a time machine and spacecraft from the TV series,
for anybody else it is a UK police box, there were
many different designs and styles, during the 1930’s TARDIS like Police Boxes started appearing all over the UK. one of the big differences was in Glasgow
where the Police Boxes were red and not blue, by the
1970’s most of the Police Boxes had been decommissioned due to the introduction
of two way radio, only a handful of original Police Boxes still exist today, but there are plans afoot to design and install new police boxes,
like this one above, details for
the new police box design have been unveiled by the government, a competition
was launched to find a ‘modern and multifunctional’ replacement of the staple
structures of the city. The winning design, called The London Stones, is from architecture and design studio
Unknown Works, as Design Week details:
Each hub
will feature digital information screens, “essential” communication technology
and space for the storage of life-saving emergency equipment.
Unknown
Works’ winning design will also seek to celebrate the aesthetic and cultural
heritage of the surrounding city.
Details
from “buildings, stories and images of the past, present and future” will be
collected and digitally carved into the stone exterior of each hub. The City of
London says this will provide “an active and engaging addition to the public
realm”.
“Our starting
point was the London Stone [a limestone block landmark located on Canon
Street], a humble fragment of the City’s past that’s been watching the City
grow for thousands of years,” says Unknown Works director and co-founder Theo
Games Petrohilos. “It’s mottled skin hums with myth and wonder – something we
hope to echo in The London Stones.”
Image credit: Unknown Works, I wonder if Dr. Who's Tardis will be made to look like the one above in the future?
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