Accomack County Airport

Accomack, Virginia

This new terminal complex replaces the outdated and undersized original on the opposite side of the airfield. As the gateway to Virginia’s Eastern Shore for general aviation pilots and passengers, this new facility serves the functional needs of its users while expressing a modern aesthetic of the area’s architectural tradition. The finished floor is raised three feet above the natural level grade to protect the building from water damage in heavy rains. A wrap around porch with a deep, overhanging roof element for sun and rain protection provides an exterior extension of the lobby for fair weather sitting and viewing of aircraft. Traditional materials such as pitched metal roofs, wood windows and a combination of cedar shingle and clapboard siding encase the facility.

The facility “leans” to the lobby side, expressing movement in a typically static façade.  While indicative of the dynamics of aviation, functionally this asymmetry is necessary due to the placement of the main lobby at the end of the structure for future expansion capability. The interior of the main lobby space, while expressing traditional wood flooring, pale yellow walls and a combination of stained cherry and painted wood trim, exhibits the contrast of old and new most vividly.

Cedar City Airport

Cedar City, Utah

This modest two-story facility is planned as a replacement facility to the undersized and inflexible current facility, built almost fifty years ago.  Parking for two hundred cars and three regional aircraft are also part of the project scope.

Positioned within a three hour drive of three national parks and several major ski areas, the City of Cedar City and the surrounding area is an outdoor enthusiast’s haven.  Through an on-site work session with the mayor and other city representatives, it was determined that the proper gateway aesthetic of the terminal should be an obvious reflection of the region’s natural beauty.

The final design is that of a two-story lodge structure.  Wood and stone dominate the exterior pallette with ample amounts of landscaping to complete the image.  Overhanging wood-shingled roofs allow the non-damaging discharge of snow, while protecting the large expanses of glass from the high desert summer sun.

Charlotte-Douglas International Airport

Charlotte, North Carolina

The airport design was intended to meet the rapidly-growing needs for air carrier service in Charlotte by providing maximum flexibility and expansion potential. Passenger usage influenced the design of this facility; both to facilitate circulation through it, as well as to use the proper colors and finishes to create a comfortable environment for the hurried or inexperienced traveler.

Odell designed the South Terminal Expansion consisting of a main terminal building with separate ticketing and baggage levels to expedite passenger circulation. In addition, a ramp level commuter concourse was also included in the original construction. The terminal includes generous lobby space exposing the steel structure to add interest and maintain the strict budget demands.

Hilton Head Airport

Hilton Head, South Carolina

Odell Associates was selected by Beaufort County to provide architectural/engineering services for a new terminal building to replace the existing out-of-date structure at the airport. The exterior architectural statement projected by the terminal represents the forms and image of low county vernacular architecture. The functional layout provides for flexibility and immediate adaptation to a change in the airline industry in regard to counter space, baggage makeup, baggage claim, boarding lounge and site support areas. The facility is specifically planned for incremental, horizontal expansion of the four major components of the facility-holding lounge, ticketing areas, baggage claim area and related site areas.

Manassas Regional Airport

Manassas, Virginia

The Manassas Regional Airport Terminal serves as a new home base for numerous functions previously scattered throughout the airfield. Serving one of the busiest general aviation operations on the east coat (due to its proximity to Washington, DC and the international corporations based in the Manassas area) the new terminal is designed to accommodate projected growth for the next twenty years and beyond.

The new facility is positioned central to the single runway and adjacent to an existing parking field. A landscaped entry/landside plaza has been inserted into the existing asphalt to soften the visual approach.

McAllen-Miller International Airport

McAllen, Texas

The McAllen Miller International Airport Terminal is comprised of 120,000 gross square feet of space on two levels. Built as a replacement to the outdated one-story structure, this new, easily expandable facility will accommodate passenger and airline needs of today and the future.

The terminal is functionally zoned with the majority of public functions on the upper level. A raised parking lot and entry roadway allows jet passengers the convenience of remaining on one level all the way to their planes; commuter passengers descend to ramp level once their flight is announced.

Philadelphia International Airport - Pier F

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The new Pier F at Philadelphia International Airport is a 195,000 square foot facility with 38 gates positioned and sized to accommodate current aircraft in use, while providing flexibility to accommodate the larger regional jets as they become available.  Appropriate floor-to-ramp distances have been established to accommodate regional jet requirements as well as loading bridge configurations, while maintaining accessibility for all passengers including those with disabilities.

All support and operational space is sized and integrated into the design of the terminal in a way that allows for efficient and timely support and turnaround of all aircraft. With regard to aesthetics, the architectural imagery is a combination of curved and angular forms, clearly organized and extensively clad in glass and precast creating a distinctive and welcoming building. In addition, the interior environment of the terminal is open, light and airy, with generous views of the airfield and the Philadelphia skyline.

Roanoke Regional Airport

Roanoke, Virginia

The Roanoke Regional Airport Terminal is a functional, flexible and cost efficient facility master planned to accommodate any number of future alterations and additions.  The Airport Commission’s goals provided the foundation of the final solution. The parking lot is submerged four feet below the level of the access road for increased terminal visibility as one approaches. A vaulted concourse with clerestory views to the sky lead to the boarding lounges. Conversely, the deplaning passenger enters the same vaulted concourse leading to a bowed lobby atop the grand stairs overlooking a two-story glass “picture window” to the valley, mountains, and City of Roanoke beyond.

A high-tech facade of tinted, reflective, and clear glass accentuated by exposed delta trusses and blue and sliver metal panels is reminiscent of airplane technology. Borrowed details from the old warehouse district of town give transient passengers a glimpse of historic Roanoke without leaving the terminal. The solidity and strength of this wall (and conversely the lightness of the “airplane” facade) are reinforced by extending the brick through the ends of the glass facade as an exterior element and by continuing the pavers of the exterior entry plaza uninterrupted through the glass facade to the wall itself.

Texarkana Regional Airport

Texarkana, Arkansas/Texas

This project consists of creating replacement facilities for existing undersized and inflexible facilities built almost fifty years ago, which are located between active GA functions. The planned location for the new facility is on an undeveloped portion of the property across the primary runway from the current location, allowing for future growth potential in both Commercial and GA facilities.

The Aircraft Rescue Fire Firefighting (ARFF) Station is the first building in the new Passenger Terminal development. The ARFF Station is a highly functional facility comprised of an apparatus bay for three ARFF vehicles and live/work quarters for firefighters and other airport staff. The ARFF Station occupies a prominent location along a new entrance road and through its design intends to reflect the identity of Texarkana and the surrounding region by its form and use of material.