{"product_id":"london-tube-stations-1924-1961","title":"London Tube Stations 1924-1961","description":"Charles Holden's designs for the London Underground from the mid-1920s to the outbreak of World War II represent a high point of transport architecture and Modernist design in Britain. His collaboration with Frank Pick, the Chief Executive of London Transport, brought about a marriage of form and function still celebrated today. Pick used the term ‘Medieval Modernism’ to describe their work on the underground system, comparing the task to the construction of a great cathedral.  London Tube Stations 1924 – 1961 catalogues and showcases every surviving station from this innovative period. These beautiful buildings, simultaneously historic and futuristic, have been meticulously documented by architectural photographer Philip Butler.  Annotated with station-by-station overviews by writer and historian Joshua Abbott, the book provides an indispensable guide to the network's Modernist gems. All the key stations have a double page spread, with a primary exterior photograph alongside supporting images. A broader historical introduction, illustrated with archival images from the London Transport Museum, gives historical context, while a closing chapter lists the demolished examples alongside further period images.These stations, as famed architectural historian Nicholas Pevsner later noted, would \"pave the way for the twentieth-century style in England\".","brand":"FUEL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40811423793237,"sku":"9781739887827N","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/files\/81f1ed72-e39d-4f09-80f4-8dbbf51d58a5.jpg?v=1712498347","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/london-tube-stations-1924-1961","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}