Published on August 11, 2025 |
Terminal 2 of the Guwahati Airport recently gained the prestigious International Architecture Award 2025 in the Transport category, which, in addition to the development of the infrastructure of the Philosophy Infrastructure region, puts in the foreground in the culture of Assams Culture.
Assam's gate strengthens the conditions
The International Airport Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi, who is popularly known as Guwahati Airport, is the Northeast India Airfare, which serves as the main airport for the eight states of the region and connects it domestically and internationally. For the 2024-25 financial year. The airport served 6.57 million passengers (3.26 million domestic arrivals, 3.30 million departures and 91,594 international travelers). This marks a persistent trend because the new terminal 2 in the region will increase a traffic jam to 13 million.
In the first quarter of the 2025-26 financial year (April-June 2025), the airport created 1.81 million passengers, underlining double-digit growth.
Assams of increasing tourism and trading teams
Tourism and commercial growth
Assam mixes rich biological diversity, culture and industry. Tourism is flourishing with locations such as Kaziranga National Park, while Assams benefit tea, oil and agricultural sectors from better connectivity. The capacity of Terminal 2, which now reach 13 million annually, will strengthen trade and tourism.
Commercial collaborations regionally and internationally are ready to benefit the state due to the preventive position of Assam in tea, oil and agricultural raw materials, as it is expected that improved air connectivity will improve logistics. Tourism is also booming – Assam welcomes 70.4 LAKH indoor tourists and 26,129 foreign visitors in 2023–24. From December 2024, visitor numbers reached 57.48 LAKH domestic and 14,000 foreign tourists for the 2024–25 financial year. Above all, Kaziranga National Park Set a new record 406,564 visitorsincluding 17,693 international tourists in 2024-25.
Design symbolism that is rooted in Assam
Terminal 2 is a story in architecture. Bamboo and the Foxtail Orchid represent resilience and elegance, while design motifs from the Gamocha (a hand -woven Assamese cloth) and the flowing Brahmaputra river draw. The terminal introduces travelers in Assams Heritage from the moment they arrive.
Sustainability meets passenger comfort
The terminal delivers sustainability and efficiency:
- Natural light The electricity consumption reduces large skylights.
- Inner gardens And vertical green walls improve air quality.
- A soothing Arrival forest welcomes passengers.
- Systems include Solar energyPresent Rainwater harvestPresent Water recyclingAnd green roofs.
Modern luggage systems, efficient layouts and a clear path of moving ensure a smooth passenger flow.
The heads behind the project
- Architect: File led by Nuru Karim
- Landscape: Hemali Landscape Design Studio
- contractor: Shapoorji Pallonji & Company PVT. Ltd.
- Client/operator: Adani Airport Holdings Limited
Global recognition and local effects
The International Architecture Awards, which were operated by the Chicago Athenaeum with the European Center, honored only seven winners this year in the Airports & Transportation category.
This victory increases the ability of India to provide an infrastructure that respects cultural identity and environmental problems. For Assam, this means stronger tourism and trade, better connectivity and a design story that begins at the airport.
About the International Architecture Awards
The International Architecture Awards, founded in 2005, are among the oldest global recognition of contemporary architecture and urban design. Every year they emphasize projects that demonstrate visionary thinking, cultural response and environmental sensitivity.
Projects are selected from hundreds of entries worldwide. In the last cycle, over 700 entries were checked and more than 150 winners were selected. A strict international jury evaluates the submissions exclusively for earnings-regardless of budget or stylistic preference-the most future-oriented architectural answers to social, cultural and ecological challenges.
The winners will be presented in a yearbook that is exhibited in the European Center in Athens and honored at a gala ceremony near the acropolis
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