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The Transformation of St Pancras Station (mini edition)

 

 

 

The Transformation of St Pancras Station (mini edition)
Alastair Lansley

Paperback
450 illustrations
240 pages
195 x 195 mm
ISBN 978 1 85669 882 5
$0.00
Published January 2012

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Contents

1. A Gothic Past
2. Decay and Dereliction: The Environs of St Pancras c. 2000
3. A New Railway and a New Vision for St Pancras
4. The Roof: A Nineteenth-Century Masterpiece Restored
5. New meets Old: The Extended Station
6. Transformation: The Platform Deck and Undercroft
7. Twenty-First-Century Gothic
8. London's Best-Connected Station
9. The Renaissance of a Grand Hotel
10. St Pancras: A New Heart for London
11. The Station as a Place to Meet: A New Public Space
12. A Right Royal Opening

APPENDIX 1: Chronology of St Pancras
APPENDIX 2: Selective Chronology of Large Span Metal Structures before 1900
APPENDIX 3: List of Main Works and Fit-Out Contractors
INDEX

 

 

At the end of 2007, St Pancras became the new London terminus for the high-speed channel tunnel rail link to continental Europe, taking over from Waterloo International. Central to this change, the entire structure and area around St Pancras have been renovated and transformed as one of the largest civil engineering projects in Europe.

This book looks at the history and process of the project and shows how the old St Pancras – one of London’s finest Victorian stations – has been both restored to its original glory and extended for the demands of 21st-century rail travel.

Packed full of specially commissioned photography and written by those intimately involved in the project, The Transformation of St Pancras Station tells the remarkable story of how the original building was renovated and expanded with major new additions and how the surrounding area has been regenerated to become a desirable destination in its own right.


Alastair Lansley was Chief Architect of the renovation of St Pancras.

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