Foster's Stansted Pavilion

Stansted perfected a concept that dominates airport architecture to this day

“It really is one big pavilion,” was my first thought after I stepped off the transit system into the main terminal at London’s Stansted Airport after a recent flight.

Designed by Norman Foster and opened in 1991, the terminal is heralded as prime example of the “high-tech architecture” style that Foster and others embodied in the 1970s and 1980s. The te…