London Tube Stations 1924-1961 (Hardcover)

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".

General

Imprint:	FUEL Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2023
Authors:	Philip Butler • Joshua Abbott
Editors:	Damon Murray • Stephen Sorrell
Authors:	Fuel
Dimensions:	160 x 200mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-1-73988-782-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > General
LSN:	1-73988-782-4
Barcode:	9781739887827

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