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Preston Bus Station ranked by Guardian readers as one of favourite brutalist buildings in the world

Posted on - 4th February, 2025 - 9:32am | Author - | Posted in - History, Preston buildings & attractions, Preston Bus Station, Preston City Centre, Preston News, Proud Preston
The distinctive curves of Preston Bus Station Pic: Tony Worrall
The distinctive curves of Preston Bus Station Pic: Tony Worrall

Preston Bus Station has been named as one of the world’s favourite brutalist buildings.

A new list compiled by The Guardian asked architectural fans for the buildings they loved in the brutalist style.

Preston’s grade-II listed Bus Station, which was at one stage threatened with demolition before becoming listed in 2013 after a long-running campaign to save it, ranks alongside buildings in London, Geneva, Prague and Berlin.

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Janet Raven Taylor, who now lives in Pembrokeshire, selected the Bus Station describing it as offering ‘endless opportunities to chat, laugh and make plans with my friends’.

She grew up in Bamber Bridge in the 1980s and used to get the bus into town each Saturday.

Cabinet member for highways and transport at Lancashire County Council, county councillor Rupert Swarbrick, said: “Preston Bus Station has received a number of awards following the project to comprehensively redevelop the building, which was always intended to improve and update this iconic building for the people who use it.

“The bus station is a significant civic monument, and I’m pleased that it is so well-loved by many residents and visitors to Lancashire, as well as being widely recognised as an impressive example of Brutalist architecture.”

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