This book is describing the architectures, the design and activities of the most important international airports of our time. Airports have changed for the better: they are evolving extremely quickly and are making their mark as the most symbolic urban complexes of new millennium. They are no longer thought of as “simple thoroughfares”, but have become pleasant areas to visit even without a plane to catch. Today’s airports offer the possibility to organise not only professional meetings, business conventions but also parties, celebrations, concerts, art and photographic exhibitions and even weddings. So we will see more and more airports with large hotels, congress centres, luxury shops, spas and beauty-farms, display areas and even university faculties, to visit an art exhibition and much more. The airport will no longer be just a sorting machine for passengers, but will become a formidable tool for launching the economy. - This is an editorial draft
