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160 years of London Underground Design and Architecture – Mark Ovenden

Wednesday, 13 May 2026

Covers surprising attempts to create some graphic unity, even in the 1860s and 70s, expansion of the Underground and the need to create some cohesion between the different operating companies, Leslie Green’s architecture and the Arts & Crafts movement, Frank Pick, Edward Johnston’s typeface, Charles Holden’s architecture and the Streamline Moderne/Art Deco movement, the New Works Programme, post war austerity/design, Victoria Line, loss of Johnston & rescue by Kono, Jubilee Line Extension/architecture, creation of TfL, recent schemes and future works including the Elizabeth Line/Northern Line extension to Battersea etc..

  • Email: samlesbury@theartssociety.org
  • Type: Lecture Programme
  • Time: 13 May 2026 - 10:45 am - 12:00 pm
  • Venue:Garner Hotel, Samlesbury, Preston New Road, Preston PR5 0UL
  • Duration:60 Minutes (approximately)

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