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Structure-ID: s0000378
Created on: 09/07/99
Modified on: 02/16/04


Kansai International Airport Terminal

Completed in: 1994
Location: Bay of Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Kansai International Airport Terminal (Osaka, 1994)
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Structural Type:
Truss roof
Function / usage:
Airport terminal building
Part of: Kansai International Airport

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
  Tom Barker
  Philip Dilley
  Alistair Guthrie
  Noriaki Okabe
  Renzo Piano
  Peter Rice
Architect Jean-François Blassel

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
  Eiffel Construction Metallique
  Kawasaki Heavy Industries
  Nikken Sekkei
  Ove Arup & Partners
  Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Co-contractor Obayashi Corp.
Steel construction Watson Steel Ltd.
Project management Fluor Corporation

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
truss  steel
Dimensions
  covered area 300 000 m2
  length 1.7 km

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External LinkarchINFORM: Kansai International Airport Osaka English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkGreat Buildings Online: Kansai Airport Terminal English
External LinkiCivilEngineer: Failure Watch: Kansai International Airpot English
External LinkKansai International Airport Japanese English
External LinkLe Monde: conférence UTLS: L'aéroport d'Osaka par Noriaki Okabé French
External Linktuwien/dbase: Kansai Airport German

Relevant Literature
* Normile, Dennis   Japanese Island Sinks Faster Than Designers Anticipated, in "Engineering News Record", 18 September 2000 .
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 247-248.
* Sommer, Degenhard   Ove Arup & Partners, Birkhäuser-Verlag, Basel (Switzerland) , ISBN 3764329548, 0817629548, 1994; pp. 30-33.

 
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