Wings of desire

By Jan-Carlos Kucharek Jan-Carlos Kucharek 2008-02-26T00:00:00

Source: Portrait by Wilfried Dechau

Meinhard von Gerkan deplores the reduction of airport terminals to retail sheds. But, he warns, architects have a social responsibility not to disengage from the genre.

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