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".
Publisher: FUEL PublishingISBN: 9781739887827Number of pages: 200Weight: 640 gDimensions: 160 x 200 mm
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