Virgin Galactic spaceport by Fosters + partners and URS

Virgin Galatic spaceship


The Foster + partners and URS team has won a competition to build the first private spaceport in the world. The shape of the building in the landscape and its interior spaces seek to capture the drama and mystery of space flight itself.
The spaceport is located in New Mexico, USA. It will opened in 2009.
You can book a flight at virgin galactic.

Jeddah international airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia by O.M.A

For 33 days per year the new Jeddah Airport will host the influx of two million Muslims for the holy Hajj period in Mecca. No other airport in the world can claim such overwhelming specificity of its use. These programmatic requirements form the base for a new approach to both the organization of the airport and its architecture.

Partner: Rem Koolhaas
Associate: Fernando Donis
Team: Gustavo Guimarães, Laurent Troost, Miho Mazereeuw, Katrin Betschinger, Joshua Beck, Haiko Cornelissen, Léonie Wenz, Filipe Balestra, João Amaro, Inge Goudsmit, Joao Ruivo, Ben Milbourne, Tiago Branco-Sampaio