Gasometer Homes

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.

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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  'Gasometer (Hackney)' 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

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  'Marian Square, Hackney' 1952 by Albert Turpin Of The 'East London Group'

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  'Gasometers at Clichy' by French Impressionist painter Paul Signac (1863–1935)

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

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