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What Makes a Good Concourse

What Makes a Good Concourse

Beyond the list of must haves, a great airport concourse has a je ne sais quoi design factor

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Jan 24, 2025
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Flying through Portland International Airport last August, I was reminded of a conversation I had with Hennebery Eddy Architects Principal Michelle Vo in 2020.

We were speaking about the then soon-to-open extension of Concourse E designed by Hennebery Eddy at the airport, and she mentioned that a concourse is a “hard thing to design.” There there are a l…

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