IWM Duxford is considered Britain’s best-preserved Second World War airfield, from which historic and contemporary flying continues today.
The American Air Museum was designed by renowned architects Foster + Partners in collaboration with Ove Arup and Partners as consulting engineers. Counting the Cost memorial at IWM Duxford by Renato Niemis outside the American Air Museum. Picture: IWM American Air Museum IWM Duxford
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Although not yet 30 years old, the museum is considered an outstanding and innovative architectural site, and won critical acclaim in 1998 when it was awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize.
Norman Foster is one of England’s most internationally acclaimed modern architects, and this building serves as an excellent example of his work, anticipating many of his later designs.