Terminal 5 Heathrow

Architect	Richard Rogers Partnership
Date Built	2008
Location	Heathrow Airport
Description
Apparently, when Terminal 5 opened in 2008, it was the largest free-standing structure in the UK. It is home to British Airways and was designed to accommodate 35 million passengers a year. The Rogers Partnership site says that, "Departure and arrivals areas, check-in desks, commercial space, retail, offices, passenger lounges, back-up and other facilities are all contained within freestanding steel-framed structures inside the building and can be dismantled and reconfigured as future needs change. The built, multi-level scheme is contained beneath an elegant, curved floating roof, supported by slim columns at the perimeter edges to provide the required highly flexible and visually dramatic internal space." The main terminal building covers an area equivalent to 60 football pitches and the basement level could accommodate an eight-storey building. A plaza separates the multi-storey car park from the terminal. It will be landscaped with 40 mature plane trees, fountains, seating areas, and artworks. There are two satellite buildings designated 5B (with departure gates 32 to 48), and 5C (with gates 52 - 66)