The Jeppesen Terminal at Denver International Airport, designed by Fentress Bradburn Architects and opened with the airport on February 28, 1995, is known for a roof of translucent Teflon coated fiberglass fabric held up by a catenary steel cable system similar in principle to the cables of the Brooklyn Bridge. Its row of white peaks was designed to recall snow capped mountains and the teepees once used by Native American peoples of the Great Plains on which the airport sits, northeast of downtown Denver. The terminal is named for Elrey B. Jeppesen, a pioneer of aviation navigation charts, and a pedestrian bridge linking it to Concourse A gives travelers views of the Rocky Mountains to the west and the high plains to the east. A mandatory one percent of the airport's capital budget funded an extensive public art program throughout the terminal.
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountDenver, Colorado, United States 1 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own accountTransport Terminal (Airport, Ferry, etc.) 1 Connections
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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1. Wikipedia: Denver International Airport
WikipediaHistory section, paragraph on opening
DEN finally replaced Stapleton on February 28, 1995, 16 months behind schedule and at a cost of $4.8 billion (equivalent to $9 billion as of 2024), nearly $2 billion over budget ($3.7 billion as of 2024).
lead, first sentence
Denver International Airport (IATA: DEN, ICAO: KDEN, FAA LID: DEN), often referred to by locals as DIA, is an international airport in the Western United States, primarily serving metropolitan Denver, Colorado, as well as the greater Front Range Urban Corridor.
Terminal section, first sentence
DEN has one terminal, named the Jeppesen Terminal after aviation safety pioneer Elrey Borge Jeppesen, and three midfield concourses, spaced far apart.
- infobox building_type/type field: Public
Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
The Jeppesen Terminal at Denver International Airport, designed by Fentress Bradburn Architects and opened with the airport on February 28, 1995, is known for a roof of translucent Teflon coated fiberglass fabric held up by a catenary steel cable system similar in principle to the cables of the Brooklyn Bridge. Its row of white peaks was designed to recall snow capped mountains and the teepees once used by Native American peoples of the Great Plains on which the airport sits, northeast of downtown Denver. The terminal is named for Elrey B. Jeppesen, a pioneer of aviation navigation charts, and a pedestrian bridge linking it to Concourse A gives travelers views of the Rocky Mountains to the west and the high plains to the east. A mandatory one percent of the airport's capital budget funded an extensive public art program throughout the terminal.
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