England - London - Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 exterior

Seen from the outside in early evening, the glass walls and glowing architecture of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, the largest free-standing building in the UK. Created by the Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners) and opened in 2008 after a cost of £4.3 billion, Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).

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Seen from the outside in early evening, the glass walls and glowing architecture of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, the largest free-standing building in the UK. Created by the Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners) and opened in 2008 after a cost of £4.3 billion, Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).