The world's 10 best-designed bus stations
Preston Bus Station
Design: BDP
Location: UK
Photo: Roger Park
One of the largest bus stations in Western Europe, Preston Station has the capacity to hold 1,100 cars and 80 double decker buses. Threatened with demolition 10 years ago, but later listed as a Grade II building, this iconic modernist building, a 1969 creation of Arup, was rightly acclaimed as an architectural triumph.
Photo: Roger Park
The station exudes elegance in every detail, right down to its airport-like signage. Its sculptured edges make up the four and five levels of car parking, below which are harboured the bus passengers.
