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Stansted airport roof construction.
It went back to the roots of modern air travel and literally stood conventional wisdom on its head.
Branches meet the roof structure diagonally braced by tension members attached by a single bolt to a cluster of pyramid shaped elements at the top of the trunk.
On one side there was a road and on the other a field where aircraft landed into the wind.
Photograph by ken kirkwood large expanses of glazing wrap the airport terminal to allow travellers to view.
On one side there was a road and on the other a field where aircraft landed into the wind.
Stansted airport challenged all the rules of airport terminal design.
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The earliest airport buildings were very simple.
Stansted airport challenged all the rules of airport terminal design.
It went back to the roots of modern air travel and literally stood conventional wisdom on its head.
A fresh approach to the design of airport passenger facilities resulted in a groundbreaking building for the 1991 main terminal at stansted airport.
The energy efficient building lightweight roof and one level passenger experience has become a model for new terminals wordwide.