Modern Trains and Splendid Stations: Architecture and Design for the Twenty-first Century - Softcover

Thorne, Martha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1858941490 ISBN 13: 9781858941493

Publisher: Merrell Publishers Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

Inter-city rail travel is one of the dominant facts of modern life. In the wake of the railway renaissance of the 1980s and 1990s, new train stations from the US to Japan must respond to increasingly complex challenges, as high-speed trains become more and more common and the next generation of magnetically levitated trains approaches. The state-of-the-art examples featured in Modern Trains and Splendid Stations are analyzed from several perspectives: as generators of urban renewal; as new architectural icons; and as connecting points for different means of transportation. The work of such internationally renowned architects involved in station design as Meinhard von Gerkan (Germany), Nicholas Grimshaw (England), Santiago Calatrava (Switzerland), and Arata Isozaki (Japan) is prominently illustrated in full color. Featuring the newest designs for the ICE train in Germany and the TGV in France, as well as the Japanese bullet train and the northeastern US corridor's high-speed Acela service, Modern Trains and Splendid Stations presents the very latest trends in rail travel, affording a glimpse of what passengers can expect in the twenty-first century.

About this title

Synopsis

Examines modern trains and railroad stations in North America, Europe, and Japan, providing histories, photographs, and a look into the future of the railway industry.

About the Author

Martha Thorne is Associate Curator of Architecture at The Art Institite of Chicago.

Edition details

• Publisher: Merrell Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1858941490
• ISBN 13: 9781858941493
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160