Zaha Hadid Architects’ new Beijing airport has officially opened and boasts the largest single-structure airport terminal in the world.

The practice said Beijing Daxing International Airport drew on principles within traditional Chinese architecture that organise interconnected spaces around a central courtyard.

Beijing Daxing’s vaulted roof has six flowing forms reaching to the ground to support the structure and bring natural light within. Its structural spans are up to 100m.

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