Munich Airport Center,Germany

Location: Munich, Germany
Architect: Murphy/Jahn Inc.
Client: Flughafen Munchen GmbH, MFG Delta KG and ALBA GmbH
General Contractor: Hochtief / Bauer Arge (rough structure); Dobler (fa[$ccedil]ade); Wolf/HEFI (roof); ROM (mechanical); Siemens, Honeywell (electrical); Stingl GmbH (plumbing); Sulzer Infra; Thyssen, Schindler (elevators); Worching, Stegmuller (steel); Kohlhoefer + Koltz (paving)
Consultants: HL-Technik (mechanical); Ove Arup [$ Partners, Grebner GmbH, and Werner Sobek Ingenieure GmbH (structural)] Peter Walker & Partners and Professor Rainer Schmidt (landscape)
Photographer: Engelhardt/Sellin Photography

A huge arched truss with a glass canopy roof announces the architects’ ambitious intention for this “Airport City.” Serving as connection between hotel, retail stores, and service functions, the covered plaza or “Forum” aims to create urban, rather than mall-like, experiences that introduce the traveler to the city to which she’s just arrived. This innovative center establishes “a new prototype that probably has international significance.”
  
http://www.aiachicago.org/special_features/2002_Design_Awards/dba_munich_airport.html