New Transport Architecture; Travel Hubs in the 21st Century

by Will Jones

• ISBN13: 9781845332181
• ISBN10: 1845332180
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-28
• Publisher: MITCH

Summary

Efficient transportation is key to both economic prosperity and quality of life in the 21st century. Here are 35 of today's best design solutionsfrom Philadelphia International Airport to the Fulton Street interchange in New York's subway system, from an innovative U.S. border station to Yokohama's futuristic ferry terminal. These copiously illustrated case studies, together with essays exploring the larger architectural issues, are must reading for everyone concerned with building a more livable future.

Table of Contents

Foreword	6	(2)
Ivan Harbour
Introduction	8	(4)
Adding Retail Value to Airports	12	(8)
David Holm
Air
Barajas Airport Spain Richard Rogers Partnership	20	(8)
Beijing Capital International Airport China Foster and Partners	28	(4)
International Terminal, Philadelphia Airport USA Kohn Pedersen Fox	32	(6)
Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Lounge USA ShoP	38	(4)
Bangkok International Airport Thailand Murphy Jahn	42	(6)
Tianjin Binhai International Airport China Kohn Pedersen Fox	48	(4)
Ben Gurion International Airport Israel Moshe Safdie & Associates	52	(6)
The Politics of Public Transport by Yoichi Shimatsu & Stephen S Y Lau	58	(8)
Road
Vauxhall Cross Interchange UK Arup Associates	66	(8)
Carpark Burda Media Park Germany Ingenhoven Architekten	74	(6)
The Whale Jaw Netherlands NIO Architecten	80	(8)
Cycle Parking Garage Netherlands VMX Architects	88	(6)
Border Station USA Ross Barney + Jankowski Architects	94	(6)
Sound Barrier and Cockpit Netherlands ONL	100	(8)
Central Bus Station Germany Auer & Weber Architekten	108	(4)
Underground Parking Garage Austria Szyszkowitz & Kowalski	112	(6)
Molndal Commuter Station Sweden Wingardh Arkitektkontor	118	(6)
Box Hill Transport Interchange Australia McGauran Soon Architects	124	(4)
Cycle Station UK Fourth Door Research and the Architecture Ensemble	128	(4)
Engineering in Transport Architecture by Richard Prust	132	(8)
Water
Yokohama International Port Terminal Japan Foreign Office Architects	140	(8)
Naviduct Lock Complex Belgium Zwarts & Jansma Architects	148	(4)
DFDS Terminal Denmark 3X Nielsen	152	(6)
Maritime Terminal Italy Zaha Hadid	158	(4)
Leith Ferry Terminal UK Jessam al Jawad	162	(8)
Ferry Landing Stage Netherlands DAAD Architecten	170	(4)
Falkirk Wheel UK RMJM	174	(8)
St George Ferry Terminal US Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum	182	(8)
Whitehall Ferry Terminal US Frederic Schwartz Architects	190	(6)
Water-based Transport Architecture by Kenneth Drucker & Eve Michel	196	(8)
Rail
Three Kinds of Flow Japan Makoto Sei Watanabe	204	(8)
Moscow City Transport Terminal Russia Behnisch Behnisch & Partner	212	(4)
King's Cross Station UK John McAslan + Partners	216	(8)
Leuven Train Station Belgium Samyn and Partners	224	(6)
Stuttgart Central Station Germany Ingenhoven Architekten	230	(4)
Worb Station Switzerland Smarch	234	(8)
Central Station Germany BRT Architekten	242	(6)
Fulton Street Transit Center USA Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners	248	(6)
Stratford International Station UK Rail Link Engineering	254	(6)
Environmental Rail Building Design by Oliver Lowenstein	260	(4)
Contact Details	264	(3)
Bibliography	267	(1)
Index	268	(4)
Acknowledgments	272