2023-10-07 13:59:00
Until recently, they were programmed for growth: airports. It is not for nothing that they are constantly being built. But the outbreak and spread of the corona pandemic brought the boom to a standstill.
For the aviation journalist and author Andreas Fecker Airports are “extensive, highly complex facilities,” he writes in his latest work, “Airports from above – airports of the world from an exciting perspective“, which was published by Geramond. “Architects outdo each other with daring buildings, elegantly curved roofs, slim control towers, because airports are flagships of the performance of a city, a region, a country.”
As a passenger, you can see one or two angles of an airport from above when taking off or landing, but only from the side if you are lucky enough to get a window seat. This is how Fecker came up with the idea of using his illustrated book to change perspective. “I can make up for my need to visually catch up on all these missed impressions in a CO2-free and climate-neutral way in this book and enjoy them in peace.”
With the author’s explanations, “Airports from Above” becomes a standard work. Fecker also invites us to take a trip around the world on the couch, since we can’t travel ourselves at the moment.
On the following pages of the photo series above we show some motifs from the more than 110 airports presented.
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