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Alastair Lansley
The redeveloped St Pancras station, considered Lansley's magnum opus
Born (1947-12-01) 1 December 1947 (age 77)
NationalityBritish
OccupationArchitect
SpouseAyse
PracticeNetwork Rail
ProjectsSt Pancras redevelopment
Stratford International
Ebbsfleet International

Alastair Lansley CBE (born 1 December 1947) is a British architect.

Alastair Lansley was the lead architect for the reconstruction and rebuilding of London's St Pancras Station as terminus of the High Speed 1 line from the Channel Tunnel to London. His work at St Pancras includes the construction of a new 13 platform extension deck in a modern manner; reconstruction of the west side of the station (made necessary by the construction of the new Thameslink station box below) in a historically based Neo-gothic manner in the style of Sir George Gilbert Scott; as well as the refurbishment of the original station building by Scott and William Barlow.[1][2][3]

Lansley was also Lead Architect for Stratford and Ebbsfleet International Stations, which were designed by project architect Mark Fisher.[4] These stations extends the language of Mies van der Rohe in a contemporary context, and form a close stylistic bond with the new station extension at St Pancras.

A series of BBC television programmes, The Eight Hundred Million Pound Railway Station, were broadcast as six 30-minute episodes between 13‒28 November 2007.[5] In this series the project that was to become St. Pancras International station was shown during the different phases of construction.

Lansley is a former member of British Rail's architects' department. He worked with lead architect Nick Derbyshire, on the £110 million reshaping of London's Liverpool Street Station in the late 1980s and early 1990s.[2][3]

It has been reported that a project to rebuild the Euston Arch as part of the redevelopment of Euston Station could be led by Lansley.[6] Rebuilding the Arch has been linked to Euston's potential role of London terminus for the future High Speed 2 link to Birmingham and beyond.

Lansley was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.[7]

Publications

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  • Lansley, Alastair; Durant, Stuart (2011). The Transformation of St Pancras Station. London: Laurence King. ISBN 978-1-85669-882-5.

References

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  1. ^ Spurling, Hilary (4 February 2007). "It's been a long journey..." London: Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved 30 November 2007.
  2. ^ a b Binney, Marcus (3 January 2005). "On track, new landmark for London". Times Online. Archived from the original on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2007.
  3. ^ a b "St. Pancras Brings Taste of Grand Central, Romance to London". Bloomberg L.P. 26 October 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2007.
  4. ^ Glancey, Jonathan (27 May 2005). "Tunnel vision". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  5. ^ "The Eight Hundred Million Pound Railway Station". BBC Website. 13–28 November 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  6. ^ Hunt, Tristram (6 November 2007). "The people's station reborn". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 8 November 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
  7. ^ "No. 59090". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 2009. p. 8.
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