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The Futuristic Cities Designed Around Airports

Published 3 Nov 2017, 10:28 GMT, Updated 1 Apr 2019, 14:49 BST
New Songdo International Business District in South Korea is an aerotropolis strategically located just over seven ...
New Songdo International Business District in South Korea is an aerotropolis strategically located just over seven miles from Incheon International Airport.
Photograph by Giulio Di Sturco
New Songdo, South Korea
Photograph by Giulio Di Sturco
Bangkok International Suvarnabhumi Airport is a gateway for Southeast Asia. It has the world's tallest free-standing control tower, and the world's 4th largest single-building airport terminal.
Photograph by Giulio Di Sturco
The interior of an apartment in New Songdo, South Korea.
Photograph by Giulio Di Sturco
On the outside, Cathay City in Hong Kong is a quiet and seemingly calm business block. Step inside, however, and you are immediately engulfed by the energy of a company that's got places to go and airplanes to fly. Flight attendants in their sharp red skirt suits powerwalk past, desk workers grab a candy bar from the atrium shop before going back to tweaking graphic design on an in-flight meal napkin, and pilots grab a post-flight beer in the pub.
Photograph by Giulio Di Sturco
Flight attendants pose for selfies in New Songdo, South Korea.
Photograph by Guilio Di Sturco
Tourists from China visit developments in downtown Bangkok. The two-story retail store offers a wide range of luxury merchandise, watches, leather goods, perfumes, skincare products and cosmetics, electrical appliances and jewelry.
Photograph by Giulio Di Sturco
New Songdo, South Korea.
Photograph by Giulio Di Sturco
Travellers rest in recliners in Bangkok.
Photograph by Giulio Di Sturco
A playground in New Songdo, South Korea.
Photograph by Giulio Di Sturco
Sculptures in New Songdo, South Korea.
Photograph by Giulio Di Sturco
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