Prix Versailles has announced its latest awards for the World’s Most Beautiful Airports. This annual selection highlights airport terminals that combine operational, ecological, and aesthetic qualities.
The 2025 list includes six airports across Asia, Europe, North America, and the Indian Ocean, chosen for their architectural design and contribution to sustainable development in the built environment.
The airports named are:
- Yantai Penglai International Airport, Terminal 2, Yantai, China
- Marseille Provence Airport, Terminal 1, Marignane, France
- Roland Garros Airport, Arrivals Terminal, Réunion Island, France
- Kansai International Airport, Terminal 1, Osaka, Japan
- Portland International Airport, Main Terminal, Portland, United States
- San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 1, San Francisco, United States
Jérôme Gouadain, Secretary General of the Prix Versailles said:The mark left by airports stems chiefly from their ever-growing role in international exchanges. As a result, this infrastructure must resolve formidable difficulties in terms of flow management and the aircraft themselves. But this new brand of facilities can also be seen as works of art, or at least as things of beauty. In fact, we should strive to make this happen, given their inescapability in our built environments and our landscapes.
Orientated towards operational, ecological and aesthetic excellence, these hubs also convey shared values, culture or even a tribute to the past, out of respect for the legacies left behind by earlier generations. In the light of the planetary challenges facing us today, it is time for these expressive images of our contemporary heritage to be asserted as symbols of humankind’s internal dialogue.
In addition to being listed, three of these airports will receive further recognition in December 2025, when Prix Versailles awards its annual World Titles for Interior or Exterior design.
