Railway Stations: From the Gare de L'est to Penn Station
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1904313345
ISBN 13
9781904313342
Category
720.9 Architecture - Architects
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Publication Year
2005
Publisher
Pages
220
Description
This books presents a history of the railway station, from the Gare de L'Est in Paris of the 1850s to the striking proposal by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's for a new Pennsylvania Station in New York City at the end of the 1990s. Spanning over 100 years of innovative design, this volume provides an overview of a building type that has long captured the imagination of architects and non-architects alike - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
