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A detailed examination of the principal types of building on Britain's military airfields, from the pioneering airship days, through two world wars to the beginning of the jet age. It is fully illustrated with photographs and line drawings. The book describes control towers, hangars, armouries, guardhouses, barracks and parachute stores, as well as technical data on methods of construction and materials used. The locations of surviving buildings are given, including those now listed as being of historic or architectural importance. ... Read more

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British Military Airfield Architecture
This book was one referenced in an article on British airfield buildings.I wanted to build a diorama with a control tower as the focus, but could find no model kits or other plans available.I will use this book to create my own plans and build the structure out of card stock and other supplies available to the modeler.The book arrived in condition described and on time. ... Read more

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Takes the reader through the steps involved in building an airport, from choosing a site and clearing the land all the way to the grand opening, with information about all the different jobs people do to complete the project. ... Read more

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Excellent book. I had to give 2 copies as gifts.
Good book for architects ,engineers,interior designers. Beautiful pictures.Yoichi Arai and Nacasa & Partners have done a superb job. I recommend this book not only to people working in airports design but to anyone interested in good architecture and engineering. This book isa fountain of ideas. ... Read more

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With ever more people flying to ever more places, airport design grows ever more complicated, pressing, crucial, and fascinating. Leading German firm JSK Architekten have worked intensely on these burgeoning global interchanges, balancing innovation and practicality with an emphasis on people. Completed and ongoing projects in Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Berlin, and Athens are illustrated here, along with competition designs for airports in Hong Kong and Shanghai. This is Wasmuth's second volume on the work of JSK Architekten.

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* The new standard on airport systems planning,design, and management
* Provides solutions to the most pressing airport concerns: expansion, traffic, environment, additions, etc.
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The Bible.
This is well written, easy to read, and all the airport design and management constraints are taken into account.
For students and airport professionals.

Want to build an airport? This is the book to start learning from!
Wonderful textbook for Airport Systems and Planning. Very concise, with lots of cases cited as examples. Information is presented without being written in language that is too technical to understand, so the book is very easy to read and understand without much prior knowledge on the subject matter.

Collection of facts on airports around the world
Very well written text book, that has a collection of facts on various airports around the world. Mainly directed to students and professors in Europe and other countries where metric is a standard. I wish the authors have published two versions, one in feet-inches and other in metric. It is a good text for teachers in the undergraduate class, for teaching the basic concept of an airport system and how to manage and operate it. Reference to FAA and ICAO documents is good. I will recommend this text to practicing engineers who can get a grip on the concept of financial management and control in an airport system.

Aviation Managers must read...
Mr. de Neufville and Professor Amedeo Odoni have produced a must read guide to understand where the nexus of theory and the reality of aviation systems come together. Quite thorough and a good read, all the while being an excellent guide to a multitude of topics. Well Done!

Must reading for airport planning practitioners and academic
Professors de Neufville and Odoni use real world examples to show the changing context of airport planning and design. No longer limited to technical aspects, airport planners and designers must cultivate new and critical thinking on such issues as profitability, revenues, and users services. Influences such as airline deregulation, airport and airline privatization, a global airport industry, and advance technology require this new approach. Based on their teaching at MIT and consulting experience with airports and civil aviation organizations worldwide they provide knowledgeable guidance to a wide audience.

To airport consultants and officials in aviation organization the book provides a wealth of knowledge on all aspects of airport planning, design, and management. It cautions that typical master plans are too static and point out the shortcomings of forecasts, supported by examples of economically inefficient and premature over developments. To avoid costly investment mistakes they recommend "dynamic strategic planning" in the deregulated environment, where privatized airports and airlines compete and shift their bases.

To city and regional planners it provides valuable guidance for making informed decisions regarding the fiscal and environmental implications of airport development projects in their communities.

For airport operators and airlines, chapters on organization and financing, user charges, and cash flow analysis provide insightful guidance. The authors show how to analyze interactions among traffic operations, airline schedules, and configuration and design of airfield and passenger buildings. The concepts of shared facilities and alternate gate operations are also analyzed.

They address the effectiveness of alternate modes of ground access and distribution systems and caution against the costly and ineffective people movers and mechanical baggage distributing systems, such as the one at Denver International Airport.

The modular structure of the book permits different users to select and organize chapters according to their interests.

Ashraf Jan, AICP, is Special Assistant to Assoc. Administrator Airports, Federal Aviation Administration. He also served as Airports Advisor to Civil Aviation Authority, Spain, 1990-99.The review presents his personal views and does not represent policy or views of the FAA.
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This edition of this work is updated and expanded to reflect the latest developments in the planning and design of airports. It now features coverage of the geometric design of landing areas, air traffic control systems, airport security, demand forecasting, airport financing, environmental assessment, terminal and ground access system planning, and heliport and vertiport design. It also provides modern approaches to lighting, signing, and marking of airfields. . .paving runways. . .and much more. Planning and Design of Airports is an indispensable reference for civil engineers, transportation engineers, government planners, architects, and all others involved in any aspect of airport planning and design. ... Read more

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I was very satisfied with my pearchas it came on time and in great condition

Really good book
It is a really practical, complete book. It's really simple to understand and covers about basic aspect of planning and designing.

Airport planner and engineer's viewpoint - updated
The best of its kind for the technical detail. We have most of the other airport and terminal design books on the bookshelf (up to 2005 publication date), but every time we come back to using Horonjeff for the serious design ofnew airports and extensions. It is also good for layout design by theengineer for terminals - although the architects may want more books. But there is another book - the 2003 book titled Airport Systems - Planning, Design and Management by Richard de Neufville and Amedeo Odoni - that will become the definitive text on airport design for the first part of the 21st century. So you'll need both, especially if you have to deal with the complexity of systems and stakeholders that are part of medium to large size airports.

Horonjeff has got the full set of data tables and charts to enableyou to design anything. I seldom need to use the ICAO Manuals on a dailybasis, and only use them for cross checking an obscure point.The upgradefrom the 3rd edition to the 4th edition was a big one - it metricated muchof the book, added in the latest aircraft (late model 737, 767s and ER, andthe 777-200), and generally updated the book. Examples of new informationare some good stuff on runway/taxiway capacity, and some additions toACN/PCN. Worth spending the money to update. Essential to buy if startingfrom scratch.The best textbook for a technical course on Airport Engineering. Needs Airport Systems to have a rounded and modern view of masterplanning (and the successor to masterplanning - dynamic systems planning). ... Read more

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Featuring the work of Santiago Calatrava, Ni cholas Grimshaw, Renzo Piano, Norman Foster and Florian Rieg ler, among others, this book analyses some of the best airpo rts and rail stations to have been designed in recent years ' ... Read more

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The first exploration of 'airport culture'!
Gilliam Fuller and Ross Harley's AVIOPOLIS: A BOOK ABOUT AIRPORTSis a winner surveying airport culture in the first book-length critical study of how information, buildings, people and machines make up a new urban form dominated by logistics. Airport studies may sound obscure but their results have wide-ranging impact on urban studies, city planning, information usage, architectural design, and more. As bodies become integrated into networks of daily life through biometrics and privacy evaporates, the philosophical and practical aspects of AVIOPOLIS become even more intriguing. An excellent survey includes color photo examples of airport interior and exteriors combined with thought- provoking analysis and statements. ... Read more

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The airport passenger terminal, probably like no other public building, must not only accommodate numerous and diverse functions but must also be responsive to many changes. Emphasizing total planning and design, this book will be useful to planners, architects, engineers, and students, as well as airport managers and government organizations. The last chapter presents eight airport terminals, each highlighting unique ideas in concept, execution, ground transportation, traffic volume, and size. ... Read more

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excellant high-tech
ý'm an architect educated at 9 eylul university master programme about construction types of airports. this is the best ones in the world . this is the firs visualitations of last high-technologies ... Read more

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The Airport of Brussels, Zaventem, was recently acclaimed the best airport in the world.Tom D'Haenens is the first ever photographer who was allowed to take photos behind-the-scenes of an airport for over a year. This is top photography with photos of airplanes, private jets, receiving VIPs such as Chirac or Robbie Williams, catering, safety controls and so much more. ... Read more

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a great way to look at an airport
original lay-out, beautiful images, quality paper and the text to accompagny the images is ok ... Read more

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Munich Airport has received international praise for its design, humane architecture and capacity for expansion. The central hall of Terminal 2 is a highlight in airport construction: spacious, clear, well-lit and equipped with all the necessary facilities for efficient passenger clearance. Numerous shops and places to dine provide diversion and cater to passenger needs. The clearly structured and transparent layout represents a synthesis of function and aesthetics. Expansive and distinctive, the new central hall links perfectly with the neighbouring Munich Airport Centre while setting an individual accent in terms of proportion, detail and design. ... Read more

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The architects designed a huge bridge structure spanning the railway track and integrating the car-park, the mall, the check-in hall, the access road and the transfer to the railway station. ... Read more

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Chapters: Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 68. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport -Runway layout at ANCTed Stevens Anchorage International Airport covers 4,500 acres (1,821 ha) and has three asphalt paved runways: 7L/25R measuring 10,600 x 150 ft (3,231 x 46 m), 7R/25L at 10,900 x 150 ft (3,322 x 46 m) and 14/32 at 11,584 x 150 ft (3,531 x 46 m). For 12-month period ending December 14, 2006, the airport had 289,472 aircraft operations, an average of 793 per day: 37% scheduled commercial, 35% general aviation, 27% air taxi and 1% military. There are 169 aircraft based at this airport: 59% multi-engine, 27% helicopters, 11% military and 3% jet aircraft. The South Terminal serves Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Sun Country, United Airlines and US Airways. All regional intrastate carriers also use the South Terminal. The North Terminal serves China Airlines, Condor, and international seasonal charter flights. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=271087 ... Read more

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Chapters: London Biggin Hill Airport. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 77. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: London Biggin Hill Airport -The airfield was originally opened by the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) during the First World War. At first it was used for wireless experiments, but was then established in 1917 as part of the London Air Defence Area, responsible for defending the capital against attacks by Zeppelins and Gotha bombers. To this end, 141 Squadron of the RFC was based at Biggin Hill and equipped with Bristol Fighters. Between the wars, the airfield was used by a number of experimental units, working on instrument design, ground based anti-aircraft defenses, and night flying. The base was closed between 1929 and 1932, during which period reconstruction work took place including the building of new hangers. During the Second World War the airfield was one of the commanding bases for the Battle of Britain, with both Spitfires and Hurricanes from a variety of squadrons being based there. The squadrons based at Biggin Hill claimed to have destroyed 1,400 enemy aircraft, at the cost of the lives of 453 Biggin Hill based aircrew. Because of its importance to the capital's defence, the airport itself became a target. Between August 1940 and January 1941, the airfield was attacked twelve times, the worst of which wrecked workshops, stores, barracks, WAAF quarters and a hangar, killing 39 people on the ground. After the war, Biggin Hill was briefly used by the RAF's Transport Command, and then became a base for both regular and reserve fighter squadrons, flying Spitfires, Meteors and Hunters. An infamous day in 1951 (see incidents and accidents below) caused the stations continued use by the military to be called into question. However in 1958 Biggin Hill ceased to be an operati...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=383748 ... Read more

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Chapters: Airports in Chechnya, the Icrc Hospital of Novye Atagi, Presidential Palace, Grozny, Grozny Airport, Uvays Akhtayev Stadium. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: This hospital had been created in September 1996 by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Novye Atagi Chechnya, Russian Federation. It was evacuated in December of the same year when six members of the expatriate team were assassinated during an early morning raid by an unidentified armed group. This event constitutes one of the greatest tragedies in the history of ICRC. The decision to create this hospital was made at the end of the First Chechen War in a context of great insecurity. During the battle of Grozny in August 1996, many hospitals had been destroyed. A mission of evaluation of the ICRC left Geneva and arrived in the city of Naltchik in Kabardino-Balkaria on August 18. Three possible locations were discussed at this stage: the border between Ingushetia and Chechnya, Grozny, and the villages south of Grozny. The mission left to the field the following day on 19 August. In Ingushetia the local authorities proposed a location to establish the hospital. The mission left then to Chechnya and returned to Nazran on 21 August proposing the site of Novye Atagi. This village is located in Chechnya, approximately 20 kilometres in the South of Grozny. The village was considered a neutral place, the location where the negotiations between the Chechen freedom fighters and the Russian authorities were held. The representatives of the village had guaranteed the safety of ICRC. They had also explained the local tradition of protection of guests. It says that an host lost his honours if his guests undergo some aggression while under his roof. The head of the mission of ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=8488853 ... Read more

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Chapters: Cadjehoun Airport, Cotonou Cathedral, Stade de L'amitié, Cotonou Friendship Stadium, Stade René Pleven D'akpakpa, Ancien Pont Bridge, Cotonou Central Mosque, Stade Quartier Akpakpa. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Stade de l'Amitie is a multi-purpose stadium in Cotonou, Benin. It is currently used for football matches and also has facilities for athletics. The stadium has a capacity of 35,000 people. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4271830 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Millau Viaduct, Castles in Aveyron, Château de Fayet, Château de Calmont D'olt, Rodez-Marcillac Airport, Château de Belcastel, Château de Najac, Château de Sévérac, Bonneval Abbey, Château de Peyrelade, Château de Saint-Izaire, Loc-Dieu Abbey, Château de Vézins, Rodez Cathedral, Château de Coupiac, Château de Montaigut, Château de Pruines, Château de Saint-Côme-D'olt, Château Inférieur, Musée Denys-Puech, Vabres Cathedral. Excerpt:A deep and lonely valley: a perfect location for a Cistercian abbey. Bonneval Abbey is a Cistercian monastery, located in Le Cayrol , in the department of Aveyron , in the south of France . It is now inhabited by Trappist nuns. History Bonneval Abbey was founded in 1147 by monks from Mazan Abbey , in Rouergue . Its name means "good valley", a typical Cistercian name. Bonneval quickly became a rich and powerful abbey, owning extensive estates throughout the country. In the mid-14th century it suffered from the Black Death and underwent much damage and loss during the The Hundred Years' War , as the Rouergue was given to the English in 1360 by the Treaty of Brétigny . Towns and abbeys were looted, and Bonneval, although fortified, was unable to keep out the English troops and the bands of marauding French bandits. A long period of decadence followed. Nevertheless Bonneval was chosen in the 17th century to educate novices from every Cistercian abbey in southwest France. During the French Revolution , the 13 remaining monks had to leave, in 1791. The abbey and its goods were sold off, and the buildings subsequently quarried for stone. Today In 1875, Trappist nuns came to rebuild the abbey. They also opened a chocolate factory, and installed a turbine on the river to produce electricity. In 1902, they founded what would become the Bon-Conseil Abbey, in Qu... ... Read more

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Chapters: St Cyprian's Cathedral, Kimberley, Honoured Dead Memorial, Kimberley Airport, Cape Police Memorial, Kimberley Seventh-Day Adventist Church, de Beers Diamond Oval. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Cathedral Church of St Cyprian the Martyr, Kimberley, is the seat of the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman, Anglican Church of Southern Africa. It became a Cathedral when the Synod of Bishops gave a mandate for the formation of the new Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman in October 1911. The first Bishop, the Rt Revd Wilfrid Gore Browne, was enthroned there on 30 June 1912. But the Parish of St Cyprian dates back to at least 1871 when a chapelry within the Parish of All Saints, Du Toits Pan, Diocese of Bloemfontein, was dedicated and met in a tent in New Rush, on the Diamond Fields - the digger settlement which would become Kimberley. The first gatherings of worshippers of the 'English Church' in the rough and ready diggers' camps of the Diamond Fields took place in tents in 1870-71, while successive "St Cyprian's" church buildings, known now only from the pages of history, were in Market Street, and, from 1880 until 1908, in Jones Street, Kimberley. The first rector was Fr John Witherston Rickards, previously a curate at St Cyprian's, Marylebone, London. Appointed by the Bishop of Bloemfontein, the Rt Revd Alan Becher Webb, Rickards laid the basis for the Parish which began in a tent and is today the Cathedral Church of St Cyprian the Martyr in Kimberley. The writer J.W. Matthews would recall something of the primitive state of things existing, as far as eccelsiastical arrangements were concerned, on his first arrival at the Diamond Fields in November 1871: worshippers gathered in a canvas tent billiard-room: On enter...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22335650 ... Read more