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25 November 2009
1899 – Metro Stations, Paris

1899 – Metro Stations, Paris

Architect: Hector Guimard Although most have been modernised, some of Paris’s metro stations still retain their Art Nouveau inspired entrances. In 1899 there was a competition to design the entrances, but the President...

25 November 2009
1900 – Musée d’Orsay, Paris

1900 – Musée d’Orsay, Paris

Architect: Victor Laloux The Orsay station, the masterpiece of modernism and industry in 1900 greatly influenced the architecture of American stations. Yet it was soon obsolete and was used for varied purposes: it...

24 November 2009
1896 – Railway Station, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France

1896 – Railway Station, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France

Architect: Victor Laloux The fabulous railway station was designed by Victor Laloux for the Compagnie d’Orléans railway company. He also designed their terminus in Paris, the Gare D’Orsay. The railway shed consists of...

06 November 2009
1893 – Kent Railway Station, Cork

1893 – Kent Railway Station, Cork

Architect: Bayley & Gordon The second station on this site, the original station was designed by John Benson and remains to the west of the existing building. Externally itwas intended to have a...

09 October 2009
1920 – Railway Station, Toledo, Spain

1920 – Railway Station, Toledo, Spain

Architect: Narciso Clavería Designed by Narciso Clavería, it was opened in 1920 and is a building with a rectangular base with three sections similar in appearance to an old Arabic palace and which...

02 October 2009
Cais do Sodré Railway Station, Lisbon

Cais do Sodré Railway Station, Lisbon

01 October 2009
Railway Station, Villa Real de St Antonio

Railway Station, Villa Real de St Antonio

Architect: Small town railway station with a lean modernist appearance.

30 September 2009
1898 – Passenger Depot, Canadian Pacific Railway, Vancouver, British Columbia

1898 – Passenger Depot, Canadian Pacific Railway, Vancouver, British Columbia

Architect: E. & W.S. Maxwell Constructed on Granville Street, and demolished in 1912.

30 September 2009
1860 – Former Great Northern Railway Station, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan

1860 – Former Great Northern Railway Station, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan

Architect: Sir John MacNeill The Railway Station possibly designed by Sir John MacNeill on a more modest scale than his masterwork at Portadown with some later adaptations by William G. Murray. A long...