Taxiing around Prestune Airport...
Preston Bus
Station is an Airport?
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To quote the
English Heritage’s listing entry for the Bus Station:
‘Building on
such an ambitious scale, and to such high design standards, has resulted in a
structure more reminiscent of a post-war airport terminal than a mere bus
station and car park. This was Keith Ingham’s stated aim at the time – to give
ordinary people something of the luxury of air travel, which was then still out
of many people’s price bracket.’
This
triggered some thoughts. Perhaps the Bus Station terminal could be transformed
into a
1960 airport?
Kinneir and
Calvert’s first project together was to design signs for Gatwick Airport,
designing the signs to be set as black lettering on a yellow background.
This article
has a good overview of Kinneir and Calvert’s transport design history together:
