London Tube Stations 1924-1961 Hardback
by Philip Butler, Joshua Abbott, FUEL
Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell
Hardback
Description
Charles Holden's designs for the London Underground from the mid-1920s to the outbreak of World War II represent a high point of transport architecture and Modernist design in Britain.
His collaboration with Frank Pick, the Chief Executive of London Transport, brought about a marriage of form and function still celebrated today.
Pick used the term 'Medieval Modernism' to describe their work on the underground system, comparing the task to the construction of a great cathedral.
London Tube Stations 1924 - 1961 catalogues and showcases every surviving station from this innovative period.
These beautiful buildings, simultaneously historic and futuristic, have been meticulously documented by architectural photographer Philip Butler. Annotated with station-by-station overviews by writer and historian Joshua Abbott, the book provides an indispensable guide to the network's Modernist gems.
All the key stations have a double page spread, with a primary exterior photograph alongside supporting images.
A broader historical introduction, illustrated with archival images from the London Transport Museum, gives historical context, while a closing chapter lists the demolished examples alongside further period images.These stations, as famed architectural historian Nicholas Pevsner later noted, would "pave the way for the twentieth-century style in England".
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:200 pages, 215 Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:FUEL Publishing
- Publication Date:13/04/2023
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- ISBN:9781739887827
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:200 pages, 215 Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:FUEL Publishing
- Publication Date:13/04/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781739887827
