This changed architects' thinking about airport design worldwide, and every major airport built since--Hamburg, Stuttgart, Kuala Lumpur--has followed Foster's design insight.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia

Among the report's conclusions was that without a comprehensive and aggressive bird management programme incorporating careful and considered airport design, appropriate habitat management and active bird control, an airport could not operate safely at Cliffe.

BBC: Bird danger could halt Cliffe plans

The mayor's airport team will include design, engineering and project management consultants Atkins.

BBC: London Mayor Boris Johnson appoints airport experts

Way back in the genetic code of his buildings is a feeling for hangar-like lightness, strength and frugality of consumption that came out brilliantly in such projects as his 1981 design for the airport at Stansted in England.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia

Since then, the brand has continued to reconceptualise the airport hotel model, infusing comfort and functionality with sleek design.

BBC: The evolution of airport hotels: From staid to stylish

Paper or not, Boeing is milking the image of the futuristic delta-wing design with huge posters on, for instance, the road from central London to Heathrow airport.

ECONOMIST: Boeing v Airbus