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A glorious global celebration of modern railway architecture in the mid-20th century and beyond.Many railway books are about nostalgia for the steam age, but this one is different: a global study of railway architecture from the 1950s onwards and into the future. In 50 fascinating entries, renowned travel and architecture writer Christopher Beanland looks primarily at stations but also covers starkly brutalist signal boxes and depots, charming...

Here are 50 of the world's greatest parks - but not just a list of the examples we already know. Yes, we'll tell you about those storied greats such as Central Park in New York and Phoenix Park in Dublin, but we'll also take you to the Philippines, to Australia, to provincial Britain and around the world to show you the most historic and the most interesting, the newest and most cutting-edge that mix the best of nature and architecture.

A fascinating survey of unbuilt and abandoned architectural projects from all over the world, by great architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier and Zaha Hadid.

Die faszinierenden Geschichten hinter visionären Bauwerken, die nie verwirklicht wurden. Mit dem beginnenden 20. Jahrhundert haben sich mutige Vordenker auf den Weg gemacht, die Architekturgeschichte neu zu schreiben. Im Fokus des planerischen Interesses: die Gesellschaft von morgen, in der nichts unmöglich ist. Viele der kühnen Entwürfe sind der Realität zum Opfer gefallen. Ihrer Genialität tut das keinen Abbruch. Dieser Band erzählt die fasz...

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A celebration of outdoor swimming - looking at the history, design and architecture of pools, as well as the social aspect. Architectural historian and travel writer Christopher Beanland leaps into pools around the world and finds out why it is that people love to swim outdoors.

A celebration of outdoor swimming ? looking at the history, design and architecture of pools, as well as the social aspect. The 1930s architecture of the pools is often sleek and elegant, evoking speed and efficiency. And the pools themselves are great social levellers ? a public space where everyone is stripped down to a bathing suit. The book begins with a history of the pools ? their grand beginnings after the buttoned-up Victorian era, the...

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