{"id":591456,"date":"2026-04-18T09:23:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/591456\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T09:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:23:14","slug":"woods-bagot-completes-new-lax-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/591456\/","title":{"rendered":"Woods Bagot completes new LAX Terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new Los Angeles International Airport (LAX<\/a>) terminal<\/a> designed by Woods Bagot<\/a> is now complete. The project was a close collaboration between Woods Bagot, W.E. O\u2019Neil Construction, and Buro Happold<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The recent unveiling of Midfield Satellite Concourse South (MSC South<\/a>) happened ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games (LA28<\/a>) when, in two years, a crush of visitors will experience MSC South first hand.<\/p>\n

\"AngledAngled Brise-soleil define the facade. (Jason O\u2019Rear)<\/p>\n

The new terminal measures 150,000 square feet and has eight gates for narrowbody aircraft, adding necessary capacity for Tom Bradley International Terminal.<\/p>\n

To move the project along quickly and efficiently, and to cut costs, building segments were fabricated offsite, transported almost two miles to the airfield, and then erected.<\/p>\n

\"theHorizontal slats line the ceiling of the completed terminal. (Jason O\u2019Rear)
\n\"Floor-to-ceilingFloor-to-ceiling windows wash the interior with natural light. (Jason O\u2019Rear)<\/p>\n

Matt Ducharme, Woods Bagot\u2019s West Coast Design Leader, said in a statement the MSC South project is \u201ca new paradigm for how we think about large-scale aviation projects, from delivery to design.\u201d<\/p>\n

Floor-to-ceiling windows wash the interiors with natural light. The glazing is partially shielded by a robust shading structure. The angled Brise-soleil gives the facade exterior visual prominence, and counteracts solar glare.<\/p>\n

On each of the volumes the slats comprising the system decrease in length across the elevation, diagonally splitting each volume into two parts, with the top half covered by Brise-soleil and the bottom half\u2019s glazing left exposed.<\/p>\n

\"close-upA close-up of the Brise-soleil shows its angled profile (Jason O\u2019Rear)<\/p>\n

Inside the terminal, the ceiling is covered in horizontal slats. The texture on the ceiling, combined with the window mullions and Brise-soliei, delivers a dynamic linear pattern.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This rectilinearity and the attention paid to framing views outward was inspired by California\u2019s famous Case Study Homes, Wood Bagot said, and Californian modernism more broadly.<\/p>\n

\"aThe terminal was architecturally inspired by California\u2019s Case Study Homes. (Jason O\u2019Rear)<\/p>\n

Last year, the new LAX\/Metro Transit Center designed by Grimshaw, Gruen Associates, and Arup opened to the public<\/a>. The new transit center was a major step forward in handling the immense passenger volume LA28 will surely bring.<\/p>\n

The project team behind MSC South is now aiming for LEED Silver certification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) terminal designed by Woods Bagot is now complete. The project was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-591456","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}