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| Hajj Terminal selected to receive 2010 AIA Twenty-Five Year award The Hajj Terminal at King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, designed by the Chicago and New York offices of SOM, has been selected to receive the 2010 AIA Twenty-Five Year award. The AIA Twenty-five Year Award recognizes an architectural design that has stood the test of time for 25 years. The space serves as a gateway for millions of pilgrims who journey to the holy cite of Mecca each year. The Hajj Terminal, completed in 1981, is a tented structure that covers 120 acres and 2.8 million square feet. The Hajj Terminal form, site relationship and circulation patterns are drawn entirely from the need to accommodate massive groups from all over the world in a short timeframe. SOM joined this stringent functional requirement with vital cultural and vernacular references. The Hajj Terminal at King Abdul Aziz International Airport also was the recipient of a 1983 AIA National Honor Award, the 1983 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, and a 1981 Progressive Architecture award. SOM has won four previous Twenty-five Year Awards for the Lever House in New York, the Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel in Colorado Springs, John Hancock Center in Chicago, and the Weyerhaeuser Headquarters in Federal Way, Wash. Past Twenty-five Year Award winners include Rockefeller Center in New York, Taliesin West in Paradise Valley, Ariz., the Vanna Venturi House in Philadelphia, the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth and the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Construction News :: home page |