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Cooling Towers
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Cooling Towers

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A stirring celebration of cooling towers, the monumental brutalist structures dotted around Britain that are relics of twentieth-century industrial history - and are about to disappear for good.

Bringing together some of the country's most distinguished architectural photographers and writers, Cooling Towers is an elegiac exploration of these imposing buildings, forming a definitive visual record of Britain's coal-fired power stations at the moment that they disappear into history, as most of them have been slated for demolition very soon. The book's focus is on the unique and sculptural presence of cooling towers within the landscape, always an unforgettable sight. Essays include:

Hugh Pearman on Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire, still standing but not for long. Otto Saumaurez Smith on the recently demolished, particularly beautiful set of cooling towers that formed part of Ironbridge B Power Station. Jonathan Clarke on the historical, technological and engineering context of postwar power stations.

With a celebratory foreword by Antony Gormley, the distinguished British artist who has long expressed admiration for these immense constructions, and photography from renowned architectural photographers Luke O'Donovan, Michael Collins and James O. Davis of Historic England, this book is a visually exciting and historically significant record of Britain's twentieth-century industrial legacy.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Batsford
Country
United Kingdom
Date
17 September 2025
Pages
128
ISBN
9781849949460

A stirring celebration of cooling towers, the monumental brutalist structures dotted around Britain that are relics of twentieth-century industrial history - and are about to disappear for good.

Bringing together some of the country's most distinguished architectural photographers and writers, Cooling Towers is an elegiac exploration of these imposing buildings, forming a definitive visual record of Britain's coal-fired power stations at the moment that they disappear into history, as most of them have been slated for demolition very soon. The book's focus is on the unique and sculptural presence of cooling towers within the landscape, always an unforgettable sight. Essays include:

Hugh Pearman on Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire, still standing but not for long. Otto Saumaurez Smith on the recently demolished, particularly beautiful set of cooling towers that formed part of Ironbridge B Power Station. Jonathan Clarke on the historical, technological and engineering context of postwar power stations.

With a celebratory foreword by Antony Gormley, the distinguished British artist who has long expressed admiration for these immense constructions, and photography from renowned architectural photographers Luke O'Donovan, Michael Collins and James O. Davis of Historic England, this book is a visually exciting and historically significant record of Britain's twentieth-century industrial legacy.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Batsford
Country
United Kingdom
Date
17 September 2025
Pages
128
ISBN
9781849949460