Originally Posted by striparella
I mean i was just in LAX ...... there's no excitement anywhere
Actually it's one of the few where there is. The Theme Building, in the middle of all the terminals, is real Buck-Rogers futuristic architecture which always gives me a moment of excitement seeing it from a flight pulling up to the gate. It seems to capture the futuristic view of air travel that was around in 1960 when it was built (Becket Williams Luckman Pereira achitects). And it has a quite worthwhile restaurant suspended from the top of it, with good views across the airport. But so few travellers walk over to it.
http://www.you-are-here.com/architect/lax.html
Regarding HKG. For a world-class shopping city, I find the selection of shops at the airport is absolutely The Pits ! Worst group of shops in the city.