London Underground By Design
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2013
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781846144172
Description: Since its establishment 150 years ago as the world's first urban subway, the London Underground has continuously set a benchmark for design that has influenced transit systems from New York to Tokyo, Moscow to Paris and beyond. This is a meticulous study of every aspect of that feat, a comprehensive history of one of the world's most celebrated design achievements, and of the visionaries who brought it to life.