JF Ptak Science Books, Quick Post
I wonder if this design had anything to do with Captains Kirk’s/Picard’s great and lovely ship, the USS Enterprise? It seems as though it is of a singular inspiration, this futuristic airport of London’s futuristic future, designed by Mr. D.H. McMorran. Mr. Matt Jeffries, the man who design the Enterprise for Star Trek, was certainly alive at the time (1921-2003), though it seems a slim chance that the Illustrated London News for February 2, 1929 (in which this thumbnail image appeared) would have found its way to his boyhood hands in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. More likely for his engineering/design muse is the electric range heating coil, which seems to be the standard story of where the design originated. Still, this airport design does bear a striking resemblance to the Starship.
And just in case, here it is:
