Architecture of the Jubilee Line Extension

Architecture of the Jubilee Line Extension
ISBN-10
0727730886
ISBN-13
9780727730886
Category
Subway stations
Pages
160
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Thomas Telford
Author
David Bennett

Description

David Bennetts latest book focuses on the fusion of innovative architecture and engineering on London Undergrounds Jubilee Line Extension.The book highlights the complexity of the engineering involved and the difficulties of creating architecture in reverse (a building as a hole in the ground with no elevation and with problems of light and entrance).Based on interviews with the architects, contractors and engineers involved on the project, each station is introduced in turn highlighting the design conception and constructional issues

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