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America's Great Railroad Stations
An evocative and stunning photographic tribute to America's railroad stations. For much of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the railroad station or depot was the communal hub of every American town that could boast of train service. There, citizens gathered before they sent loved ones off to college, marriage, or war-and where they greeted them on their return. Most of these buildings were architectural gems, and while many are still in service, certain others now house museums, banks, restaurants, and more. In fact, in cities like Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, renovated stations are destinations unto themselves even for those not boarding the train. And in other places, whole sections of towns have been remade around these structures, restoring their vitality in novel and interesting ways long after the last train has left the station. In 'America's Great Railroad Stations,' award-winning photographer Roger Straus III, and two lifelong railroad buffs, Ed Breslin and Hugh Van Dusen, join forces to tell the astonishing story of these enduring structures and the important role they still play in the country's landscape. Journeying from the Pennsylvania Railroad to the Union Pacific to Michigan Central and more, readers will be dazzled by the Beaux Arts monuments of New York and the adobe buildings of the Southwest. Filled with both new and archival photographs and drawings, this volume is a glorious salute to the institution that transformed our nation. The railroad station or depot was the communal hub of every American town that could boast of train service. There, citizens gathered before they sent loved ones off to college, marriage, or war--and where they greeted them on their return. Filled with both new and archival photographs and drawings, this volume is a glorious salute to the institution that transformed our nation.
Building Type Basics for Transit Facilities
Building Type Basics for Transit Facilities covers the essentials of designing transit facilities. * Features innovative transit station designs, including light and heavy rail, airports, and cruise terminals. * Presents numerous illustratrations with descriptive floor plans, diagrams, and photographs. * Provides need-to-know information for getting started in this complex area.
Stations
Serving as gateways to the cities, train stations were the most important urban building developments at the turn of the 20th century. One century later this building mission is experiencing a fascinating renaissance. On a world-wide basis new facilities are emerging that need to fulfill various functions ? so very often they have to serve as shopping malls. However, even small stations for regional trains, subways and trams belong to the past, if they are purpose-built...
Still Standing: A Century of Urban Train Station Design
This beautiful photographic collection of urban train station designcovers a 100-year period from roughly 1850 to 1950. Striking original photographschronicle 40 large passenger station buildings still in existence in cities aroundthe world. From the great terminals of London, across the world to Auckland, NewZealand; from Toronto's Union Station to the grand and crumbling Retiro Station inBuenos Aires -- vastly different architectural forms are displayed and presentedchronologically. One-third of the stations included are among the best America hasto offer. Still Standing: A Century of Urban Train Station Designoutlines the history and development of large urban stations throughout the Westernworld. The basic physical forms and their evolution are reviewed in the context ofthe rapid growth of train travel. Christopher Brown discusses the arrival and impactof Beaux-Arts architecture in the 1890s and its profound effect on the Americanterminal. The end of the so-called golden era of passenger rail travel coincidedwith an architectural move away from the classicism of Beaux-Arts. New and differentdesign forms appeared while passengers defected to other means of transportation. These dazzling public structures have endured, but thephotographs imply a disturbing question: How long will they survive? This photographic collection of urban train station design chronicles 40 large passenger station buildings built between 1850-1950 and still in existence from the great terminals of London to the Retiro Station in Buenos Aires.
Railway Stations: From the Gare de L'Est to Penn Station
Similar in format to the Electaarchitecture title, "Twenty Houses by Twenty Architects," this volume presents a series of case studies of different interpretations of one building type. The author's introduction provides an overview of the history of railway architecture, citing its most significant developments. Individual project documentation begins with the Gare de L'Est in Paris, the first major railway station of the nineteenth century. Grand Central Terminal in New York City, of 1903-13, is documented through archival material, including engineering drawings and period photographs, as well as contemporary photographs revealing the major restoration project of the 1990s. Several contemporary stations that have reinvigorated the building type include the Santa Justa station in Seville by Antonio Cruz and Antonio Oritz, the a station in Kyoto by Hiroshi Hara, the Lyon TGV Station by Santiago Calatrava, and the Arnhem Station by Dutch architects Ben von Berkel and Caroline Bos of UN Studio, one of the leading firms of today.
Subway Architecture in Munich
The changing architectural style of the Munich subway system is meticulously documented in this book and supported with numerous photographs. These developments are carefully followed, ranging from the functional design chosen in 1971 when preparations were made for the 1972 Olympic Games, to the modern and innovative architecture of the present. Subway Architecture in Munich is of particular interest to architects, developers, civil engineers and urban planners, tracing the development of Munich's subway over a period of 30 years.
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