ZHA Designs Africa’s Largest Airport

Inside the $12.5B Bishoftu International Airport now under construction

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Yagmur Baydır
January 16, 2026

Dear PA reader,

Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled the $12.5 billion Bishoftu International Airport, set to become Africa’s largest and a cornerstone of Ethiopia’s ambition to expand its global aviation role, while in Australia, 3XN’s long-awaited Sydney Fish Market is scheduled to open on January 19. In France, Kengo Kuma’s redesign of The Michelin factory reinterprets industrial architecture through a finely layered composition of timber and metal, softening production spaces with material nuance.

GRU Space has announced plans for a moon hotel targeted for 2032, as Seoul opens Audeum, the world’s first museum dedicated entirely to sound. In the U.S., Norman Foster has sealed a time capsule reflecting on architecture’s legacy, while will.i.am’s Trinity electric vehicle reframes urban mobility as a pop-cultural experiment.

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