Carrasco International serving Uruaguay's capital city Montevideo and Denver International, with it's Lords Cricket style tent like roof, mimicking the line of the Rockie Mountains, make up the Americas contribution.
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Montevideo: Carrasco airport in Uruguay's capital Montevideo features a vast flying saucer-type terminal building
Formed from a single, 1,000ft low arch, the terminal building features a glazed mezzanine, offering a degree of theatre for passengers.
A dramatic series of giant tents sets the King Abdulaziz terminal in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia apart from the rest.
The 1980's design still manages to provoke gasps from the millions of passengers passing through the terminal each year.
While dwarfing the largest of passenger jets, the building serves to protect travellers from the searing desert sun.
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