Discovering King’s Cross: A Pop-Up Book
A new pop-up book is to be published by Cicada books, detailing the development of King’s Cross with illustration by Lucy Dalzell and a pop-up design conceived by Corina Fletcher.
Discovering King’s Cross tells the story of Kings Cross Station, built in 1852, and its elegant and simple Victorian design, noted for the contrast to its neo-gothic neighbour St Pancras.
But this is the story of the rise-and-fall-and-rise of King’s Cross Station, which has undergone a £500 million restoration and redevelopment by architects John McAslan + Partners.
When we say pop-up, we mean it. The middle section lurches out from the book to form a 3D scape of King’s Cross station, replete with the new glass domed John McAslan + Partners designed Western Concourse, which abuts the original building.
A further pop-out tab reveals the frontage of the 160-year-old station, which even contains pop-out trains and tubes.
Dalzel,l who was appointed by McAslan + Partners, has a free-hand and out-of-scale style in keeping with the playful spirit of the book which has been written by Michael Palin and Dan Cruickshank.
Discovering King’s Cross: A Pop-Up book is published by Cicada and will be published later this month priced £17.95
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