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DESCRIPTION:Date: February 20\, 2025. Time: 9 AM PST/12 PM EST/5 PM GMTOnli
 ne via Zoom. Register.Following three successful webinar series on Palladi
 anism in Britain (2022)\, Interwar Architecture in Britain (2023)\, and th
 e Development of Social Housing in the United Kingdom\, BALT&rsquo\;s 2025
  webinar series will focus on the Architecture of Transport in Britain.The
  series launches with discussions of the development of English infrastruc
 ture during the Georgian Period 1750-1830\, followed by British Bridges of
  the 19th Century\, and elaborates further by covering St Pancras and the 
 Elizabeth Line. With presentations by Steven Brindle\, Dan Cruickshank\, S
 imon Bradley and Hugh Pearman\, this series promises to be enriching and i
 nsightful.All webinars will take place via Zoom. A link will be emailed to
  all those who register a week before and the day of the event.Description
 :The 19th century was a transformative period for bridge construction in B
 ritain\, driven by advancements in materials like iron and steel and the r
 apid expansion of the railway network. While railway bridges such as the F
 orth Bridge and Britannia Bridge highlight engineering milestones\, other 
 types of bridges\, including pedestrian\, vehicular\, and canal structures
 \, played essential roles in urban and industrial growth. Engineers like I
 sambard Kingdom Brunel and Robert Stephenson revolutionized design and con
 struction\, creating structures that were both functional and aestheticall
 y significant. These bridges not only connected regions and boosted econom
 ic development but also symbolized the era&rsquo\;s spirit of innovation a
 nd progress.Speaker: Dan CruickshankDan Cruickshank is a London-based arch
 itectural historian\, author and broadcaster who has made numerous program
 mes for the BBC\, particularly about culture under threat. These have incl
 uded a series entitled Under Fire: that looked at the clash of culture and
  conflict in Afghanistan\, Iraq and Israel and the Occupied Territories.&n
 bsp\; He has also returned recently to Syria after the cultural terrorism 
 of &lsquo\;Islamic State&rsquo\;\, focusing on Damascus\, Homs and Palmyra
 . His books include Bridges: Heroic Designs that Changed the World (Harper
 Collins\, 2010) and Skyscraper: pioneering high rise buildings in Chicago 
 and New York\, (Head of Zeus\, 2018).&nbsp\;
DTEND:20250220T180000Z
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LOCATION:United Kingdom\,Online via Zoom
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SUMMARY:The Architecture of Transport in Britain - British Bridges of the 1
 9th Century
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Date: February 20\, 2025. <br />Time: 9 AM 
 PST/12 PM EST/5 PM GMT</p><p>Online via Zoom. </p><p>Following three successful webinar series on Palladianism in B
 ritain (2022)\, Interwar Architecture in Britain (2023)\, and the Developm
 ent of Social Housing in the United Kingdom\, BALT&rsquo\;s 2025 webinar s
 eries will focus on the Architecture of Transport in Britain.<br /></p><p>
 The series launches with discussions of the development of English infrast
 ructure during the Georgian Period 1750-1830\, followed by British Bridges
  of the 19th Century\, and elaborates further by covering St Pancras and t
 he Elizabeth Line. With presentations by Steven Brindle\, Dan Cruickshank\
 , Simon Bradley and Hugh Pearman\, this series promises to be enriching an
 d insightful.<br /></p><p>All webinars will take place via Zoom. A link wi
 ll be emailed to all those who register a week before and the day of the e
 vent.</p><p><strong></strong></p><div><strong>Description:</strong></div><
 div>The 19th century was a transformative period for bridge construction i
 n Britain\, driven by advancements in materials like iron and steel and th
 e rapid expansion of the railway network. While railway bridges such as th
 e Forth Bridge and Britannia Bridge highlight engineering milestones\, oth
 er types of bridges\, including pedestrian\, vehicular\, and canal structu
 res\, played essential roles in urban and industrial growth. Engineers lik
 e Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Robert Stephenson revolutionized design and 
 construction\, creating structures that were both functional and aesthetic
 ally significant. These bridges not only connected regions and boosted eco
 nomic development but also symbolized the era&rsquo\;s spirit of innovatio
 n and progress.</div><div><br /></div><div><strong>Speaker: Dan Cruickshan
 k</strong><br /><span style="background-color:initial\;font-family:inherit
 \;font-size:inherit\;text-align:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spac
 ing:normal\;caret-color:auto\;white-space:inherit\;">Dan Cruickshank is a 
 London-based architectural historian\, author and broadcaster who has made
  numerous programmes for the BBC\, particularly about culture under threat
 . These have included a series entitled Under Fire: that looked at the cla
 sh of culture and conflict in Afghanistan\, Iraq and Israel and the Occupi
 ed Territories.&nbsp\; He has also returned recently to Syria after the cu
 ltural terrorism of &lsquo\;Islamic State&rsquo\;\, focusing on Damascus\,
  Homs and Palmyra. His books include Bridges: Heroic Designs that Changed 
 the World (HarperCollins\, 2010) and Skyscraper: pioneering high rise buil
 dings in Chicago and New York\, (Head of Zeus\, 2018).&nbsp\;</span></div>
 <div></div><div></div><div><br /></div>
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