HOK have revealed a masterplan for Dublin Airport City which will bring a new business district to the Irish capital just 6 minutes from the airport. The mixed-use business development will create a community of 30,000 people with hotels, shops and offices covering 140 hectares and slash travel emissions caused by traffic to the city centre.

The design was commissioned by Dublin Airport Authority. Dublin Airport services 23.24 million people every year travelling to over 150 destinations but the top ten destinations are short-haul with London, Paris and Manchester accounting for the top three suggesting a large business use pattern for the airport. Currently these travellers would stay in the city centre but the new Airport city would encourage visitors to work and stay beside the Airport. But the plans will also improve public transport into the city centre taking cars off the road.