Pininfarina and AECOM have beaten proposals from Zaha Hadid and Moshe Safdie in a contest seeking a design for an air-traffic control tower at Istanbul's new airport.
Pininfarina, an Italian design studio, and AECOM, a global architecture firm, were selected ahead of five other shortlisted teams in the competition, which also included Fuksas, RMJM, and Grimshaw and Nordic ? the architects designing the rest of the airport.
Their winning design refers to the aerodynamic forms of aircraft.
It features a curving tower that will serve as a landmark for passengers flying in and out of the airport. The shape of the structure is intended to reference the tulip ? a symbol of Istanbul.

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"In this competition, our aim was to combine the dynamism and romance of Pininfarina's architectural style that is so influenced by automotive design with AECOM's in-house aviation architecture capabilities," said AECOM's Jennifer Dixon.
"The AECOM and Pininfarina team has created a beautiful and highly functional piece that rekindles the excitement and glamour of modern air travel at the crossroads of Europe and Asia," she added.
Designed by Grimshaw, Nordic Office of Architecture and Haptic, Istanbul New Airport will be the "world's largest airport terminal under one roof"
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