About the Book
"New Transport Architecture" is broken down into thematic chapters according to transport type. Within each chapter, detailed case studies (36 in total) profile each travel hub, enabling a thorough understanding from overall scheme right down to the details. Illustrations of each project range from professional technical drawings and plans, through shots of the work in progress, to stunning shots of the finished structure. In addition the author, architectural authority Will Jones, invites five internationally acclaimed thinkers from the fields of architecture and architectural theory to consider themes pertinent to every transport type - from the importance of retail to the need for flexibility and future expansion. The foreword is also provided by Ivan Harbour - architect and partner with Richard Rogers Partnership. Together, case studies and essays form the most complete exploration of the travel hub ever published.
Table of Contents:
Foreword by Ivan Harbour of Richard Rogers Partnership; Introduction; Essay by David Holm; Architect and Design Principal for Woodhead International, Sydney, Australia Adding Retail Value to Airports; Chapter 1: Air (7); Barajas Airport, Spain, Richard Rogers Partnership; Beijing Airport, China, Foster and Partners; Philadelphia International Airport, USA, Kohn Pedersen Fox; Virgin Club House, USA, ShoP; Bankok International Airport, Thailand, Murphy Jahn; Tianjin Binhai Airport, China, Kohn Pedersen Fox; Ben Gurion International Airport, Israel, Moshe Safdie & Associates; Essay by Yoichi Shimatsu & Stephen S.Y. Lau; Yoichi Shimatsu: former editor with The Japan Times in Tokyo, and has taught journalism and critical studies in mass media at Tsinghua University in Beijing.; Stephen S.Y. Lau: professor at the University of Hong Kong and expert in urbanization; The politics of public transport - Bangkok case study; Chapter 2: Road (11); Vauxhall Cross Interchange, UK, Arup Associates; Burda Car Park, Germany, Ingenhoven und Partner; Whale Jaw Bus Station, Netherlands, NIO Architecten; Multi-storey bike park, Netherlands, VMX Architects; Border Station, USA, RBJ Architects; Cockpit and Barrier, Netherlands, ONL; Munich Bus Station, Germany, Auer & Weber & Partner; Underground car park, Austria, Szyszkowitz & Kowalski; Molndal Commuter Station, Sweden, Wingardh Arkitekt; Boxhill Interchange, Australia, MGS; Cycle Station, UK, Oliver Lowenstein; Essay by Richard Prust; Civil and geotechnical engineer - associate principal at Arup (leads the firm's infrastructure business in the U.S. Pacific Northwest); Engineering in Transport Architecture; Chapter 3: Water (9); Yokohama Ferry Terminal, Japan, Foreign Office Architects; Ship Naviduct, Belgium, Zwarts & Jansma Architects; DFDS Terminal, Denmark, 3X Nielsen; Salerno Ferry Terminal, Italy, Zaha Hadid; Leith Ferry Terminal, UK, Jessam al Jawad; Vlieland, Netherlands, DAAD; Falkirk (Wheel) Boat Lift, UK, RMJM. St George Terminal, US, HOK; Staten Island Terminal, US, Schwartz Architects; Essay by Kenneth Drucker & Eve Michel; Kenneth Drucker: AIA, Senior Principal, Director of Design, HOK New York.; Eve Michel: licensed architect and Senior Vice President, New York City Economic Development Corporation Capital Program Division; Water-based Transport Architecture; Chapter 4: Rail (9); Three stations of Shinkhansen, Japan, Makoto Sei Watanabe; Moscow City transport terminal, Russia, Behnisch & Behnisch & Partner; Kings Cross redevelopment, UK, John McAslan + Partners; Leuven Station, Belgium,; Stuttgart Station, Germany, Ingenhoven und Partner; Worb Station, Switzerland, Smarch; Dortmund CTRL, Germany, BRT Architecten; Fulton Street Interchange, USA, Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners; Stratford International (Channel Tunnel Rail Link) Station, UK, Alastair Lansley / Rail Link Engineering; Essay by Oliver Lowenstein; Green cultural theorist and writer, founder of British research-based magazine; Fourth Door Review, and orignator of projects including the Cycle Station project; Environmental Rail-building Design; List of architects, designers, contributors; Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgments.
About the Author :
Will Jones is a freelance writer specializing in architecture and design. Assistant editor at World Architecture until 2001, he now writes for several broadsheets and major architecture journals across Europe and the USA including The Times, The Financial Times, de Architect, Frame, RIBA Journal, Design Week, RA Magazine, Blueprint, and Dwell. In 2002 he published his first book, The Architecture of New York (Carlton Books). He is the author of the Mitchell Beazley title New Residential Architecture (2005).
Review :
"An essential reference work." Building Engineer "This book successfully explores how contemporary architects go beyond client's briefs to produce the best residential architecture." Blueprint"
