July 21, 2010 - Carrasco International Airport Awards
The Carrasco International Airport has won the following awards.
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The Carrasco International Airport has won the following awards.
MoreThornton Tomasetti received Diamond and Platinum Awards for Engineering Excellence from the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York (ACEC New York) Engineering Excellence Awards for the structural design of Comcast Center in Philadelphia and Carrasco International Airport in Uruguay.
A 32,000m2 airport terminal designed by Rafael Viñoly is under construction at Montevideo airport in the architect’s home country of Uruguay.
The UK Pavilion at the World Expo 2010 Shanghai by Thomas Heatherwick Studios, Timberyard Social Housing in Dublin by O’Donnell & Tuomey and the Anchorage Museum in Alaska by David Chipperfield Architects are the three contenders for the Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) prestigious RIBA Lubetkin Prize for the best international building by an RIBA member.
The new Carrasco International Airport, opened in 2009 and designed by Uruguayan-born architect Rafael Viñoly, is a gorgeous throwback to JFK circa 1960.
The dramatic roof covering the new terminal at the Aeropuerto Internacional de Carrasco in Uruguay, was designed to compliment the site’s undulating, seaside surroundings.