France, Spain, Portugal and a nice Airport

We have just got back from a great 2 week break where we managed to get to see my parents in Carcassonne, France, a friend in his home town of La Coruna, Spain and Oporto in Portugal.

Instead of writing about the holiday (which we really enjoyed), I thought that I would write about the stop-over that we had in Madrid, or, more importantly, Madrid Barajas Airport's new T4S building. Whilst I don't normally see the need to talk about airports (seen too many), I must admit that this new building is quite breathtaking and made the transit actually pretty painless.

Here are some facts:
Completed: 5th Feb 2006
Designed to handle 35 Million Passengers per year
Total Area: 500,000 Sq meters
Two Buildings T4 and T4S (for Transit)
Length of T4S: 1Km
Ceiling material: Bamboo
Lighting: Uplighting onto glass windows which balances the natural light
Architects: Estudio Lamela from Spain and the Richard Rogers Partnership.