Spaceport America in New Mexico was designed by Foster + Partners and URS Corporation. The State of New Mexico owns it through the New Mexico Spaceport Authority, which also operates it. Groundbreaking was June 19, 2009, and it was declared open on October 18, 2011. Virgin Galactic's interior work finished in August 2019. The cost was about $209 million. The article names no style.
The terminal and hangar total 110,152 square feet (10,200 m2) and house White Knight Two and SpaceShipTwo. The concrete runway is 12,000 feet (3,657 m) long. Sustainability features include Earth Tubes for cooling, solar thermal panels and natural ventilation.
It won the 2014 Jeff Harner Award for Contemporary Architecture and an AIA Western Mountain Region Merit Award. Private tours can be booked through the website. The article gives no hours.
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