Architects’ Journal
Date: 20 AUGUST 2018
By: RICHARD WAITE

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners may have to rework its competition-winning designs for a new terminal at Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan because no-one is willing to build it

According to local reports, a tender for the construction of the £1.9 billion Terminal 3 building failed to attract enough bidders, meaning the 640,000m² scheme might have to be simplified.

The Taiwan News claims one element that could be sacrificed is a proposal for 130,000 flower-shaped aluminium tubes which would have been suspended from the ceiling of the terminal’s departure hall.

It is reported that Taiwan’s transport minister Wu Hong-mo has given the Taoyuan International Airport Corporation (TIAC) three months to come up with ‘a redesign which would not negatively affect quality, image and budget’.    [FULL  STORY]