Home and Building, Volume 37 Number 6 (1975)
10: Whakatane Airport Terminal Building
10: Whakatane Airport Terminal Building
Architect: Roger Walker, Wellington
The terminal building was intended to put Whakatane on the map while avoiding the repetitive, boxy design characteristic of many airport terminals. It is excitingly different yet has good flow patterns and clean separation of internal functions. The materials used keep the human element dominant so that pasengers and baggage are not treated in a too similar manner.