As you fly over the sepia tufts of northern Alberta's boreal forest on a winter's day, a new airport terminal in the town of Fort McMurray (Fort Mac) reads as an industrial sculpture on the flat prairie. Designed by the Vancouver, British Columbia'based office of mcfarlane biggar, the Fort McMurray International Airport is an unexpected gem in a region of beautiful natural surroundings but bleak architecture. The hybrid mass-timber, steel, and concrete structure is part of a larger multistage project and replaces an existing nearby terminal—a tiny bunker barely a fifth the size that has been refurbished for charter flights.
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