Operational for just 12 years, the city's Renfrew Municipal Airport represented the future of air travel in Scotland when it was first built and it was arguably the most striking airport in all the UK, if not Europe.
Designed by William Kininmonth in 1954, who had previously worked with the equally renowned Basil Spence, it boasted an eye-catching parabola at the entrance of the terminal building - but the interior was just as spellbinding.
The curved roof, wall and sculptural pillars were all white and flooded with daylight from large windows. Here was a structure that looked ready for the space age, never mind the age of civil aviation.
