Los Angeles International Airport West Gates at Tom Bradley International Terminal
Los Angeles, CA
This new 15-gate, five-story terminal at Los Angeles International Airport delivers a modern guest experience for both domestic and international passengers. At the time of design, this was the largest A360 collaboration for a Revit (C4R) project worldwide. The roof of West Gates was designed to emulate a swell in the ocean, complementing the design of the roof to the east emulating a wave breaking on the shore.
Many passenger amenities can be found across the terminal's 1,700-ft length, including two nursing rooms, a service-animal relief area, art exhibitions, a quiet room, and three play areas for children. A 150-ft-tall ramp control tower protrudes out of the core design and provides traffic control near the midfield satellite concourse. Buehler partnered with Saiful Bouquet and designed the core and Ramp Control Tower structures. All design models were cloud-hosted for seamless collaboration between teams. The fully coordinated design-build approach required high Level Of Detail content and exacting model tolerances. The new terminal will play an integral role in the 2028 Summer Olympic Games to be held in Los Angeles.
Quick Facts
- Size: 750,000 SF
- Architects: Corgan / Gensler / gkkworks
- Over 500 piles were required in the Core area foundation system and a system of shallow spread footings at the columns and continuous footings underneath the perimeter basement wall comprise the foundation system for the rest of the terminal
- The entire superstructure consists of approximately 9,000 tons of structural steel
- Construction Cost: $1,400,000,000
- Contractors: Turner Construction Company / PCL Construction
- The building design utilized a site-specific response spectrum which yielded higher forces due to the consideration of the lesser known Compton Thrust fault
Awards
- 2024 ACEC – Engineering Excellence National Honor Award
- 2022 United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) – Prix Versailles World Architecture and Design Award
- 2022 Los Angeles Business Council – Civic Architectural Award
- 2021 Design Build Institute of America – National Award of Merit, Aviation
Photo credit: Corgan
