Taking Terminal 5 to another level

By Elaine Knutt Elaine Knutt Elaine Knutt 2008-06-20T00:00:00

Daylight from the ETFE roof reaches down to platform level.

Source: Morley Von Sternberg

HOK and Rogers’ lifts from the Tube station to the departures hall have passengers soaring long before their flight is called — if they can find them. Three months after its troubled opening, BD Magazine sees how Heathrow’s Terminal 5 is faring.

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