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A passenger terminal at Madrid Barajas Airport, Spain. Architects: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, 2008.  Photo by Steve Parnell, 2010.

Main entrance to Stuttgart Central Rail Station, Germany. Architects: Paul Bonatz and F.E. Scholer, 1914-18. Photo by Richard Longstreth.

Gas station, Beverly Hills, CA.  Architects: William L. Pereira and Associates, with Gin Wong, 1965.  Photo by Dell Upton, 2010.

Main passenger terminal, Kuala Namu International Airport, Medan, Indonesia. Architects: Wiratman & Associates, 2013.  Photo by Mark Hinchman, 2017.

Bird’s eye view of the Santa Maria Novella train station and surrounding area, Florence, Italy.  Architects: Gruppo Toscano (Giovanni Michelucci et al), 1932-1934.  Photo by Marvin Trachtenberg.

Flight departures display, TWA Terminal, JFK International Airport, Queens, New York.  Architect: Eero Saarinen, 1957-62.  Photo by Peter Clericuzio, 2012.

Dalat train station, Vietnam (the design is based on the station in Deauville-Trouville, France). Architect: Paul Reveron, 1938. Photo by Mark Hinchman, 2011.

Packard Automobile Showroom, San Francisco, CA.  Architect: Bernard Maybeck, 1926. Photo by Lauren Soth.

Kyoto rail station (which contains a shopping mall, movie theater, and hotel), Japan.  Architect: Hiroshi Hara, 1997.  Photo by Dell Upton, 2006.