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This chapter focuses on the role of transport hubs, namely central train stations and international airport terminals, in terms of form to create landmarks, and to fuse into the public’s memory the identity of a certain time and a certain place. They are able to converge key regional essences into structures that are remembered for, and evoke, national identity.
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Jahn Kassim, S., Mohd Nawawi, N., Norzaini Zainal Abidin, S. (2018). The Transport Terminal: Marking National Landmarks. In: Jahn Kassim, S., Mohd Nawawi, N., Ibrahim, M. (eds) Modernity, Nation and Urban-Architectural Form. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66131-5_9
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