Air Travel Athens Airport Gets ‘Prix Versailles’ Nomination for South Wing Expansion by GTP editing team 2 August 2021 written by GTP editing team 2 August 2021 1 comment Share 0FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 26 Athens International Airport, south wing. Photo credit: Yiorgis Yerolymbos Athens International Airport (AIA) has been selected as a finalist for the Prix Versailles, a prestigious international architecture prize. AIA has been selected for its South Wing expansion. Created in 2015, the Prix Versailles is a set of annual architectural prizes given by the French-based World Prix Versailles Organization. The annual Prix Versailles awards recently announced its 2021 World Selections that celebrate 24 projects in the categories of Airports, Campuses, Passenger Stations and Sports. Like each year, six airports, six university campuses, six passenger stations and six sports facilities have been chosen, from amongst the hundreds of projects completed in 2020, to compete in the Prix Versailles World Finale. ‘Airports’ category Athens International Airport, south wing. Photo credit: Yiorgis Yerolymbos Athens International Airport has been chosen as one of six finalists in the World Selection for the Prix Versailles Airports 2021 for its South Wing expansion that was carried out by Alexandros N. Tombazis and Associates and AVW Architecture. The criteria of the 2021 World Judges Panel for the selection of candidate airports examine innovation, creativity, reflection of cultural heritage and energy efficiency. Athens International Airport, south wing. Photo credit: Yiorgis Yerolymbos Among the other finalists in the 2021 ‘Airports’ category are: Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt (Berlin, Germany), Hazrat Sultan International Airport (Turkistan, Kazakhstan), New Plymouth Airport (New Plymouth, New Zealand), Clark International Airport (Pampanga, Philippines) and LaGuardia Airport, Terminal B (New York, NY, United States). In addition to the 24 selected finalists, the continental winners for the categories of Shops & Stores, Shopping Malls, Hotels and Restaurants will be announced in September. The announcement of the winning projects will take place at the end of the year at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Join the 15,000+ travel executives who read our newsletter Follow GTP Headlines on Google News to keep up to date with all the latest on tourism and travel in Greece. Share 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail GTP editing team This is the team byline for GTP. The copyrights for these articles are owned by GTP. They may not be redistributed without the permission of the owner. previous post Celestyal will Complete Summer Cruises as Planned, Resume Operation in March 2022 next post In Memory of Andreas Potamianos You may also like Greece’s Hotel Market Sees Major Investments Over Four Months 5 February 2025 Global Air Passenger Demand Reaches Record High in 2024, IATA Reports 5 February 2025 Greek PM Reassures Public About Santorini’s Ongoing Seismic Activity 5 February 2025 Milos: Ministry Suspends 5-star Hotel Construction Near Sarakiniko Beach 5 February 2025 ELIME and HELMEPA Join Forces for Safer, More Sustainable Greek Ports 5 February 2025 Greek Ministries Team Up to Form National Cycling Strategy 5 February 2025 1 comment Stuart Evans 4 August 2021 - 17:43 A magnificent job and well deserved placing. Reply Leave a Reply to Stuart Evans Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ
