John McAslan and Partners designed the 2012 restoration of London’s historic King’s Cross station. Built in 1852, King’s Cross terminated the main line for the East Coast and connected the island’s Northern Railway.
The platforms run north-south and extend into the brick St Pancras building. Great arched windows give a street view into the platform space, and smaller arched entryways provide generous circulation to pedestrian ways. Above that, a semicircular glazed entrance hall presses up against the west side of the platforms. Ribbed structure converges into this central point, just as the traveler makes the transition from the modern city to the historic brick concourse.
The platform space itself combines old and new more methodically. Arched skylights and their steel structure gingerly sit atop the brick structural walls.
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