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Airport Terminal Extension in Keflavik
Flugstöð Leifs Eiríkssonar: Iceland Building – design by Andersen & Sigurdsson Arkitekter / Teikn Architects
6 Jan 2017
Airport Terminal Extension, Keflavik
Design: Andersen & Sigurdsson Arkitekter; Teikn Architects
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland
Airport Terminal Extension in Keflavik
In the spring of 2010 the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland erupted, having a devastating effect on the country. Air traffic in Europe came to a standstill and as a result Iceland became increasingly isolated. Eyjafjallajökull was on everyone’s lips, both east and west of the Atlantic, but the eruption turned out to have great promotional value for Iceland.
Photos © Christopher Lund
When air traffic recommenced in Europe, tourists flooded to Iceland to experience the exceptional nature and culture of the country. With a population of only 330,000, the years after the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull saw a large number of tourists travelling to Iceland. The amount of passengers traveling through the airport has increased with 30-40% per year, and in 2015 almost 5 million passengers traveled through the terminal.

Keflavik Airport terminal opened in 1986, then 23,000m2. Since then the terminal has extended several times, and with the massive increase in the number of tourists traveling through the airport there is a continuous need to ex...