In 2015, Lauren Bombet was awarded the role of interior design consultant for the new world-class North Terminal Project New Orleans International Airport. With approval of The Mayor, Aviation Director, Aviation Board, and Crescent City Aviation Team, Lauren Bombet’s design concept was implemented for the 760,000 square foot concourse and terminal MSY airport. The scope included concept design and development for key feature elements that included the Atrium Elevator Envelope, Baggage Claim Wall, and ticket counters as well as selection and coordination of interior finishes and millwork design for the entire concourse and terminal. The total construction cost at $800 million is the largest project Lauren has collaborated on to date.

The objective to create a sense of place was accomplished by blending inspiration from the city’s rich history, vibrant culture paired with the qualities of optimism surrounding the emergence of New Orleans as a globally-recognized destination city. The design is focused on timeless qualities and an elegant warm palette articulated with rich materials. The muted alabaster of an oyster shell. The primordial mist of a cypress grove. The weathered brass plates on a Victorian door. The hew of old world cobbles on a wet narrow street. Expressed with medium toned woods, bronze metals, and natural stones. North Terminal will transcribe the austere elegance of sun warmed plaster French Quarter walls, the inky shadow stamp of transom doorways and the vibrancy of cypress and oak boughs.

The elevator envelope was designed using a unique technique of layered sheets of transparent and metallic glass emulating the majestic experience of our light shifting qualities. The baggage claim wall inspired by historical iron work and playfulness of light and shadow, reintroduced as a perforated metal panel wall surface.