Red Sea Terminal in Marsa Alam, Egypt
Most airport terminals are designed simply to move travelers from one place to another. Terminal 1 at Hurghada International Airport attempts something more ambitious: turning the landscape outside into part of the building. Opened in late 2014, the terminal covers approximately 92,600 square meters across three main levels. Its most distinctive feature is the enormous elevated ceiling, whose flowing underside was designed to echo both the undulating Red Sea and the desert terrain surrounding Hurghada. Glass façades and wide, uncluttered interior spaces allow the ceiling to appear as though it is floating above the passengers below. The effect creates an architectural preview of the destination. Travelers arrive in the middle of an arid landscape, yet the shape of the sea is already waiting for them overhead. The terminal serves as a gateway to Hurghada and the wider Red Sea resort region, including El Gouna, Makadi Bay, Sahl Hasheesh, Soma Bay, and destinations farther south.
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