Preston Bus Station Birthday Exhibition, Architect, Building, Images, Modern Lancashire Architecture
Preston Bus Station Birthday Exhibition
Lancashire Architecture Building Celebration, England, UK – curated by Charles Quick
25 Sep 2019
Exhibition of Preston Bus Station Building
Curator: Charles Quick
Location: Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library, Market Square, Preston, PR1 2PP, England
T 01772 258248 (office 10am-4pm)
T 01772 905414 (event bookings)
Beautiful and Brutal: 50 Years in the life of Preston Bus Station
21 September – 24 November 2019
Exhibition Opening is on Friday 20 September
Time: 6 – 8pm. The welcome at 6pm to the exhibition was interpreted in BSL by CoSign.
Preston Bus Station is an internationally important piece of architecture that was built for everyday use by the people of Preston.
Now in its 50th year, Charles Quick, artist and co-curator of In Certain Places, is collaborating with the Harris to re-present and reveal Preston Bus Station through archives, collections, artists’ commissions and interventions, which will permeate spaces throughout the Harris.
Built in 1969 by BDP, Preston Bus Station was the largest in Europe – a space-age structure built in the same year as the moon landing. Its strong architectural presence has inspired a wealth of artists, filmmakers and photographers, including Shezad Dawood and Nathaniel Mellors.
Existing work will feature alongside new contemporary art commissions by LOW PROFILE, Keith Harrison and Anna Raczynski to reveal aspects of the architecture on site and in the Harris.
LOW PROFILE will explore the role of people in the building’s identity through a large-scale artwork. Keith Harrison, known for his sculptural and audio work, will be creating a performative work at the Preston Bus Station. Anna Raczynski artist/filmmaker will be creating a series of talking head portraits of people associated with Preston Bus Station.
Preston Bus Station was saved from demolition after a 13 year campaign initiated by the people of Preston and is now Grade II listed. It has been revitalised through an extensive restoration programme by Lancashire County Council and John Puttick architects, which will be completed later this year. Its beautiful and brutal form has regained its former glory – loved by many and loathed by some. Whatever your opinion, it is one of Preston’s most distinctive pieces of architecture and is a place where the daily transactions of the city take place.
A complementary events programme at Preston Bus Station and the Harris will include films, talks, tours and workshops to contextualise the social architecture of the building and its role in the city.
See work by local photographers, taken of Preston bus station during its 50 years on display, on the main staircase.
Photography: Ian Clegg
Preston Bus Station Birthday Exhibition images/information received 250919
Preston Bus Station
Date built: 1969
Design: Building Design Partnership (BDP)
photograph © Adrian Welch
Conservationists fight to save ‘iconic modernist structure’:
Preston Bus Station Building
Location: Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library, Market Square, Preston, PR1 2PP, England
T 01772 258248 (office 10am-4pm)
T 01772 905414 (event bookings)
Preston Architecture
Website: RIBA Design Competition for Preston Bus Station – news update from LCC
Save Preston Bus Station Campaign – facebook page
Sika Liquid Plastics Limited
Design: Frank Whittle Partnership
Sika Liquid Plastics Preston
Brockholes Wetland and Woodland Nature Reserve Visitor Facilities, east of Preston
Design: Adam Khan Architects
Lancashire nature reserve
National Football Museum, Deepdale
Design: OMI Architects
National Football Museum Preston – the contents have now moved to Manchester’s Urbis building.
Avenham Park Pavilion
Design: McChesney Architects
Avenham Park Pavilion
RIBA University of Central Lancashire in Preston Design Competition
Preston Office Building Competition
Design: Moxon Architects
Preston Office
Park Houses
Design: Ushida Findlay Architects and Holmes Partnership
Preston Houses
Manchester Architecture
image courtesy of architects office
Comments / images for the Preston Bus Station Birthday Exhibition page welcome
