Putting an End to the Heathrow Hassle

Looking up to the 40m high roof of Terminal 5 building, designed by architects Richard Rogers Partnership which is the largest single-span building in Britain. The walls are made of glass and steel and the roof is a curved
Richard Baker For TIME

Rain Dance
80,000 tons of steel were used in the construction of the new terminal — 17,000 in the roof alone which has been designed to catch and recycle rainwater from its surface.

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