The New Airport Era

Innovative airport architecture shaping travel, culture, sustainability, and connectivity worldwide.

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Airports are becoming destinations in their own right. Jodhpur Airport celebrates Rajasthan's royal heritage, while Japan's Pokémon Airport blends aviation with popular culture, showing how terminals can create memorable passenger experiences rooted in identity.

Al Maktoum International Airport, Western Sydney International Airport, Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) and the LAX New Concourse showcase the future of aviation through mega infrastructure, modular construction and next-generation transit planning.

From the Top 10 Biggest Airports in the World to the timber-built Innsbruck Airport Terminal, these projects highlight how airport architecture is advancing sustainability, efficiency and passenger-centric design across the globe.

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Gateway to the Blue City: Sthapati Draws on Rajasthan’s Royal Heritage for Jodhpur Airport in India

World’s First Pokémon Airport Opens in Japan on July 7, 2026

Dubai’s Al Maktoum International Airport Takes Shape for Planned 2032 Opening

LAX New Concourse Completed by Woods Bagot Using Modular Construction

BIM Masterclass: Data Automation in Revit & Claude

The focus is the everyday information problems of architectural and BIM projects, building typologies such as offices, healthcare, and mixed-use, where room programs, specifications, and model quality all matter. The whole workshop follows one sample project that you progressively enrich, so every step builds toward a single finished result rather than disconnected exercises. The workshop is scheduled for Sep 5 & 6, 2026.

Dynamic Wearables for Fashion Design 2.0

This workshop expands the logic of dynamic wearables from jewelry-scale precision into garment-scale body systems, teaching students how to generate, map, segment, and fabricate computational designs that move between ornament, accessory, and fashion. The workshop is scheduled for July 18 & 19, 2026.

Top 10 Biggest Airports In The World

Western Sydney International Airport Construction Completed Ahead of 2026 Opening

Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK): Poland’s Next Major Transit Hub by Foster + Partners & Buro Happold

Beta Realities Designs Innsbruck Airport Terminal with Timber and Modularity at its Core