The News Herald reports on progress at the new airport:
Although workers still bustle around the scaffolding and throw-cloths, [Lori] Bates, the interior designer for the project, sees future floors, ticket counters, furniture, ceilings and wall coverings all reflecting the diversity of Northwest Florida.
With fewer than 50 days till a May 23 opening, construction on the main terminal building of the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport is now about 92 percent complete, and as Bates maneuvers around the interior, a visitor can begin to see the finished product through her eyes.
A light beige terrazzo tile symbolizing sand is being installed inside the front entrance area to give it a “beachy” feel, she said. Within the beige flooring space, large swatches of blue-green “poured-out” tiling suggest waves at the beach.
“It gives us some color and excitement, some ‘pop,’ ” Bates said. Sunshine streams through spacious skylights overhead to highlight massive, navy blue glass-tiled columns that complement the “poured terrazzo” sections.
When visitors enter the completed 120,000-square-foot terminal, they will notice the new airport’s logo, still undergoing final design, high overhead facing the entrance doors and illuminated by the skylights.
The complete story is here.
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