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Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport

Xiamen, China

This state-of-the-art facility has 13 direct aircraft boarding gates, 12 remote aircraft boarding positions, and built-in flexibility to accommodate a varying ratio of domestic to international passengers in response to the country's rapidly expanding air travel requirements. The roof, recalling a traditional Chinese profile, provides a generous canopy over the departures area, while the arrivals level below is deliberately opened up to this space. The project received a design award from the City of Xiamen and was a finalist in the Canadian Awards for International Development.