![]() ![]() ![]() Elsewhere, more artwork abounds with the Whimsy Walls project, a series of original artwork converted into vinyl wall wraps that adorn the new restrooms throughout. Artist Gordon Huether created the terminal centerpiece-an installation of illuminated, undulating striations called The Canyon-a stunning homage to our state’s slot canyons. Local and national artists were brought in to capture the essence of what makes the Beehive State so desirable a place to live and play. The new terminal is so much more efficient for aircraft and passengers."Īnother major consideration was ensuring Utah’s unique and natural beauty had equal representation. "We're changing the entire physical model of the airport. The solution was a facility laid out in a linear design, widely considered the gold standard for hub airports and, in order to minimize the airport’s environmental footprint, one that employed sustainable design techniques such as high-performance glazing across the terminal’s 45-foot floor-to-ceiling windows. These firms were charged with designing and building a state-of-the art airport that would be both functional and environmentally-friendly, while at the same time honoring the rugged beauty of our state. Salt Lake City tasked HOK, the largest architecture-engineering firm in the U.S., with taking the architectural lead on the project, and Holder Construction and our own Big-D Construction for the build out. And, considering that our old airport was meant to service 10 million passengers annually but (pre-pandemic) had been seeing close to triple that number, its completion could not have come soon enough. With new Executive Director, Bill Wyatt (welcome, Bill!), at the helm and a 4.1 billion dollar budget, the project has taken 6 years and over 11 million labor hours to get it done.
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