{"product_id":"london-tube-stations-1924-1961-by-philip-butler-9781739887827","title":"London Tube Stations 1924-1961","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharles 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Tube Stations 1924-1961\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnnotated 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA 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\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431481557228,"sku":"9781739887827","price":60.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781739887827.jpg?v=1774557722","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/london-tube-stations-1924-1961-by-philip-butler-9781739887827","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}