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This book outlines the history and development of large urban train stations throughout the Western world. It covers a 100-year period from roughly 1850 to 1950. Striking photographs chronicle 40 large passenger station buildings still in existence. The basic physical forms and their evolution are reviewed in the context of the rapid growth of train travel. Christopher(...)
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This book outlines the history and development of large urban train stations throughout the Western world. It covers a 100-year period from roughly 1850 to 1950. Striking photographs chronicle 40 large passenger station buildings still in existence. The basic physical forms and their evolution are reviewed in the context of the rapid growth of train travel. Christopher(...)
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Still standing : a century of urban train station design
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This book outlines the history and development of large urban train stations throughout the Western world. It covers a 100-year period from roughly 1850 to 1950. Striking photographs chronicle 40 large passenger station buildings still in existence. The basic physical forms and their evolution are reviewed in the context of the rapid growth of train travel. Christopher Brown discusses the arrival and impact of Beaux-Arts architecture in the 1890s and its profound effect on the American terminal.
Still standing : a century of urban train station design
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This book outlines the history and development of large urban train stations throughout the Western world. It covers a 100-year period from roughly 1850 to 1950. Striking photographs chronicle 40 large passenger station buildings still in existence. The basic physical forms and their evolution are reviewed in the context of the rapid growth of train travel. Christopher Brown discusses the arrival and impact of Beaux-Arts architecture in the 1890s and its profound effect on the American terminal.
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October 2005, Bloomington
October 2005, Bloomington
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Engineering Structures
Engineering Structures
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An alphabet of London
An alphabet of London
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In An Alphabet of London, Christoper Brown presents a series of wonderfully whimsical linocuts illustrating every aspect of London past and present, including personalities, buildings, monuments, legends, historic events, and other metropolitan icons. From Dickens, Dr Johnson, Tower Bridge and the Shard to the Diamond Jubilee, Wimbledon, pigeons, and jellied eels, all(...)
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In An Alphabet of London, Christoper Brown presents a series of wonderfully whimsical linocuts illustrating every aspect of London past and present, including personalities, buildings, monuments, legends, historic events, and other metropolitan icons. From Dickens, Dr Johnson, Tower Bridge and the Shard to the Diamond Jubilee, Wimbledon, pigeons, and jellied eels, all(...)
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An alphabet of London
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In An Alphabet of London, Christoper Brown presents a series of wonderfully whimsical linocuts illustrating every aspect of London past and present, including personalities, buildings, monuments, legends, historic events, and other metropolitan icons. From Dickens, Dr Johnson, Tower Bridge and the Shard to the Diamond Jubilee, Wimbledon, pigeons, and jellied eels, all London life is here. A born-and-bred Londoner, Brown recounts his own memories of growing up in the capital, and also describes how he creates his distinctive prints. His unique, often humorous take on London will delight anyone who lives in or visits the city.
An alphabet of London
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In An Alphabet of London, Christoper Brown presents a series of wonderfully whimsical linocuts illustrating every aspect of London past and present, including personalities, buildings, monuments, legends, historic events, and other metropolitan icons. From Dickens, Dr Johnson, Tower Bridge and the Shard to the Diamond Jubilee, Wimbledon, pigeons, and jellied eels, all London life is here. A born-and-bred Londoner, Brown recounts his own memories of growing up in the capital, and also describes how he creates his distinctive prints. His unique, often humorous take on London will delight anyone who lives in or visits the city.
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March 2012
March 2012
