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The
Architecture of the Jubilee Line Extension
David Bennett
Photographs
by: Dennis Gilbert
ISBN:0727730886 Thomas Telford
 David
Bennett's book focuses on the fusion of innovative architecture and
engineering on London Underground's Jubilee Line Extension.
The
book highlights the complexity of the engineering involved and the difficulties
of creating architecture in reverse (a building as a hole in the ground
with no elevation and with problems of light and entrance).
Based
on interviews with the architects, contractors and engineers involved
on the project, each station is introduced in turn highlighting the
design conception and constructional issues.
The
book is prefaced with a brief overview of the history of the tube network
and the innovation in the way that the new stations were commissioned.
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