Station
A journey through 20th and 21st century railway architecture and design
$40.00
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
16 April 2024
Summary
A glorious celebration of modern railway architecture in the 20th century and beyond, travelling all over the world.
Many railway books are about nostalgia for the steam age, but this one is different: a global study of railway architecture from the 1950s onwards and into the future. In 50 fascinating entries, renowned travel and architecture writer Christopher Beanland looks primarily at stations but also covers starkly brutalist signal boxes and depots, romantic and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849948258 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849948259 |
| Author: | Christopher Beanland |
| Publisher: | Batsford |
| Imprint: | Batsford |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 16 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 525g |
| Dimensions: | 276mm x 216mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
‘Trainspotters will love this book’
– Business Traveller‘[A] picturesque survey’
– New York Times Book Review‘Marvellous … further proof that the journey is the destination’
– Daily Telegraph‘Forget the steam age – a colourful new book finally gives props to modern train travel’
– Vera (Virgin Atlantic)‘The most beautiful, noteworthy, and weird railway stations’
* Fast Company *‘The world’s coolest railway terminals’
* The Times *‘A witty and sublime around-the-world adventure’
– IanVisits‘Will make you appreciate your local transport hub with fresh eyes’
– Monocle‘Steams through the history of the railways, insightfully celebrating 50 of the world’s most impressive stations.’
– Daily Mail‘Nifty stations, modernist gems, small town finds, sidecars, beautiful trains themselves. They’re all here and not just for trainspotters.’
– ParadeAbout The Author
Christopher Beanland
Christopher Beanland is a journalist, comedy writer and author who specialises in architecture and travel writing. He is the author of Unbuilt: Radical Visions of a Future that Never Arrived and Lido: A dip into outdoor swimming pools: the history, design and people behind them. He writes regularly for the Guardian, Independent and The Telegraph and is the creator of Park Date - a podcast where he interviews celebrity guests in a park. Christopher lives in London.
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