{"id":6069,"date":"2017-11-20T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=6069"},"modified":"2017-11-19T16:10:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T21:10:56","slug":"london-underground-architecture-and-design-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/11\/london-underground-architecture-and-design-map\/","title":{"rendered":"London Underground Architecture and Design Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bluecrowmedia.com\/products\/london-underground-architecture-design-map\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6070\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/11\/london-underground-architecture-and-design-map\/london-underground-architecture-design-map\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/london-underground-architecture-design-map.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"619,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"london-underground-architecture-design-map\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/london-underground-architecture-design-map-206x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/london-underground-architecture-design-map.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6070\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/london-underground-architecture-design-map-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/london-underground-architecture-design-map-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/london-underground-architecture-design-map-103x150.jpg 103w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/london-underground-architecture-design-map.jpg 619w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a>Blue Crow Media&#8217;s latest map of urban architecture is the <a href=\"https:\/\/bluecrowmedia.com\/products\/london-underground-architecture-design-map\">London Underground Architecture and Design Map<\/a>, a collaboration between transit system guru (and friend of <strong>The Map Room<\/strong>) Mark Ovenden and photographer Will Scott. &#8220;The guide includes a geographical Underground map with featured stations marked, with corresponding photography and details on the reverse along with tips for where to find unique and unusual signage, roundels, clocks, murals and more. The map is protected by a slipcover featuring a distinctive die cut roundel.&#8221; Costs \u00a39.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mappinglondon.co.uk\/2017\/london-underground-architecture-design-map\/\">More at <em>Mapping London<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Previously:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/09\/architectural-maps-of-london\/\">Architectural Maps of London<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Crow Media&#8217;s latest map of urban architecture is the London Underground Architecture and Design Map, a collaboration between transit system guru (and friend of The Map Room) Mark Ovenden and photographer Will Scott. &#8220;The&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/11\/london-underground-architecture-and-design-map\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[634,54,166,204],"class_list":["post-6069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-transit","tag-architecture","tag-cities","tag-london","tag-tube","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1789710,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/11\/london-trees-pyongyang-architecture\/","url_meta":{"origin":6069,"position":0},"title":"London Trees, Pyongyang Architecture","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"27 November 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"Blue Crow Media, which for the past few years has published a series of maps focusing on urban architecture, sent me samples of two of their most recent maps. 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G. Perman. Perman's map, with its use of colour, italic lettering and focus on green spaces, seems like it comes from a completely different era, even though it was published\u00a0only a few years before\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Transit&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Transit","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/transit\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/perman-underground-railways-of-london-840x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/perman-underground-railways-of-london-840x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/perman-underground-railways-of-london-840x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/perman-underground-railways-of-london-840x1024.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1807194,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/05\/topsy-turvy-the-london-underground-in-the-style-of-the-new-york-subway-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":6069,"position":2},"title":"Topsy-Turvy: The London Underground in the Style of the New York Subway Map","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"5 May 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"Plenty of cities\u2019 subway maps have been reimagined in the style of the London Underground map. Cameron Booth, for example, has redone New York\u2019s subway map in that style. But a map posted by a graphic designer named Sean to Reddit does the exact opposite: it reimagines the London Underground\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Transit&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Transit","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/transit\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"London Underground map in the style of the New York subway map","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/london-tube-as-nyc-subway-map-1024x595.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/london-tube-as-nyc-subway-map-1024x595.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/london-tube-as-nyc-subway-map-1024x595.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/london-tube-as-nyc-subway-map-1024x595.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6024,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2015\/09\/a-geographically-accurate-tube-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":6069,"position":3},"title":"A Geographically Accurate Tube Map","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"21 September 2015","format":"link","excerpt":"There is no transit map more iconic than the London Underground's Tube map. First created by Harry Beck in the 1930s, the design has inspired countless other transit network maps that are schematic diagrams rather than geographically accurate maps. But Transport for London, which operates the Underground, also has a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Transit&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Transit","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/transit\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1788200,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/01\/a-modern-day-tube-map-in-the-original-tube-map-style\/","url_meta":{"origin":6069,"position":4},"title":"A Modern-Day Tube Map in the Original Tube Map Style","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"15 January 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"There have been a lot of Beck-style maps\u2014maps done in the style of the London underground map. This one\u2019s a bit meta. 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