I’m getting huge ‘Alien’ vibes walking around it earlier and I don’t think any other station looks like it, except for maybe Canary Wharf.

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  5. Always expect to walk round a corner and see ED-209 in there 

  6. I read somewhere that’s it’s basically heavily reinforced incase of a bomb attack. I think Portcullis House above it is built with the same kind of reinforcements

  8. Westminster tube station is one of the best! A little bit Blade Runner. Really feels like you’re going properly underground. Terrifying on the escalators with toddlers. Swooshy Jubilee line. Love it!

  14. I like it! And considering it was threaded between multiple existing tube lines, sewer systems, Whitehall tunnels, and the many, many basements of both The Palace of Westminster and Portcullis House, it truly is an engineering marvel.

  15. I love it! I know it’s technically not brutalist I think but it has that feeling for me, of being part of something bigger than the individual

  16. I wouldn’t call it dystopian. Sombre, brutal, aggressive for sure. I love it.

  17. I have no answer but I wanted to say how great your shots were!

  18. Because there is no pretty fascia to hide the beautiful engineering

    Engineers see this and moan a little, while interior designers shed a tear

  19. Because the word dystopian has reached collective satiation.

  21. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I love it, has a Blake’s 7 vibe for some reason

  22. I’m not a Londoner but I love this station as a visitor, it’s completely fucking deranged.

  23. The short answer is that the station and building above were built together, so what you’re seeing is the foundations of Portcullis House, which are then used as a visual feature within the concrete box that makes up the station.

    For the long answer, there’s always Jago…
    https://youtu.be/LqZFQt94TcQ?si=nxv1o7uyuy2ibqCd

  24. Would love to see some stormtroopers marching round this place

  25. There’s no way it’s accidental, I’m sure it doubles as a bomb shelter of some kind, being as it is the closest station to the houses of parliament

  27. Much of the Jubilee Line has the same brutal mix of exposed concrete and metal panels. Westminster Station is perhaps the best for it though.

    Many Jubilee Line stations are also cut-and-cover stations, so enjoy larger internal spaces than many other lines.

    Easily my favourite line by design style.

  28. Modern tube stations use concrete and steel because they are non-combustible and therefore help prevent fires underground. I guess it’s hard to not make them look like this if that’s what you have to use, plus it’s kinda cool.

  29. Been here many times. I find it intimidating in its sheer size and harshness. Perhaps in a few years I will grow more fond of it.

  33. My favourite station in London. Its wonderful architecture. I adore it every time im there I marvel

  34. I go through Westminster tube a couple of times a week. I think it’s beautiful ❤️

  35. Because it’s a feat of modern engineering. The whole place floats on a raft that holds Portcullis House above it. If you’ve any engineering aspirations, this is a place to visit and many things within it aren’t quite what they seem…..

  37. When I first seen it, I was totally in awe. Never got tired of that dystopian look, really unique and I love it.

  39. Reminds me of scenes from Metropolis and is my second favourite station

  40. Personally I love it. However there were MAJOR problems when designing it. As the “footprint” of the station is substantially bigger below ground than below ground. With there being a number of other tunnels and below ground facilities in the Westminster/Whitehall area which aren’t publicly documented. With London Underground (pre-TFL) and their architects having to submit loads of plans and then working out which areas they could dig into and which ones they couldn’t. Based on “We’ll allow plan 5+8 but not plans 1-4, 6-7 and 9-12.” Then trying to maximise the space as needed.

  41. “Apone! We can’t have any firing in there”.

  42. 🎯I remember after the jubilee line extension how surreal it was to use this station when it was pristine and brand new.

    viewing the walls whilst descending on the escalators was trippy

  43. One of my favourite stations anywhere in the world. The construction of it was one of the most difficult done in the past 30 years. It’s proximity to the Elizabeth Tower, the fact that the District and Circle Lines had to run for the entire time of the construction and how the chunky columns act as support for the grid of the building above.

    This diagram shows how it all connects with Portcullis House above, which houses the Members of Parliament.

    Plus it looks so pleasantly dystopian.

    https://preview.redd.it/cnjabl50k9ff1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=0f17cc2e76b914dccd7ae229616f388a435dae81

  44. To remind the politicians of the society they should be pushing

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