Climate activist group Architects Climate Action Network has called on Foster + Partners to pull out of a controversial new private airport in Saudi Arabia ? or resign as a signatory of the Architects Declare movement.
In a letter to Foster + Partners, ACAN said the architect should withdraw its involvement with Amaala, a luxury resort on the Red Sea coast, where it is designing a private airport terminal and control tower.
Architects "should not be working to expand aviation"
"Our network strongly believes that UK architecture practices should not be working to expand aviation in the midst of this climate emergency," the letter states.
ACAN said Foster + Partners should "pause [its] involvement in aviation expansion until such time as the sector has achieved carbon neutrality." Last month Amaala unveiled Foster + Partners' "mirage-inspired" design for an international airport at the huge Saudi resort, with is set amid 4,155 square kilometres of land in the Prince Mohammad bin Salman Natural Reserve.

Foster + Partners has come under fire for designing the private airport in Saudi Arabia
The airport, which will exclusively serve the luxury resort, is expected to open in 2023 and handle a million passengers per year.
Masterplanned by engineering consultancy Egis, the airport will feature "climate-controlled hangars that will be available for private jets".
Foster's involvement in the project at a time of growing awareness of ...