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A comment on A Tale of Two Terminals: Beijing Terminal 3 and Heathrow Terminal 5.

Re:A Tale of Two Terminals: Beijing Terminal 3 and Heathrow ... by willyt on Saturday January 15, 2011 @07:03PM (#2108163)
Also compare Heathrow Terminal 5 with Madrid Barajas latest terminal. Both designed by the same British architectural firm, Barajas took about half the time to build, cost less and is an uncompromised design.
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Re:A Tale of Two Terminals: Beijing Terminal 3 and Heathrow ... by gpjt on Saturday January 15, 2011 @07:59PM (#2108270)
Hmm. Last time I was at the new terminal at Barajas, they had announcements every two minutes explaining that for purposes of making the terminal a peaceful environment they don't do announcements.

The building's nice, though.

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Re:A Tale of Two Terminals: Beijing Terminal 3 and Heathrow ... by stoney on Saturday January 15, 2011 @09:30PM (#2108447)
I'm not sure how fair the cost comparison is. At the time, pretty much anything would have cost less in Spain - Britain was very expensive due to the high pound. A bit different now though.
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Re:A Tale of Two Terminals: Beijing Terminal 3 and Heathrow ... by kiujhygthyujik on Saturday January 15, 2011 @11:30PM (#2108660)
Heathrow was built at the peak of the UK housing boom - the stories of rates paid to electricians and plumbers at Heathrow made bankers blush.
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