The Architecture of the Jubilee Line Extension

David Bennett s latest book focuses on the fusion of innovative architecture and engineering on London Underground s Jubilee Line Extension.

The book highlights the complexity of the engineering involved and the difficulties of creating architecture in reverse (a building as a hole in the ground with no elevation and with problems of light and entrance).

Based on interviews with the architects, contractors and engineers involved on the project, each station is introduced in turn highlighting the design conception and constructional issues. The book is prefaced with a brief overview of the history of the tube network and the innovation in the way that the new stations were commissioned.

About the Author

David Bennett

David Bennett BSc, MSc, CEng, MICE is a consultant, author and lecturer on the use and application of all forms of insitu and precast architectural concrete. He runs CPDs and Short Courses on Architectural Concrete, advises architects and contractors on fine concrete finishes and specification writing and, since drafting the new book Sustainable Concrete Architecture (published by RIBA Publishing); he can advise professionals on how to audit all the C02 emissions in the construction of a building.

He has a keen interest in innovation and new technology and is the author of a number of published books which include Skyscraper by Arum Press, The Architecture of Bridge Design and Concrete Innovations published by Thomas Telford; Exploring Concrete Architecture and The Art of Precast Concrete published by Birkhauser; Architectural Insitu Concrete and the series Concrete Elegance published by RIBA Publishing.