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Antwerp Central and Liège‐Guillemins, Belgium
Author(s) -
Littlefield David
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1085
Subject(s) - destinations , art history , political science , economic history , history , engineering , law , tourism
David Littlefield describes how Belgian railway company NMBS/SNCB is realising a new holistic vision for high‐speed rail in the country with railway stations that are being envisaged as destinations in themselves that connect their urban contexts. This is epitomised by Jacques Voncke's recently completed renovation and expansion of the fin‐de‐siècle Antwerp Central and Santiago Calatrava's dramatic white canopy for the new station at Liège‐Guillemins. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.