Archilogy.com » Ladozhsky Railway Station http://archilogy.com A blog dedicated to architecture & home improvement Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:36:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Ladozhsky Railway Station http://archilogy.com/ladozhsky-railway-station/ http://archilogy.com/ladozhsky-railway-station/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:30:17 +0000 Archilogy http://archilogy.com/?p=269 With its steel cross-ribbed arches, the station is reminiscent of the great epoch of railway stations, when stone-hewn neo-Romanesque and neo-Gothic cathedrals of mobility attested the unshakable faith in the technological power of the steam age.

Ladozhsky Railway Station - View Over Railways

View Over Railways

The steel crossbeams have a purely aesthetic function and belong to the post-modern repertoire.

Ladozhsky Railway Station At Night

Ladozhsky Railway Station At Night

With its multilevel construction, unique expressiveness and a role as junction on the Moscow-Helsinki line, the station refers back to itself and its Russian surroundings regardless of the demands of functionality.

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