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DESCRIPTION:Date: March 20\, 2025. Time: 9 AM PST/12 PM EST/5 PM GMTOnline 
 via Zoom.  Register.Following three successful webinar series on Palladian
 ism in Britain (2022)\, Interwar Architecture in Britain (2023)\, and the 
 Development of Social Housing in the United Kingdom\, BALT&rsquo\;s 2025 w
 ebinar series will focus on the Architecture of Transport in Britain.The s
 eries launches with discussions of the development of English infrastructu
 re during the Georgian Period 1750-1830\, followed by British Bridges of t
 he 19th Century\, and elaborates further by covering St Pancras and the El
 izabeth Line. With presentations by Steven Brindle\, Dan Cruickshank\, Sim
 on Bradley and Hugh Pearman\, this series promises to be enriching and ins
 ightful.All webinars will take place via Zoom. A link will be emailed to a
 ll those who register a week before and the day of the event.Description:S
 t Pancras Station is a landmark of Victorian engineering and architecture\
 , celebrated for its awe-inspiring train shed designed by William Barlow a
 nd the opulent Midland Grand Hotel by George Gilbert Scott. Its regenerati
 on in the 21st century restored the grandeur of the original structure whi
 le modernizing it for contemporary use\, blending historical preservation 
 with cutting-edge design. This transformation underscores the enduring sig
 nificance of St Pancras as both a symbol of Victorian ambition and a model
  of adaptive reuse\, bridging the past and present in Britain&rsquo\;s rai
 lway heritage.Speaker: Simon BradleySimon Bradley is joint editor of the P
 evsner Architectural Guides series (Yale University Press)\, for which he 
 has written several revised volumes covering London and the English counti
 es\, including Oxfordshire: Oxford and the South East (2023). His other bo
 oks include a study of St Pancras station (2011)\, and two larger works of
  railway history\, The Railways: Nation\, Network and People (2015) and Br
 adley&rsquo\;s Railway Guide (2024).
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LOCATION:United Kingdom\,Online via Zoom
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SUMMARY:The Architecture of Transport in Britain - St Pancras Transformed: 
 The Story of Britain’s Greatest Railway Building
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Date: March 20\, 2025. <br />Time: 9 AM PST
 /12 PM EST/5 PM GMT</p><p>Online via Zoom.  </p><p>Following three successful we
 binar series on Palladianism in Britain (2022)\, Interwar Architecture in 
 Britain (2023)\, and the Development of Social Housing in the United Kingd
 om\, BALT&rsquo\;s 2025 webinar series will focus on the Architecture of T
 ransport in Britain.<br /></p><p>The series launches with discussions of t
 he development of English infrastructure during the Georgian Period 1750-1
 830\, followed by British Bridges of the 19th Century\, and elaborates fur
 ther by covering St Pancras and the Elizabeth Line. With presentations by 
 Steven Brindle\, Dan Cruickshank\, Simon Bradley and Hugh Pearman\, this s
 eries promises to be enriching and insightful.<br /></p><p>All webinars wi
 ll take place via Zoom. A link will be emailed to all those who register a
  week before and the day of the event.</p><p><strong></strong><strong styl
 e="background-color:initial\;font-size:inherit\;text-align:inherit\;text-t
 ransform:inherit\;word-spacing:normal\;caret-color:auto\;white-space:inher
 it\;">Description:</strong></p><div></div><div>St Pancras Station is a lan
 dmark of Victorian engineering and architecture\, celebrated for its awe-i
 nspiring train shed designed by William Barlow and the opulent Midland Gra
 nd Hotel by George Gilbert Scott. Its regeneration in the 21st century res
 tored the grandeur of the original structure while modernizing it for cont
 emporary use\, blending historical preservation with cutting-edge design. 
 This transformation underscores the enduring significance of St Pancras as
  both a symbol of Victorian ambition and a model of adaptive reuse\, bridg
 ing the past and present in Britain&rsquo\;s railway heritage.</div><div><
 br /></div><div><p><strong>Speaker: Simon Bradley</strong></p><p><strong><
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 y:inherit\;font-size:inherit\;text-align:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;
 word-spacing:normal\;caret-color:auto\;white-space:inherit\;">Simon Bradle
 y is joint editor of the Pevsner Architectural Guides series (Yale Univers
 ity Press)\, for which he has written several revised volumes covering Lon
 don and the English counties\, including Oxfordshire: Oxford and the South
  East (2023). His other books include a study of St Pancras station (2011)
 \, and two larger works of railway history\, The Railways: Nation\, Networ
 k and People (2015) and Bradley&rsquo\;s Railway Guide (2024).</span></p><
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 -size:inherit\;text-align:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spacing:no
 rmal\;caret-color:auto\;white-space:inherit\;"></span></div><div></div><di
 v></div><div><br /></div>
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