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#5 in the Norman Foster Series: Hong Kong International Airport










This is the Hong Kong International Airport; a multi-building complex with the main terminal designed by Norman Foster, a beautiful, curving main building. It is the 11th busiest airport in the world passenger-wise. It is the busiest airport in the world in the section of cargo. It took six years to build, and cost US$20 billion. 
It has 5 airplane docks that can handle the Airbus A80, the biggest passenger jet in the world.
It is also the most expensive airport building project ever! Make sure to look carefully at the pictures! They have some amazing details. Norman Foster also designed the Beijing International Airport, which surpassed this one in size. A neat fact is that when the current airport was built, two islands were joined into one, and the airport was built on that one. With all the added land between the two islands, it increased the space of Hong Kong by 1%!







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