Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Beautiful Airport

I propose my candidate for most beautiful airport. I can't qualify that as the most beautiful airport in the USA, because I have not seen all of them, but in my opinion it is the most beautiful one I have seen.

Not a large airport, but the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre airport is very easy to navigate, and very easy on the eyes.

I do have a bias towards natural materials.

It starts in the bagage claim with terrazo floor, natural wood ceiling and exposed steel parts.

This shows the lobby and access to the gates. Here you see terazzo floor with the central compass rose done in coordinating blue and rose. Note the rough sandstone walls. No two blocks are the same. The second floor landing you see is done in aged exposed steel, and the natural wood ceiling continues.

Once you pass security, you see wide hallways lined with polished sandsone. I have never seen polished sandstone, and was not aware that it could be polished.
In addition to everything else, they have a free business lobby that offers wi-fi, copying, scanning and faxing. By signing up with them, I received a key card so I can access it after hours. That is way cool.

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