2024-05-01T21:08:50-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150345687/foster-partners-unveils-vertiport-terminal-concept-for-dubai Josh Niland 2023-04-10T12:15:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e8/e8b013012a6dd0b408273f322e993b00.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A new electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) terminal concept has been unveiled by <a href="https://archinect.com/fosterandpartners" target="_blank">Foster + Partners</a>.</p> <p>The firm says its plan would augment the Dubai International Airport (DBX) and was developed in unison with Skyports Infrastructure, which Foster + Partners called a leader in advanced air mobility (AAM). It will help transport air travelers to other nodes in the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)&rsquo;s planned vertiport and metro infrastructure network, itself a zero emissions high-speed system that&rsquo;s currently being promoted by the government and the emirate's monarch Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/17/175eb4796169e5737feb8b9b25928ac5.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/17/175eb4796169e5737feb8b9b25928ac5.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Foster + Partners</figcaption></figure><p>Placed in the context of Foster + Partners&rsquo; other <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/5075/airport" target="_blank">airport designs</a> in the region, the vertiport project will serve as a compliment to its previously proposed <a href="https://archinect.com/news/bustler/9016/foster-partners-to-design-one-of-the-world-s-largest-airports-in-riyadh" target="_blank">King Salman International Airport</a> and the forthcoming <a href="https://www.fosterandpartners.com/projects/red-sea-airport" target="_blank">Red Sea Airport</a>, both of which are located in Saudi Arabia and were begun in the two years since the firm&rsquo;s <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150239789/foster-partners-withdraws-from-architects-declare-over-aviation-dispute" target="_blank">controversial withd...</a></p>