Underground Journeys: Charles Holden's designs for London Transport
In this online exhibition discover how during the 1920s and 1930s, London Underground symbolised modern Britain and Charles Holden's designs defined modern British architecture.
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An overview of Holden's work for the Underground
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Early collaboration between Holden and Frank Pick
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Northern line extension and renewal of existing stations
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55 Broadway and the 'new' Piccadilly Circus
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European influences and the Piccadilly line extension
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Attention to detail on the London Transport system
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Later designs and conflict with Frank Pick
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Holden's enduring impact on railway architecture
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Based on the exhibition 'Underground Journeys: Charles Holden's designs for London Transport' from the V&A+RIBA Architecture Partnership.
Curator: Fiona Orsini (RIBA Library Drawings and Archives Collections)
02 October 2010 - 13 February 2011
Room 128a, Architecture Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum