Station to station / Steven Parissien.

Main entry:

Parissien, Steven.

Title & Author:

Station to station / Steven Parissien.

Publication:

London : Phaidon Press, 1997.

Description:

240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. New cathedrals of transport: nineteenth-century gothic -- 3. The monumental age of rail: imperial neoclassicism -- 4. The eclecticism of station style: new century exotic -- 5. The apogee of the railway age: beaux-arts style -- 6. Towards a new century of travel: expressionism -- 7. The modern movement and beyond: the renaissance of rail -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Station to Station is a celebration of the life and architecture of the railway station and its evolution. It provides an account of the social and political context of stations over the last 150 years.

ISBN:

071483467X
9780714834672
0714841021
9780714841021

Subject:

Railroad stations.
Gares.
railroad stations.
Stationsgebouwen.
Railroad stations History.
Railroad terminals History.
Gares Architecture.

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 192332
Call No.: ID NA6310.P377; ID:97-B3421
Status: Available

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