
THE POSTWAR WORLD 1950–2000III
POSTMODERNISM AND BEYOND 1966–19957
CHICAGO O’HARE’S
UNITED TERMINAL WALKWAY
UNITED TERMINAL WALKWAY
O’Hare Airport
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Michael Hayden (b. 1943), Designer
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1989
The subterranean walkway that carries pas-
sengers to and from their arrival and departure
gates between concourses at O’Hare Inter-
national Airport’s United Airlines Terminal 1,
designed by architects Murphy/Jahn (est. 1981),
is not only a tunnel but also a visual adventure
unto itself.
This 860-foot (262 m) public moving un-
derground passageway is framed on each of its
sides by undulating, backlit, multicolored walls. ...