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2015 “澳洲10开官网开奖” Holiday Gift Guide – Books!

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About the only thing as good as actual 澳洲10开官网开奖 is books about 澳洲10开官网开奖 (and/or wayfinding design)! Here’s a selection of great reads for the map lover in y🔸澳洲幸运10冠军定位计划life! 澳洲10开官网开奖 of the World, November 2015 Edition by Mark Ovenden – a book that needs no further introduction to readers of this blog (My review here). A fantastic update to an already superb book. Buy on Amazon here. London Underground by Design by […]

Historical Diagram: Piccadilly Circus Tube Station by Renzo Picasso, 1929

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We all know that I love a good cutaway diagram, and this example – drawn by Italian architect and urban designer, Renzo Picasso (no relation) – is just superb. Drawn in 1929, coinciding with the opening of Charles Holden’s sub-surface circular booking hall which replaced the original 1906 above-ground Leslie Green-designed station building. The unusual perspective, halfway between the platform level and the (invisible) roads above, permits a wonderful level of clarity in the drawing.  […]