<story><title>Battersea Power Station in London unveils the newly restored Control Room A</title><url>https://batterseapowerstation.co.uk/news/article/battersea-power-station-unveils-newly-restored-control-room-a</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>samizdis</author><text>The Victorians had a similarly grand take on public utility buildings, especially pump houses for water&amp;#x2F;sewage works. Probably the best example is Crossness Pumping Station [1]. The interior is stunning; this [2] is one image from the Wikipedia page&amp;#x2F;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Crossness_Pumping_Station&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Crossness_Pumping_Station&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;File:Crossness_Pumping_Station,_Belvedere,_Kent_-_geograph-2280114-by-Christine-Matthews.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;File:Crossness_Pumping_Station...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>camtarn</author><text>With the beautiful art deco ceiling and walls, it almost feels more like a palatial monument to the power of electricity, rather than a mere control room. Imagine if we strove to make our industrial spaces as attractive nowadays! Modern control rooms are still breathtaking, but more through the sheer volume of &lt;i&gt;stuff&lt;/i&gt; - blinking lights, giant monitors, diagrams, and so on - than through decoration.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>BoxOfRain</author><text>The Elan Valley in Wales is quite something too, there&amp;#x27;s dams with real thought into their aesthetics whereas now we&amp;#x27;d get a horrible functional concrete monolith with literally zero thought put into how it fits into the landscape as long as the money flowed in.</text></comment>
<story><title>Battersea Power Station in London unveils the newly restored Control Room A</title><url>https://batterseapowerstation.co.uk/news/article/battersea-power-station-unveils-newly-restored-control-room-a</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>samizdis</author><text>The Victorians had a similarly grand take on public utility buildings, especially pump houses for water&amp;#x2F;sewage works. Probably the best example is Crossness Pumping Station [1]. The interior is stunning; this [2] is one image from the Wikipedia page&amp;#x2F;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Crossness_Pumping_Station&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Crossness_Pumping_Station&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;File:Crossness_Pumping_Station,_Belvedere,_Kent_-_geograph-2280114-by-Christine-Matthews.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;File:Crossness_Pumping_Station...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>camtarn</author><text>With the beautiful art deco ceiling and walls, it almost feels more like a palatial monument to the power of electricity, rather than a mere control room. Imagine if we strove to make our industrial spaces as attractive nowadays! Modern control rooms are still breathtaking, but more through the sheer volume of &lt;i&gt;stuff&lt;/i&gt; - blinking lights, giant monitors, diagrams, and so on - than through decoration.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Animats</author><text>Check out the headquarters of the Niagara Mohawk Power Company in Syracuse, NY. That is one of the best pieces of art deco architecture in the world. Usually art deco is somewhat minimalist, but Niagara Mohawk went over the top on decoration and lighting. The building is still in use and was recently renovated.</text></comment>