Alastair Lansley (born 1 December 1947) is a British

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. Alastair Lansley was the lead architect for the reconstruction and rebuilding of

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St Pancras Station St Pancras railway station (), also known as London St Pancras or St Pancras International and officially since 2007 as London St Pancras International, is a central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden. It is ...

as terminus of the High Speed 1 line from the

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to London. His work at St Pancras includes the construction of a new 13 platform extension deck in a modern manner; reconstruction of the west side of the station (made necessary by the construction of the new Thameslink

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below) in a historically based Neo-gothic manner in the style of

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; as well as the refurbishment of the original station building by Scott and William Barlow. Lansley was also Lead Architect for Stratford and Ebbsfleet International Stations, which were designed by project architect Mark Fisher. These stations extends the language of

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in a contemporary context, and form a close stylistic bond with the new station extension at St Pancras. A series of

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television programmes, ''The Eight Hundred Million Pound Railway Station'', were broadcast as six 30-minute episodes between 13‒28 November 2007. In this series the project that was to become St. Pancras International station was shown during the different phases of construction. Lansley is a former member of

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's architects' department. He worked with lead architect Nick Derbyshire, on the £110 million reshaping of London's

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in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It has been reported that a project to rebuild the

Euston Arch The Euston Arch, built in 1837 (and demolished in 1962), was the original entrance to Euston station, facing onto Drummond Street, London. The arch was demolished when the station was rebuilt in the 1960s, but much of the original stone was later ...

as part of the redevelopment of

Euston Station Euston railway station ( ; also known as London Euston) is a central London railway terminus in the London Borough of Camden, managed by Network Rail. It is the southern terminus of the West Coast Main Line, the UK's busiest inter-city railw ...

could be led by Lansley. Rebuilding the Arch has been linked to Euston's potential role of London terminus for the future

High Speed 2 High Speed 2 (HS2) is a planned high-speed railway line in England, the first phase of which is under construction in stages and due for completion between 2029 and 2033, depending on approval for later stages. The new line will run from its m ...

link to Birmingham and beyond. Lansley was appointed

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(CBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.

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Alastair Lansley @ The Design Museum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lansley, Alastair Architects from London 1947 births Living people Commanders of the Order of the British Empire British railway architects