An evening at Stanfords with ‘Station’ by Christopher Beanland

17/07/2024 7:00 pm – 17/07/2024 8:30 pm | Stanford's Travel Bookshop

A journey through 20th and 21st century railway architecture and design.

As more of us are avoiding planes for environmental reasons, travelling and discovering new places by train is becoming more appealing.

Visit Stanford Travel Bookshop for an evening with Christopher Beanland talking about his new book Station, and 50 of the world’s most remarkable train stations.

Here to satisfy the appetite of travellers, architecture aficionados and rail enthusiasts alike, Christopher Beanland’s new book is a glorious global celebration of modern railway architecture.

From understated Art Deco glamour and sleek Brutalism to stylish shipping container solutions and riotous Post modernism, stops along the way include train stations, but also subways and signal boxes Featured is LA’s iconic Union Station, the verdant Atocha Station in Madrid and Warsaw’s spectacular modernist stations, as well as less familiar examples such as Saudi Arabia’s high-speed Har­­amain Line, the joyous monorail at Walt Disney World Resort and Mexico’s anticipated Tren Maya.

The book also contains essays by architecture and travel writers on topics including hanging railways in Germany and Japan, the intriguing architecture and design of Berlin’s U-Bahn stations and the joy of interrailing.

Illustrated with glorious photographs throughout, this stylish and contemporary book is a celebration of modern railway architecture at its best.

WHERE:

Stanfords Travel Bookshop.7 Mercer Walk Covent Garden WC2H 9FA

WHEN:

Wednesday 17th July. 7PM – 8:30PM.

PRICE:

Tickets can be purchased here.

Learn more about Christopher Beanland.

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