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File:RuralGloucestershire-Casson.JPG|'Scene of rural Gloucestershire during wartime' by architect and illustrator Sir Hugh Casson showing camouflaged gasometer in the background. | File:RuralGloucestershire-Casson.JPG|'Scene of rural Gloucestershire during wartime' by architect and illustrator Sir Hugh Casson showing camouflaged gasometer in the background. | ||
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File:MileEndTwilight-DoreenFletcher.JPG|Mile End Park Twilight by artist Doreen Fletcher 1983 | File:MileEndTwilight-DoreenFletcher.JPG|Mile End Park Twilight by artist Doreen Fletcher 1983 | ||
File:KingsCrossGasholder-JoAngell.jpg|'Kings Cross Gasholder' by artist Jo Angell | File:KingsCrossGasholder-JoAngell.jpg|'Kings Cross Gasholder' by artist Jo Angell | ||
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File:ShootingFish.jpg|Shooting Fish is a 1997 British comedy film which features Kate Beckinsale and two accomplices living in a disused gasometer. | |||
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Revision as of 10:56, 8 October 2017
The humble gasometer, a feature of 20th century urban life in Europe is making a comeback as a housing concept (Chimni Home Typology 8.4.4).
Notable Gasometer Homes
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New flats built into 'The Triplets' at Kings Cross, London (with thanks to @GasometerGal for the photo)
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The Alliance Building in Dublin, designed by archictects O’Mahony Pike ,is today a nine story apartment block.
Notable Non-Residential Conversions
Gasometers In Photography and Art
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'Scene of rural Gloucestershire during wartime' by architect and illustrator Sir Hugh Casson showing camouflaged gasometer in the background.
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'File:GalleryHackney' by artist David Preece
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Mile End Park Twilight by artist Doreen Fletcher 1983
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'Kings Cross Gasholder' by artist Jo Angell
Gasometers In Film & TV
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Shooting Fish is a 1997 British comedy film which features Kate Beckinsale and two accomplices living in a disused gasometer.
See Also In Chimni
Chimni Wiki Industrial & Other Urban Buildings
Chimni Wiki Homes In Other Buildings
Chimni Wiki Chimni Home Typology
Other Interesting Web Sites
http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Ireland/South/Dublin/photo1416590.htm
http://www.wiener-gasometer.at/en/gasometer
Gasworks In American Film Noir' - http://americanfilmnoir.com/page21.html
Books We Liked
Refurbishment Projects
References
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