| Underground Architecture |  | Author: David Lawrence
Publisher: Capital Transport Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 4646200
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 208
ISBN: 1854141600
EAN: 9781854141606
ASIN: 1854141600
Publication Date: December 5, 1994
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Condition: Publisher: Capital TransportDate of Publication: 1994Binding: Hard CoverEdition: FirstCondition: Very Good-/Very Good-Description: 1854141600 Folio, blue boards, silver titles, 208 pages. The boards are clean, but the top front board edges is bumped, as are the corners. There is a slight lean at the spine. The text pages and illustrations are clean. The binding is strong. The dust jacket is clean, but slightly creased at the front flap and slightly edgeworn.
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The architecture of London subway stations November 27, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a beautifully illustrated book aimed at a very specialized audience. 'Underground' in the title refers to the London Underground, or what Americans would call the London Subway. There aren't many people interested in the architecture of London subway stations, but this book is for the few readers that are. Lawrence traces the history of London subway station design from its beginnings in 1863 up to the Jubilee Line (not open at press time, but illustrated with color photos of architectural models). The book focuses on the design of street-level structures, and there is also an emphasis on the tile used to line deep-level stations. The thrust of this book is solely on the aesthetics of station design; there is nothing here on track diagrams, and very little on issues of passenger flow through the stations. This is mainly a book of illustrations, in which the text exists primarily to explain the photos and drawings. On average, there are more than two illustrations per page, mostly b&w photos and diagrams, but also a sprinkling of color diagrams. Toward the end of the book (the 70s, 80s, and 90s), almost all the illustrations are color.
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