 | Airport Terminals by Brian Edwards
Buy new: £67.69 / Used from: £87.55 Effective, student friendly presentation of key concepts. Plenty of architectural plan style diagrams, a number of B&W photos and & excellent index. Interesting insights into BAA, global case studies
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 | Historic Airports: Proceedings of the International 'l'Europe De L'Air' Conferences on Aviation Architecture
Buy used from: £21.99 Intriguing historical perspectives on some of the early European airports Liverpool, Berlin THF and Paris Le Bourget. Many fotos, some colour.
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 | Airports: A Century of Architecture by Hugh Pearman
Buy used from: £25.00 Fabulous historical review of the development of the airport, rich in colour fotos, telling a powerful story with a global flavour. Great seminar case study resource.
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 | The Airport Book: From Landing Field to Modern Terminal by Martin Greif
Buy used from: £1.35 Old and B&W (cheap used) but good historical narrative and plenty of fotos - a great summary for students needing a fast overview. A must for airline & airport mgmt BA students.
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 | The American Airport: Bk. M2242 by Geza Szurovy
Buy new: £18.69 / Used from: £3.23 Another 2nd hand bargain that effectively plots US airport history with rich colour fotos and easy to read narrative.
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| Los Angeles International Airport: From Lindbergh's Landing Strip to World Air Center by Thomas Moran
Buy used from: £19.22 Dip into rich detail of LAX, smile at the cheesey 80's airline publicity shots
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 | Hong Kong International Airport: Airport Pt. 1 by S.K. Fullalove
Buy used from: £131.27 2nd hand this is a great booklet that shows, with good colour fotos, the civil engineering challenge of building HKG int'l airport
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 | Time Flies: Heathrow at 60 by Alan Gallop
Buy new: £15.49 / Used from: £8.95 Comprehensive historical perspective, good fotos, of LHR at 60 years old, looking beyond the buildings and giving a sense of the community
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 | Recapturing the Dream: A Design History of New York's JFK Airport by Mark Blacklock
Buy new: £19.99 / Used from: £59.22 I could not put this one down, a profound review of the development of each of JFK's terminals. Fabulous detail on a major US hub. Strongly recommended for my L3 Airport Terminal design students.
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 | The Evolution of the Portland International Airport: Zgf by Deborah K. Dietsch
Buy used from: £15.64 Rich, foolscap, glossy colour images of Portland airport. 6 pages of written narrative concise and ideal for reading phobic students.
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 | The TWA Terminal (Building Block S.) by Ezra Stoller
Buy used from: £25.00 Beautifully styled pocket picture book of Eero Saarinen's stand out JFK TWA terminal. Theory light, style heavy.
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 | National Airport Terminal (Single Building) by Cesar Pelli
Buy used from: £2.50 Short on words, big on pictures on Washington D.C.'s refurbished national aiport. Many of our students would love to run check in operations here !
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 | Strategic Airport Planning by Robert E. Caves
Buy new: £78.80 / Used from: £69.95 Deeply rooted in industry consulting experience Caves' densely written tomb may be a little dry to read cover to cover and hard to dip in and out of.
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 | Naked Airport: A Cultural History of the World's Most Revolutionary Structure by Alastair Gordon
Buy used from: £1.68 Gordon's racy title does not disappoint, a serious, but intriguing look into the cultural history of airports (perhaps with a US orientation). Adequate images (B&W). A very good read.
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 | Edinburgh Airport by Keith Mccloskey
Buy new: £14.44 / Used from: £6.90 Rich and detailed history of the evolution of Edinburgh airport, the early chapters highlight the role of central government. Many images of visiting aircraft.
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 | Kansai International Airport: Airport in the Sea (High Interest Books: Architectural Wonders) by John C. Waugh
Buy new: £4.24 / Used from: £0.01 Looks and sounds great - but a picture book for school children !
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 | Developing Strategies for the Modern International Airport: East Asia and Beyond by Alan Williams
Buy new: £42.50 / Used from: £30.16 Rather thinner than expected and very detailed, with no images. Might be useful for Asian specialists & to develop a Porters 5 forces model for Asian aviation. Ref.only for our High Wycombe students
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 | The Airport City: Development Concepts for the 21st Century by H. McKinley Conway
Buy new: £12.18 / Used from: £10.74 Interesting reprint of a now dated text. Some interesting, US focussed, very practical chapters on siting an airport.
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