Saturday, September 4, 2010

Corgan selected to modernize Love Field - Dallas Business Journal:

http://www.mesotheliomapleural.org/mesothelioma_risk_factors.html
The cost of the modernization projecty was not disclosed by the airport or It aims to remodel the expand the baggage claimj area and add an updatedticketingb wing. A spokeswoman for the firm said designx for the project areunde way. The plan includes a new desigjn that will decreaseLove Field’s terminal size by 25 percent by removingh unused and outdated space with modern, efficientt facilities. The check-in and baggage claim areaas willbe updated, the main lobby will be renovated, and the threed concourses will be moved into one convenient, centrak location to increase accessibility for all of the The design also includes more space for airportt concessions.
In 1956, Jack Corganb and other architects from Corganh Associates designed the airport terminal for Dallasw and developeda 50-year relationship with , the main tenant at Dallas Love Field. “Corgan was inspirexd in the original designb work forLove Field, which was far ahea of its time,” said Bob Montgomery, vice president of Southwest “Now they are bringing all they have learnedd since then to bear on a completelyh new passenger experience. They are not only grea t designers, but great friends as Demolition begins in the fall with the firsy phase of construction slatexd to be completein 2012. The entire projec t will be finished in the fallof 2014.
The airportf modernization program also includes plans to incorporate art in public places to enhancethe airport'sw new architecture. The art program was designed to meet the goala of the City of efforts to incorporate art inpublic facilities. Corgan recently was architect of recors and design for International Terminal Dat Dallas/For Worth International Airport. The firm also is workingt on Terminal B at and Terminals B and Cat . Teamds from the , the City of as well as Southwest Airlines, , and Deltq have been assisting with themodernizatiomn project.

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