German airport buildings, architecture designs

German Airport Buildings Designs

post updated 17 August 2026

17 August 2026
Frankfurt Airport Terminal 3 Building, Germany
Design: Mäckler Architekten

photo © HGEsch
The terminal’s beetle-like form is organised around three key functional areas: the check-in hall, security zone and baggage collection hall. These sections can be extended outwards as passenger demand increases, allowing the building to grow while keeping the central passenger areas operational.

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German Airport Architecture

Key Architectural Projects online, alphabetical:

2 Oct 2012
Frankfurt Airport – Gate A Building
Design: von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp)

photo © Marcus Bredt, Berlin
Frankfurt Airport – Gate A Building
About 800 meters long, with a square area of 185,000 square meters and designed for up to six million passengers a year. The new A+ gate extends the areas used by Lufthansa at Terminal 1 and was required independently of the extension of the airport extension program, in order to be able to adequately serve the Airbus A380 and Boeing B747-8 wide-body aircraft.

14 Dec 2012
Frankfurt Airport Terminal 1 Forecourt
Design: Grimshaw

image : Grimshaw
Frankfurt Airport Terminal 1 Building
Grimshaw’s defining concept for the masterplan is to bring light, greenery and fresh air into the heart of the airport. The current forecourt at Frankfurt Terminal 1 is a kilometre long strip of private and public transport modes, that has no sense of order and no respite from the noise and fumes of associated vehicles. Grimshaw’s design seeks to reorder forecourt traffic to create a large central public space, with a series of smaller amenity spaces distributed along its length.

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Key Terminal & Gate Developments in Germany – Neue Deutsche Architektur

26 Nov 2008
Düsseldorf Airport – Flughafen: Düsseldorf International
Dates built: 1998; 2001; 2003
Design: various architects, including JKS Perkins & Will Architects

photos © webbaviation
Third largest airport in Germany