Consider Cochin airport (some photographs below): It very nicely brings together traditional Kerala architecture and modern amenities and services. And its size is correctly in proportion to the volume of air traffic it handles. Not unnecessarily large and not smaller than required - it's just right.
I would love to see this spirit of traditional regional architecture + energy efficient construction principles + modern amenities and services in airports, railway stations, bus stations, housing colonies, schools, colleges, universities, hospitals, recreational parks, marketplaces and shopping centers, etc. in different parts of the country.
[PS: Talking about energy efficient construction principles: Things have gone quite wrong in the last few decades when, in our zeal of being first world and futuristic, we started making remarkably energy inefficient structures with walls of glass - a concept that makes sense in the colder regions of the world with the sunlight filtering in bringing much needed warmth along with it - but is absolutely nonsensical in tropical regions such as ours where we need to keep airconditioners on to keep the warmth out! Ask any educated architect and he will tell you that the way to go in the subcontinent is thick walls that insulate well, in summers as well as winters.]
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