Preston Bus Station (detail)
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Preston Bus Station (detail) by Matt Harrop as part of the Geograph project.
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Preston Bus Station (detail)
Image: © Matt Harrop Taken: 6 Dec 2016
Looking up from ground level. The design of this bus station consciously sought to offer bus passengers greatly enhanced comforts with clean modern facilities, with refreshments and heated waiting rooms separated by sliding doors from the buses outside. It was to be a bus station that overtly aspired to some of the glamour of air travel, combining rational modernity with expressive architectural forms. Constructed in concrete the building was at the forefront of the use of GRP moulds giving a smooth finish and the compound curved surfaces which have become the predominant feature of the building.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.76118
Longitude
-2.69605