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Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme Aga Khan Award for Architecture

Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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A large-scale airport built close to an expanding high-technology area near the capital. The project includes high-speed transport and communications channels to and from the airport, and is designed to become an international transportation hub. The main building is composed of steel hyperbolic paraboloid shells with spans of 38.4 metres.

Source: Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Variant names
  • Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (Variant)
  • KLIA (Variant)
Date
1998
Address
Sepang district, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory
Associated names
Building type
transportation
Building usage
airport
Dimensions
Ground floor area: 148,500 m² ; total site area: 100,000,000 m²
Associated collections
Keywords
Aga Khan Award for Architecture Shortlisted Project
Coordinates
2.754141, 101.704608
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    Caption
    View of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport
    Date
    2007
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    Copyright
    Aga Khan Award for Architecture
    Source
    Aga Khan Award for Architecture
    Medium
    digital photograph
    Image dimensions
    640 x 506
    Image resolution
    72 PPI
    Image size
    59.8 KB
    Image ID
    IMG16153

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