Adventurous Vents: A Journey through the Ventilation Shafts of Britain Landscape Architecture such as King's Cross

such as King's Cross

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Adventurous Vents: A Journey through the Ventilation Shafts of Britain Landscape Architecture such as King's CrossAt the heart of the modern world lie ventilation shafts. We may not notice them, but wherever there are tunnels, sewers, mines, car parks and energy stations under our feet, vents will be doing vital work keeping them cool and fume free. Vents come in a wonderful and inventive variety of forms. This book celebrates them both in their own right as intriguing individual structures, and as an innovative way to tell the story of Britain's subterranean