Tony Meadows
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    • Sydney Metro
    • FLW & LMvdR
    • Civilization
    • Bulgaria
    • Crossrail Bridges
    • Weavers of Ghent
    • Train of Thought
    • RIBA 130323
    • Eladio Dieste
    • Buenos Aires - 3 puentes
    • Buenos Aires - colectivos
    • Peter Cook - City Landscapes
    • Alvaro Siza - a shorter letter
    • Manhattan
    • Liepzig Metro Net
    • Earlier Contractor Involvement
    • The Purpose of Infrastructure
    • Luxembourg Bridges
    • Moscow Metro
    • The Ger of Galaa and Oyunaa
    • Transport for the Responsible
    • The Ambience of Interchange
  • Propositions
    • The Knowledge Pyramid
    • Hiroshima
    • Stratford Sphere
    • Toronto Spadina
    • Docklands Cable Cars 5
    • Docklands Cable Cars 4
    • Docklands Cable Cars 3
    • Docklands Cable Cars 2
    • Docklands Cable Cars 1
    • Cooling the Clay
    • Mudlarking
    • HS2 Roofs
    • Bloomburg Walbrook Bank
    • Integrated Station Development
    • Infrastructure
  • Home
  • Diversions
  • Observations
    • Stockholm
    • The Parthenon
    • Marseille
    • Old Tbilisi
    • Boston Big Dig
    • Tokyo Metro
    • Sydney Metro
    • FLW & LMvdR
    • Civilization
    • Bulgaria
    • Crossrail Bridges
    • Weavers of Ghent
    • Train of Thought
    • RIBA 130323
    • Eladio Dieste
    • Buenos Aires - 3 puentes
    • Buenos Aires - colectivos
    • Peter Cook - City Landscapes
    • Alvaro Siza - a shorter letter
    • Manhattan
    • Liepzig Metro Net
    • Earlier Contractor Involvement
    • The Purpose of Infrastructure
    • Luxembourg Bridges
    • Moscow Metro
    • The Ger of Galaa and Oyunaa
    • Transport for the Responsible
    • The Ambience of Interchange
  • Propositions
    • The Knowledge Pyramid
    • Hiroshima
    • Stratford Sphere
    • Toronto Spadina
    • Docklands Cable Cars 5
    • Docklands Cable Cars 4
    • Docklands Cable Cars 3
    • Docklands Cable Cars 2
    • Docklands Cable Cars 1
    • Cooling the Clay
    • Mudlarking
    • HS2 Roofs
    • Bloomburg Walbrook Bank
    • Integrated Station Development
    • Infrastructure
Observations
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Stockholm
... unmissable stations   more

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The Parthenon
... Elgin's marbles, more valid than expected   more

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Marseille
... a shape shifting city   more

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Old Tbilisi
... an infrastructure of shared ambition   more
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The Big Dig
...plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose   more

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Tokyo Metro
...good reasons why it's worth the effort   more

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Sydney Metro
...what more wondrous solutions may have been found, and by what means   more

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FLW & LMvdR
... the importance of competition   more

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Civilization
... art and pattern making are simply not enough    more

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Bulgaria
... art as a galvanising infrastructure    more
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Crossrail Bridges
...the separation of design and delivery   more

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Weavers of Ghent
...examining the potential of the output   more

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Train of Thought
...a line of travelling people   more

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RIBA 130323
...beware the Ides   more

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Eladio Dieste
...a lesson to us all   more

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Tres Puentes
...less material and more purpose in every component   more

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Colectivos
The Buenos Aires buses are, shall we say, dynamic   more

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City Landscapes
Peter Cook has always been a joy and an inspiration to listen to. There is a straightforward no-nonsense approach to his design musings   more

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A Shorter Letter
...‘though shalt not foul my station with your secondary revenue’   more


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Manhattan
...to encourage chance engagement and the unexpected, to provide opportunity to all of us, users, neighbours and owners alike   more

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The Metro Net
...‘Architecture-for-architecture’s-sake’ is just too close to ‘celebratory monumentalism’ and neither are the correct premise for stations or the urban realm   more

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Earlier Contractor Involvement
...the achievement of wholly fundamental changes in our natural and spiritual appreciation and expression   more


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The Purpose of Infrastructure
...the Purpose of Infrastructure can be as complex as the Engineering, and equally if not more important if it is to truly reward its users   more

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Footbridges
...three very different bridges with three very different ways of addressing the context, the span, the installation and the experience   more

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The Moscow Metro
"I as an artist can see how beautiful this is but you as a scientist take this all apart and it becomes a dull thing," and I think that he's kind of nutty."   more

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The Ger of Galaa and Oyunaa
"the consequence and harbour of a fervently defended nomadic lifestyle, where house and livestock and clothing are made of the same things,..."   more

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Transport for the Responsible
Aligned with social responsibility comes personal responsibility, and the standards that we adhere to in the UK - those that allow for anyone doing something self-destructive at any moment - are simply not present.   more

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The Ambience of Interchange
...if the experience, ambience and quality of the journey were more highly prized, some of the more complex elements of fully integrated systems could simply be avoided   more

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