Joshua Abbott Philip Butler FUEL London Tube Stations 1924-1961 (Hardback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: London Tube Stations 1924-1961Condition: NewEAN: 9781739887827ISBN: 9781739887827Publisher: FUEL PublishingFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 04/13/2023Description: 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".Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 160mmItem Length: 200mmAuthor: Joshua Abbott, Philip Butler, FUELGenre: Arts & PhotographyItem Weight: 640gContributor: Damon Murray (Edited by), Stephen Sorrell (Edited by)Topic: Travel & TransportRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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