanded), by Woolgamood & Millington Architects. #airportarchitecture
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“It is at these entry and exit points that an airport can shape a customer’s experience with the airport and its host city.”
While function and connectivity should be the top priority for airport train stations, art can really improve the traveler experience.
While function and connectivity should be the top priority for airport train stations, art can really improve the traveler experience.
How to make airport stations pop
Down an airport rail station art rabbit hole after a visit to the Zurich Flughafenbahnhof
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December 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“It is at these entry and exit points that an airport can shape a customer’s experience with the airport and its host city.”
While function and connectivity should be the top priority for airport train stations, art can really improve the traveler experience.
While function and connectivity should be the top priority for airport train stations, art can really improve the traveler experience.
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The oh so famous and often photographed Jewel at Singapore Changi Airport waterfall in 4 different evening colors…
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December 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The oh so famous and often photographed Jewel at Singapore Changi Airport waterfall in 4 different evening colors…
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Why the interest in the sub-Reddit, so to speak, of airport train station art? I was in Zurich recently and, recalling my last trip there, remembered fondly how the platform friezes really made the space pop.
From Zurich to O’Hare and Heathrow, what a sub-Reddit airport train station art is.
From Zurich to O’Hare and Heathrow, what a sub-Reddit airport train station art is.
How airport stations pop
Down an airport rail station art rabbit hole after a visit to the Zurich Flughafenbahnhof
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December 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Why the interest in the sub-Reddit, so to speak, of airport train station art? I was in Zurich recently and, recalling my last trip there, remembered fondly how the platform friezes really made the space pop.
From Zurich to O’Hare and Heathrow, what a sub-Reddit airport train station art is.
From Zurich to O’Hare and Heathrow, what a sub-Reddit airport train station art is.
Airport train station art, a subset of the broader airport art genre, are spaces that act as welcome mats to the place an airport serves.
From visible representations of movement to iconography that is both art and wayfinding, come down a rabbit hole with me: open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...
From visible representations of movement to iconography that is both art and wayfinding, come down a rabbit hole with me: open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Airport train station art, a subset of the broader airport art genre, are spaces that act as welcome mats to the place an airport serves.
From visible representations of movement to iconography that is both art and wayfinding, come down a rabbit hole with me: open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...
From visible representations of movement to iconography that is both art and wayfinding, come down a rabbit hole with me: open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...
🙈
December 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🙈
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Happy 25th birthday to the International Terminal! Did you know the ceiling of the International Terminal features a piece of Public Art? “Four Sculptural Light Reflectors” by James Carpenter is inserted within the truss structure of the skylights, 70 feet above the floor. #JamesCarpenter #PublicArt
December 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Happy 25th birthday to the International Terminal! Did you know the ceiling of the International Terminal features a piece of Public Art? “Four Sculptural Light Reflectors” by James Carpenter is inserted within the truss structure of the skylights, 70 feet above the floor. #JamesCarpenter #PublicArt
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My contribution Narita and Incheon years ago. I am feeling that Pittsburg one. A new spin on the old format.
December 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
My contribution Narita and Incheon years ago. I am feeling that Pittsburg one. A new spin on the old format.
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FRA split-flap!
December 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
FRA split-flap!
Starting an airport FIDS thread. Who does it best?
📍 Denver
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#airportdesign
📍 Denver
More: open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...
#airportdesign
December 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Starting an airport FIDS thread. Who does it best?
📍 Denver
More: open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...
#airportdesign
📍 Denver
More: open.substack.com/pub/byerusse...
#airportdesign
December 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“Where Yampa falls apart is post-security. Gate waiting areas have been added in a haphazard fashion that is neither spacious nor cohesive, and undersized for the mainline aircraft the airport now sees.”
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December 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“Where Yampa falls apart is post-security. Gate waiting areas have been added in a haphazard fashion that is neither spacious nor cohesive, and undersized for the mainline aircraft the airport now sees.”
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Tent Mountains is maybe the only piece of modern airport architecture that doesn’t feel like it’s been copy-pasted from somewhere else
Good interview with Curtis Fentress on his, and the late Jim Bradburn's, design for the Denver Airport.
The replaced a "ziggurat-type form" with the iconic, tented peaks reminiscent of the Rocky Mountains.
h/t @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social
The replaced a "ziggurat-type form" with the iconic, tented peaks reminiscent of the Rocky Mountains.
h/t @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social
Two men, a bar and a sketch: How the DIA ‘tent’ came to be
The backstory behind that distinctive roof.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Tent Mountains is maybe the only piece of modern airport architecture that doesn’t feel like it’s been copy-pasted from somewhere else
Good interview with Curtis Fentress on his, and the late Jim Bradburn's, design for the Denver Airport.
The replaced a "ziggurat-type form" with the iconic, tented peaks reminiscent of the Rocky Mountains.
h/t @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social
The replaced a "ziggurat-type form" with the iconic, tented peaks reminiscent of the Rocky Mountains.
h/t @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social
Two men, a bar and a sketch: How the DIA ‘tent’ came to be
The backstory behind that distinctive roof.
denverite.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Good interview with Curtis Fentress on his, and the late Jim Bradburn's, design for the Denver Airport.
The replaced a "ziggurat-type form" with the iconic, tented peaks reminiscent of the Rocky Mountains.
h/t @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social
The replaced a "ziggurat-type form" with the iconic, tented peaks reminiscent of the Rocky Mountains.
h/t @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social
Santiago de Chile (opened 2018-2021), by Luis Vidal + Architects, and ADPi. 📷 @sebastianbarney.bsky.social. #airportarchitecture
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December 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Santiago de Chile (opened 2018-2021), by Luis Vidal + Architects, and ADPi. 📷 @sebastianbarney.bsky.social. #airportarchitecture
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West Yellowstone (opened 2025), by A&E + SMA Design. 📷 Yellowstone Airport - WYS. #airportarchitecture
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December 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
West Yellowstone (opened 2025), by A&E + SMA Design. 📷 Yellowstone Airport - WYS. #airportarchitecture
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Here’s a peek at the newly completed Concourse D extension at TPE that’ll eventually be part of the coming Terminal 3…
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December 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Here’s a peek at the newly completed Concourse D extension at TPE that’ll eventually be part of the coming Terminal 3…
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