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The Beauty of Transport

Transport design, transport architecture, and transport's influence on art and culture. Part travelogue, part history, all transport (but sometimes tangentially so)

May 18, 2016May 17, 2016

The Bus Station Now Arriving (the fall and rise of British bus station design)

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May 11, 2016January 15, 2017

Concrete Curves (Bus station, Casar de Cáceres, Spain)

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May 4, 2016May 1, 2016

The Unexpected Cultural Significance of Dr Richard Beeching

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April 27, 2016April 30, 2016

The Many Murals of the Victoria Line (London, UK)

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April 20, 2016April 18, 2016

Transport Adventures in Hong Kong (Airport Express corporate identity development 1993-98)

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April 13, 2016April 18, 2016

Fly the Formal Skies (BOAC corporate identity 1946-1974)

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April 6, 2016April 2, 2016

Eric Ravilious: Transport Magician

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March 30, 2016January 23, 2017

The Underground World of Norman Foster (Metro Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain)

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March 23, 2016January 25, 2017

The Unfortunate Intersection of Rain, Unsuitable Shoes, and Cutting Edge Transport Architecture (Sondica Airport and Campo Volantín bridge, Bilbao, Spain)

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March 16, 2016March 5, 2016

Beautiful Robots, Dancing Alone (Millau Viaduct, France)

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March 9, 2016May 21, 2016

Flying the Flag (beautiful, and not-so-beautiful, British bus stop flags)

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March 2, 2016March 25, 2016

Obscure Objects of Transport Beauty: LSWR Boundary Marker

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February 24, 2016February 7, 2016

Parasol Paraíso (Repsol filling stations, Spain and Portugal)

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February 17, 2016February 18, 2016

Fallen Angels: Concorde, a Transport Icon

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February 10, 2016January 23, 2017

Box of Delight (Westminster Underground station, London, UK)

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February 3, 2016January 25, 2017

Heart of Glass (Amsterdam Centraal Busstation, the Netherlands)

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January 27, 2016January 25, 2017

Shards of Fearsome Light (Olaias Metro station, Lisbon, Portugal)

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January 20, 2016January 18, 2016

Primp My Lift (Elevador de Santa Justa, Lisbon, Portugal)

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January 13, 2016January 8, 2016

All Angles and Lava (Intercambiador de Guaguas, Arrecife, Lanzarote, Spain)

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January 6, 2016January 4, 2016

Travels with my Father (Johnston typeface, Edward Johnston)

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December 23, 2015February 11, 2016

The Fe-Line (Nishi station, Japan)

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December 16, 2015December 11, 2017

Big Blue (Tees Transporter Bridge, Middlesbrough, UK)

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December 9, 2015August 30, 2017

The Rolling Art Galleries of Network SouthEast (Edward Pond murals and NSE route badges)

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December 2, 2015November 3, 2015

The Upside Down Airport (London Stansted Airport, UK)

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November 25, 2015November 3, 2015

Shaft! 6 – Shaft Goes Stylish (Jubilee Line Ventilation Shafts, London, UK)

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November 18, 2015November 18, 2015

Four Chimneys Good, Two Chimneys… (Lots Road Power Station, London, UK)

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November 11, 2015October 22, 2015

Power to the People (Tramway Generating Station, Bristol, UK)

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