Photo © Robert Polidori
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport’s new Terminal 2 boasts distinctly Indian architecture from renowned US firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The 410,000 square-metre facility combines international and domestic operations and is built on a cross-shaped axis, ensuring the least amount of distance between the central podium (the ‘headhouse’) and the four-storeys of check-in points, shops, baggage facilities and boarding areas. Extending piers around the perimeter allow for a maximum number of potential aircraft gates.