The Building
 
Air Traffic Control Tower 
The 130m high air traffic control tower is one of the tallest of its kind in the world. It looks like a giant torch, but they name it 'the slim lady' as its shape self-explain the name. 
 		 The Slim Lady 
The Air Traffic Control Tower
 
 
The Main Terminal Building 
The Main Terminal Building		 Main Terminal Building 
This is the first Main Terminal Building (MTB) if KLIA and eventually there will be two MTBs when the whole project completed on the next century to serves the increasing number  of passengers. 

It is a five storeys building with the main entrance located at the fifth floor. Customs and immigration counters, duty free and retail outlets and restaurants etc will be housed here. 
 
The lighting
 
 
Myriad of stars on ceiling
The ceiling placed with dowlighters
The interior
The interior of the MTB
As mentioned earlier, the design of the MTB is to integrate the environment elements into the building. As you can see on the picture on the left side, the columns are shaped into conical - apparently like the trunk of palm trees. All the columns surface are finish with granite. But the light fittings on the top of the column remind me about the light house, don't forget that  light house also is an essential element for a 'port'. 
Moreover, the parabolic ceiling in timber finish is somehow shaped like surging waves. It also looks like the leaf of the 'column palms'. The floors are also finish with granite in Islamic geometric pattern. 

Compare to these elements, another feature of KLIA might be not so interesting. That is, the ceiling with downlighters placed into it arbitrarily reflecting the myriad of stars in the night sky. However these downlighters only placed on part of the MTB's ceiling.
Aerotrain
The aerotrain
 Aerotrain 
These two aerotrains connecting the MTB to the satellite building. It operating at three to five minute intervals, this two-car 250-passenger capacity train will take passengers from MTB to satellite building or the other way round within two minutes. 
The steel frame
The steel frame supporting the glass skin
that stuck the artificial rainforest
 Satellite Building 
The four-armed is where the international flights take off. In the middle of the building is the artificial rainforest with glazing structure surrounding the huge drum.
 
 
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