Transport buildings--railway stations, airport terminals, bus and
coach stations, motorway service areas, filling stations, and
garages--are such a part of everyday scenery they are easily overlooked.
This book is the first to take a close look at the architecture of
British transport buildings of the twentieth century, a period during
which transportation systems, methods, and even purposes underwent
enormous change.
The contributors to the book consider transport buildings both well
known and unfamiliar from a variety of intriguing viewpoints. They
explore the design and promotion of the London Underground, the battle
between road and rail, the intentions of architects--to glamorize
travel, to calm fears, to accommodate huge numbers of travelers--and the
political and cultural significance of the transport buildings that
have become a major part of modern life.
Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art