The Zvartnots International Airport was built in the 1960s, and it was the height of luxury with a restaurant high up on the central control tower and views across to the Armenian capital Yerevan, welcoming Kremlin VIPs and visitors from across the USSR. The airport was truly revolutionary – it was just a few metres walk from your car to the plane. There was a special underground luggage delivery system, and a plane refuelling pipe that ran round the airport, emerging at the underbelly of each aircraft.
Due to the construction of a new terminal nearby, this airport saw its last flight in 2008. It has been abandoned and now the grand entrance hall and the soaring concrete and marble walls are crumbling. Also, the ceiling is leaking, and the runway viewing windows are broken or missing. Unfortunately, the road flyover and some metal bridges connecting arrivals and departures have already been pulled down and the owners want to demolish more of the old airport to make way for a multi-million pound expansion of the new international terminal.
joaoslr says
The Zvartnots International Airport was built in the 1960s, and it was the height of luxury with a restaurant high up on the central control tower and views across to the Armenian capital Yerevan, welcoming Kremlin VIPs and visitors from across the USSR. The airport was truly revolutionary – it was just a few metres walk from your car to the plane. There was a special underground luggage delivery system, and a plane refuelling pipe that ran round the airport, emerging at the underbelly of each aircraft.
Due to the construction of a new terminal nearby, this airport saw its last flight in 2008. It has been abandoned and now the grand entrance hall and the soaring concrete and marble walls are crumbling. Also, the ceiling is leaking, and the runway viewing windows are broken or missing. Unfortunately, the road flyover and some metal bridges connecting arrivals and departures have already been pulled down and the owners want to demolish more of the old airport to make way for a multi-million pound expansion of the new international terminal.
More info: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6185497/Inside-Soviet-airport-height-luxury-faces-demolition-Armenia.html
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Crossposted from /r/ModernistArchitecture
stupidmentat says
Not gonna lie, I like it.
lifttech101 says
Looks like the tower in Warzone
eniotan says
Looks like Paris CDG terminal 1
uchiha_building says
How does the same building get posted to r/InfrastructurePorn and r/bizarrebuildings
danielisgreat says
What’s bizarre?
sasacargill says
Gatwick North has a spur like this
laddaa says
This is beautiful
ArmandRCS says
Looks like someone flattened out the Space Needle