King's Cross Station

Cubitt, Lewis

dc.coverage.spatial	Site: London, England, United Kingdom	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	1851-1852 (creation)	en_US
dc.creator	Cubitt, Lewis	en_US
dc.date	1851-1852	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2013-03-18T17:19:34Z
dc.date.available	2013-03-18T17:19:34Z
dc.date.issued	1851-1852	en_US
dc.identifier	200399	en_US
dc.identifier.other	archrefid: 1129	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/108161
dc.description	View of the iron stairs, bridge and clock, west wall of the west shed; The front elevation of the terminal building could be treated in different ways: as a solid block, for example in London in the Gothic Revival hotel front of St Pancras Station (1873-1876), by George Gilbert I Scott (ii) and the Renaissance Revival Charing Cross Station (1863-1864), by E. M. Barry; or overlaid with historicist or symbolic detailing to convey the idea of a city gate, such as at the Eastern Station (1881), Budapest, designed by Julius Röchlitz (1827-1886). The most significant innovation for the building type, however, was the integration of the facade with the train-shed behind it, resulting in a wide arch over the centre of the facade, as at François Duquesney's Gare de l'Est (1847-1852), Paris, King's Cross Station (1852), London, designed by Lewis Cubitt (1799-1883), and the Stazione Porta Nuova (1866-1868), Turin, by Carlo Ceppi and Alessandro Mazzuchetti. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/25/2008)	en_US
dc.rights	© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.	en_US
dc.subject	architectural exteriors	en_US
dc.subject	business, commerce and trade	en_US
dc.subject	engineering and industry	en_US
dc.subject	manufacturing	en_US
dc.subject	Transportation	en_US
dc.subject	Nineteenth century	en_US
dc.title	King's Cross Station	en_US
dc.type	image	en_US
dc.rights.access	Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only	en_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode	1A2-E-L-KC-B3	en_US
vra.culturalContext	British	en_US
vra.technique	construction (assembling)	en_US
vra.worktype	railroad station	en_US
dc.contributor.display	Lewis Cubitt (British architect, 1799-1883)	en_US