Kansai Airport is an extra-ordinary feast of an engineering marvel. This man made island is situated 50 km from the center of Osaka city, Japan. This man-made island is 4 km long and 2.5 km wide. This airport is sinking at the rate of 9cm per annum.

Traveling Between Osaka and Kansai International Airport – Osaka Station

Next in our high-tech architecture series is Renzo Piano's Kansai International Airport, which was built on an artificial island in the bay of Osaka.

Dramatic entries are a given with air travel, and airports should convey a sense of welcome and arrival to travelers landing in a new city.

Kansai airport, is located on a specially built island in the Bay of Osaka. The terminal is 1.7 km long, with 42 boarding gates, designed to handle..

Kansai International Airport was built on an artificial island in the Osaka Bay by the architectural bureau Renzo Piano. The 1.7 km long terminal opened in 1994 and is capable of handling 100,000 passengers per day. The long and lightweight structure was designed with the region's heightened seismic hazard in mind and is capable of withstanding strong earthquakes. #architecture#design

Kansai International Airport was designed by Renzo Piano to be functional. Photo is by Dennis Gilbert.

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