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 [&hellip
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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. Order your copy today! RECEIVE [&hellip
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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 [&hellip
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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 [&hellip
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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, [&hellip
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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 [&hellip
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