Transforming King's Cross.
Publisher: London : Merrell Publishers, 2012Description: 159 p. col. ill. 26 cm001: 14984ISBN: 9781858945873Subject(s): King's Cross station (London, England) | Architecture | Transportation terminals | RailwaysDDC classification: 725.31| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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The reinvention of London's Grade I-listed King's Cross station by Network Rail, architectural practice John McAslan + Partners and engineers Arup is among Europe's most ambitious infrastructure projects. It has seen more than the restoration and modernization of the historic fabric of Lewis Cubitt's original double-barrelled train shed of 1852, in itself a masterpiece of rational design: the vast new semicircular Western Concourse, with its dramatic glass-and-steel canopy, creates at King's Cross one of Britain's most iconic examples of transport architecture. This fascinating book tells the complete story of the transformation of the station, a transport hub that is projected to be used by some 55 million people each year and is the gateway to the wider urban regeneration of the bustling surrounding area.
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