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Leslie William Green (6 February 1875 – 31 August 1908)[1] was an English architect who specialised in the design of train stations for the London Underground during the first decade of the 20th century.
He was responsible for the designs of no fewer than 28 Underground stations on what are today the Piccadilly, Bakerloo and Northern lines.
His designs, all in the Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style), are distinctive for their use of oxblood glazed tiles to the facade, red faïence blocks, pillars and semi-circular first-floor windows, and patterned, tiled interiors. The flat roof design purposely enabled development to take place above and over the building. Inside, the platforms featured geometric patterns with the station names written in large, pre-Johnston typeface.
Born in London, Green studied in London and Paris before moving to his father's practice in the mid-1890s.
His total designs total around 50 buildings,
was originally commissioned He was responsible for the designs of no fewer than 28 Underground stations on what are today the Piccadilly, Bakerloo and Northern Lines, placing him very much in the pantheon with Holden when it comes to station design.
He was made a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1907.
Green died of tuberculosis aged 33 in 1908. The historian and writer, Mike Paterson, who authored Green's entry on the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, considered Green's early death to be a factor in his relative obscurity when compared to Charles Holden, another prolific, albeit much later, designer for the London Underground.
Historic England have listed 10 of Green's stations on the National Heritage List for England.
One of the reasons for Green’s relative obscurity is perhaps the fact that he died of tuberculosis in 1908 at the tragically young age of 33, having been made a fellow of RIBA the previous year in the wake of his greatest achievement. He was responsible for the designs of no fewer than 28 Underground stations on what are today the Piccadilly, Bakerloo and Northern Lines, placing him very much in the pantheon with Holden when it comes to station design.