Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, International Terminal, San Francisco International Airport

Download or read book Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, International Terminal, San Francisco International Airport written by Anne-Catrin Schultz and published by Axel Menges. This book was released on 2008 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At the time San Francisco Internationl Airport opened as Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco in 1927, most of the San Francisco Peninsula was pastureland. Over the years, new terminals and hangars were built to satisfy the demand of increased air traffic. ... After continuos growth, in 2000 the airport was reorganized and expanded into the vast, structurally iconic new International Terminal. The new building acts as a gateway between land and air, offering a recognizable image to arriving and leaving passengers. It is organized over five levels, making it America's first mid-rise terminal. It receives multiple modes of transportation - linking cars, buses, the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system and the internal light rail system."--BOOK JACKET.