Following are details of an upcoming conference at the Paul Mellon
Centre
that may be of interest to your members.  The Paul Mellon Centre is a
non-profit educational institution for the promotion of the history of
British art and architecture.

Destination Anywhere
The Architecture of Transport in the Twentieth Century
Wednesday 8th March 2000 at the Paul Mellon Centre

No aspect of the twentieth century has done more to alter the physical
environment of the nation and the regulation of our everyday social
regimes
than the startling expansion of public transport and the proliferation
of
the private car. Despite the central importance of transport in changing
the face of modern-day Britain, the architecture of transport has
remained
a significantly under-studied aspect of British architectural history.
This one-day conference seeks to correct this imbalance, and looks at
the
profound visual transformation that the private car and public transport
have effected in Britain during the modern era. It focuses in particular
on
the evolution and subsequent adaptation of building types distinctive to
transport. One area of consideration is the architectural compositions
which resulted from the nationalisation of the railway and the expansion
of
air travel.  Another is the growing popularity of the motor car, which
has
changed social and sexual attitudes, as well as having an enormous
impact
on both urban and rural environments.

The conference programme is divided into three principal
sessions-Planes,
Trains and Automobiles-and includes:

Gavin Stamp (Mackintosh School of Architecture)
Early Twentieth-Century Stations

Susie Barson (English Heritage)
'A Little Grit and Ginger':  The Impact of Charles Holden on the London
Underground 1923-40

Elain Harwood (English Heritage)
Reappraising British Railways

Kenneth Powell (The Twentieth Century Society)
The Jubilee Line Extension

Neil Bingham (RIBA)
Arrivals and Departures: Civil Airport Architecture in Britain during
the
Interwar Period

Colin Davies (University of North London)
The Contemporary British Airport

David Jeremiah (University of Plymouth)
Roadside Services

David Lawrence
The Motorway Service Station

Stuart Evans (Central St. Martin's School of Art & Design)
House, Car, Countryside

Julian Holder (University College Chester)
 >From Chaos to Control:  The Development of the Bus and Coach Station in
Interwar Britain

Tickets are £30 (£15 for full-time students), including coffee, lunch
and a
post-conference reception.  To book, please send a cheque made payable
to
'The Paul Mellon Centre' to:

Transport Conference Bookings
The Paul Mellon Centre
16 Bedford Square
London WC1B 3JA
tel: 0171 580 0311  fax: 0171 636 6730
email: [log in to unmask]

The Centre reserves the right to alter the programme without notice in
the
event of changed circumstances.

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            Amanda Robinson
        The Paul Mellon Centre
      for Studies in British Art
          16 Bedford Square
           London WC1B 3JA

tel. 020 7580 0311  fax 020 7636 6730
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