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Article: Stainless steel doors at Baltimore-Washington International Airport.
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- Doors and Hardware
- Article date:
- November 1, 1998
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The architects at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWIA) wanted a special look, the kind of entrance that they hoped would be a signature welcome for passengers coming in and out of their terminal. They needed a design for their departure-arrival doors that made an instant visual impression on travelers, one that in a glance said clean, secure and meticulous. But they also needed the kind of strongly crafted product that was going to hold up to the usage demands that such an entrance goes through hour after hour and year after year.
The answer was already on their boards: stainless steel. What other metal has its look? Strong. Smooth. Spotless. ...