Portland's new timber makeover is quite possibly the best look of any airport I've been to. It's stunning! I've been to over 40 U.S. airports and I'm very lucky to call PDX my home port. The cozy forest bleacher reception area is so welcoming and such a smart design.
PDX was the coolest airport I've ever been to even before the upgrade. The resturants don't charge an airport surcharge so you pay what you would at Burgerville there what you would at any other Burgervilles
I recently flew into PDX from Harry Ried (Las Vegas). Portland is my hometown and my elderly parents live in Las Vegas. I hadn't really gotten the full experience of the new design on my way out to Las Vegas as I had many other things on my mind. But the return was nothing less than awe inspiring. In less than 2 and a half hours I went from the "Anti-Christ" of airports, where you not only don't feel relaxed but assaulted, to the "Blue Fairy" of airports. When I stepped out of the concourse to the newly renovated main hall, I felt an immediate calm over my mind and body. It's an experience that'll make you want to return even though you're not traveling--how does that make sense?! It is simply that pleasurable a space! Bravo to everyone involved for carefully considering the human traveler as opposed to the bottom line.
Wow! I flew in an out of this airport last year and found the old terminal to be dark and depressing. This new design is wonderful! I fly a lot, and I'm not sure Americans are aware of how much new airport construction is happening around this country right now. We're not building airport palaces like in Asia, but we are seeing major upgrades.
You don't really need big large palace. PDX mirrors the region in it's design and material and that in itself really gives it a charming character. I've been through the major west coast airports, I've been through LAX before their current renovation, it's all very "soulless" aside from the art pieces they have up here and there.
I’ve had the pleasure of flying either into or out of PDX 4 times since the upgrade and its so much nicer now than in the previous years prior to the project. We are currently going through a huge and much overdue expansion/upgrade at SEA and i hope it incorporates many of these great PNW hallmarks. But, will SEA also have therapy llamas/alpacas like PDX? I hope so
@ first priority, expand the area around the TSA PreCheck checkpoints. Having only 2 in an airport with so much traffic is ludicrous. They need to re-open checkpoint 5 soon, as #4 is getting slammed with the closed #5 overflow, and return 5 BACK to TSA PreCheck like it used to be before they took those bribes from the CLEAR asses. BTW, if you have CLEAR, monitor your credit!! If you dont have it, save your money and your privacy.
Absolutely beautiful! Be interesting to know how they plan to do maintenance? How is all the nooks and crannies are going to be dusted and cleaned through the years?
I got to check this out when I picked up a friend last month. It is beautiful. I don't know how they're going to get all those balloons out of the rafters. For the love of God, stop freeing your balloons here.
3:12. It is primarily made from Douglas Fir. The amount used for the airport is a fraction of the amount of lumber harvested in OR annually. Oregon's lumber is used nationally, for building homes and making furniture.
This was a small fraction of the trees cut down compared to the millions to build houses across this county, make paper products, let alone the fires that burn across forest all around this country. Trees will grow back if we are good stewards, which Oregon is. There are requirements to replant trees after timber harvesting.
They can trace each board back to which tree farm it came from. It’s all sustainably sourced local wood. CLT is becoming a very popular and sustainable construction material here in the PNW.
Lumber is a renewable source. Trees gets planted for lumber, they get cut down when they are ready for use, and then plant more to keep it going. If wood is the business, why wouldn't trees be replanted?! That would just be erasing their source of income. Wood is a renewable resource, and it it good because it encourages to keep planting more trees, and younger newer trees take in the most carbon dioxide, more than old trees. Therefore planting and harvesting and replanting trees for wood is better for the environment
Bengaluru airport terminal 2 in india is millon times beautiful than this and it also has a lot of plants, trees, waterfalls, hanging plants, the pillars and roof are decorated with bamboo and many more
We flew from Tampa(4 stars) to Denver (1 star) to Portland (2 stars) in May. So unless this change has happened in the last 6 months, pdx is still a terrible airport, only beaten in lack of usability by Denver.
The new terminal at PDX is nothing like you visited in May. Surely you noticed the difference between what you see in this video and the old terminal you were in.
ONE BILLION dollars this cost. And they say there was no public money spent......BUT dig deeper. How did they pay for it? By funneling airport fees paid by airlines to this over extravegent project and having the public pick up the difference by issuing bonds. Its lovely......but ridiculous for a country 37 trillion dollars in debt.
The project is $2.15 billion. How do you think it was paid for?! The Port issues bonds - it is not tax money and had absolutely nothing to do with the federal debt.
@@pacmanc8103 Who is on the hook for those bonds? The public. Check the details of your property tax statement. They are a listed item. So the public is paying for them. You are right, nothing to do with federal debt. But it shows the GROSS financial malfeasance on a local level of overspending. And that is why we are a debtor nation.
Portland's new timber makeover is quite possibly the best look of any airport I've been to. It's stunning! I've been to over 40 U.S. airports and I'm very lucky to call PDX my home port. The cozy forest bleacher reception area is so welcoming and such a smart design.
PDX was the coolest airport I've ever been to even before the upgrade. The resturants don't charge an airport surcharge so you pay what you would at Burgerville there what you would at any other Burgervilles
you should see singapores
@@tha_oz My cousin lives in Singapore so I might have to make that happen!
JFK needs an upgrade like this.
Great video and so glad the operators of PDX had such ambition and vision to make a space that is beautiful and functional.
I recently flew into PDX from Harry Ried (Las Vegas). Portland is my hometown and my elderly parents live in Las Vegas. I hadn't really gotten the full experience of the new design on my way out to Las Vegas as I had many other things on my mind. But the return was nothing less than awe inspiring. In less than 2 and a half hours I went from the "Anti-Christ" of airports, where you not only don't feel relaxed but assaulted, to the "Blue Fairy" of airports. When I stepped out of the concourse to the newly renovated main hall, I felt an immediate calm over my mind and body. It's an experience that'll make you want to return even though you're not traveling--how does that make sense?! It is simply that pleasurable a space! Bravo to everyone involved for carefully considering the human traveler as opposed to the bottom line.
Wow! I flew in an out of this airport last year and found the old terminal to be dark and depressing. This new design is wonderful! I fly a lot, and I'm not sure Americans are aware of how much new airport construction is happening around this country right now. We're not building airport palaces like in Asia, but we are seeing major upgrades.
You don't really need big large palace. PDX mirrors the region in it's design and material and that in itself really gives it a charming character. I've been through the major west coast airports, I've been through LAX before their current renovation, it's all very "soulless" aside from the art pieces they have up here and there.
Cool design
I live in the forest near Portland and traveled to England two months ago ..the airport is beautiful!
I also recently returned from Europe and was greeted by the new airport! So amazing!
Timber Lab was the company responsible for the wood features. So intriguing and beautiful.👏
We hadn't seen these changes. What a well thought out design.
I’ve had the pleasure of flying either into or out of PDX 4 times since the upgrade and its so much nicer now than in the previous years prior to the project.
We are currently going through a huge and much overdue expansion/upgrade at SEA and i hope it incorporates many of these great PNW hallmarks.
But, will SEA also have therapy llamas/alpacas like PDX? I hope so
I really hope SEA gets a proper upgrade, it literally doesn't really feel much different than SFO. And the PNW is very different than the Bay Area.
@ first priority, expand the area around the TSA PreCheck checkpoints. Having only 2 in an airport with so much traffic is ludicrous. They need to re-open checkpoint 5 soon, as #4 is getting slammed with the closed #5 overflow, and return 5 BACK to TSA PreCheck like it used to be before they took those bribes from the CLEAR asses. BTW, if you have CLEAR, monitor your credit!! If you dont have it, save your money and your privacy.
JFK needs an upgrade like this.
Absolutely beautiful! Be interesting to know how they plan to do maintenance? How is all the nooks and crannies are going to be dusted and cleaned through the years?
great video and airport
❤ PDX
Lovely!
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I just wish they had clocks
I got to check this out when I picked up a friend last month. It is beautiful. I don't know how they're going to get all those balloons out of the rafters. For the love of God, stop freeing your balloons here.
My old home, but I will never go back.
How much of the beautiful forest did they cut down to build their vision? Few pine trees around portland.
3:12. It is primarily made from Douglas Fir. The amount used for the airport is a fraction of the amount of lumber harvested in OR annually. Oregon's lumber is used nationally, for building homes and making furniture.
Don't forget, the "beautiful forest" they cut for this is someone's crop. It is very much a renewable resource.
This was a small fraction of the trees cut down compared to the millions to build houses across this county, make paper products, let alone the fires that burn across forest all around this country. Trees will grow back if we are good stewards, which Oregon is. There are requirements to replant trees after timber harvesting.
They can trace each board back to which tree farm it came from. It’s all sustainably sourced local wood. CLT is becoming a very popular and sustainable construction material here in the PNW.
Lumber is a renewable source. Trees gets planted for lumber, they get cut down when they are ready for use, and then plant more to keep it going.
If wood is the business, why wouldn't trees be replanted?! That would just be erasing their source of income.
Wood is a renewable resource, and it it good because it encourages to keep planting more trees, and younger newer trees take in the most carbon dioxide, more than old trees.
Therefore planting and harvesting and replanting trees for wood is better for the environment
I just hope nobody smuggles in a suitcase of termites.
Looks like Bengaluru Airport
Go pdx
Seems like they killed a couple of forests to create a pretty airport, no?
A true commitment to the environment would mean we dont use airports anymore. Nice design though.
Bengaluru airport terminal 2 in india is millon times beautiful than this and it also has a lot of plants, trees, waterfalls, hanging plants, the pillars and roof are decorated with bamboo and many more
Maybe designed by the same Chicago's SOM architects ? That's why it's similar perhaps ?
You mean the same airport terminal that was designed by Americans?
@@JT_ytspawnThis video was about ZGF, the designers of PDX. It’s headquartered in Portland.
Terminal 2 is an entirely different beast. Everything is covered in bamboo (grass) - this is not the same thing.
We flew from Tampa(4 stars) to Denver (1 star) to Portland (2 stars) in May. So unless this change has happened in the last 6 months, pdx is still a terrible airport, only beaten in lack of usability by Denver.
It opened on August 14. The second phase should be complete in early 2026. You're welcome!
The new terminal at PDX is nothing like you visited in May. Surely you noticed the difference between what you see in this video and the old terminal you were in.
ONE BILLION dollars this cost. And they say there was no public money spent......BUT dig deeper. How did they pay for it? By funneling airport fees paid by airlines to this over extravegent project and having the public pick up the difference by issuing bonds. Its lovely......but ridiculous for a country 37 trillion dollars in debt.
That's private business, baby!
@@jessimatic The Port of Portland is not private business. The port runs the airport
The project is $2.15 billion. How do you think it was paid for?! The Port issues bonds - it is not tax money and had absolutely nothing to do with the federal debt.
@@pacmanc8103 Who is on the hook for those bonds? The public. Check the details of your property tax statement. They are a listed item. So the public is paying for them. You are right, nothing to do with federal debt. But it shows the GROSS financial malfeasance on a local level of overspending. And that is why we are a debtor nation.
I am not so impressed... with the amount of time that it took to do this project, I honestly expected way more than what was actually done...
How would you have done it differently?
@@jessimatic Yeah!
Ignorance is not bliss.
He has no idea or he would have responded - drive-by posts like this are really tiresome, but expected from certain types.
Regardless of the aesthetic design, the best part of pdx is the departures part of the airport. No return flight necessary.
You've achieved nothing positive in voicing your negativity, so why do it?
Too bad the airport is in Portland, whose downtown is awful and dangerous.
You're delusional, Portland has one of the best downtowns in the world.
@ I you like stepping over the homeless, crime in the streets, protests all over, and the smell of drugs…then Portland is for you 😂
@@ivandragomiloff2356 So homeless people are criminals now?
@@ivandragomiloff2356 Someone is living in 2020 still. Nowadays Portland is nothing like that.
@@ivandragomiloff2356Nonsense that is politically driven. Everyone knows that by now.
PDX is cold, smells moldy, dirty floors and small
This is the new airport. It’s one of the best in the US and climbing up the global lists too
Are you from New York? Pot calling the kettle black??
Then don't travel? Lol
Perhaps you need a bath...
You’ve not been to the terminal - it’s none of those things. Clearly you’re trolling.