Wednesday 6 November 2024

Coverley Point / 2024

Thirteen storey residential block built 1967 by M. Howard Ltd for the GLC. Part of the Vauxhall Gardens Estate. Tyers Street, London Borough of Lambeth. 
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Tuesday 5 November 2024

DAMAC Tower / SW8

Residential tower in the Nine Elms district designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox for DAMAC Properties (UAE), 2022. Interiors: Versace. Viewed from the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, London Borough of Lambeth. 
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Monday 4 November 2024

Vista / Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens

Highrise vista from Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, including (L to R) DAMAC Tower, Thames City towers, River Park tower, Park Hyatt London River Thames tower and St George Wharf tower.
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Sunday 3 November 2024

SIS Building / East

Easterly view of the Secret Intelligence Service's postmodern building at Vauxhall Cross. SIS is sometimes known as MI6. Architects: T Farrell & Company. 1990-93. London Borough of Lambeth. 
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Saturday 2 November 2024

London Eye / 2024

Marks Barfield Architects, 2000. Detail of the 135m high Ferris wheel located on the South Bank. London Borough of Lambeth. 
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Friday 1 November 2024

Elizabeth Tower / 2024

Limestone-over-brick clock tower designed by Charles Barry with Augustus Pugin, 1859, informally known as Big Ben. 
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Thursday 31 October 2024

Halloween / Street Art

At Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel, Waterloo, London Borough of Lambeth. 
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Wednesday 30 October 2024

K6 / Millbank Tower

Grade II listed, K6 telephone box (Giles Gilbert Scott), with the Grade II listed Millbank Tower (Ronald Ward and Partners) in background. Viewed next to Lambeth Pier, London. 
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Tuesday 29 October 2024

Eustace House / from Old Paradise Gardens

Part of the GLC's Whitgift Estate, 1930s. Seen from Old Paradise Gardens, London Borough of Lambeth. 
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Monday 28 October 2024

Newport St / Whitgift St

Vista of contrasts in Newport Street where it crosses Whitgift Street, London Borough of Lambeth.
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The Kings Arms / SE11

Public house on Kennington Lane. First established c.1800 although twice rebuilt, last time c.1938-39. Curved corner plan in red brick with broken pediment and cartouche over main entrance. Slate roof with radius window dormers. London Borough of Lambeth. 
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Sunday 27 October 2024

Water Tower / SE11

Water tower built 1877 to a Venetian Gothic design of Fowler and Hill, as part of Lambeth Workhouse and Infirmary (Grade II listing). Subjected to an unusual residential conversion featured in a TV programme called Grand Designs, 2012. London Borough of Lambeth.
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Castle / Elephant

S&P Architects working in partnership with John McAslan & Partners, 2016, for Southwark Council. Leisure Centre including a 25-metre six-lane pool, near the Elephant & Castle, London Borough of Southwark. 
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Saturday 26 October 2024

Square Mile / 20241022

City of London's financial district with a good view of 8 Bishopsgate designed by WilkinsonEyre, 2023. Viewed from across the river Thames in the London Borough of Southwark. 
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Friday 25 October 2024

Tower of London / 2024

Late-C11 White Tower (Keep), architect: Bishop Gundulf for William I. Built by Norman masons, using English labour. Repairs and alterations principally in C18 and C19. Grade I listed building and World Heritage Site. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Thursday 24 October 2024

Tower Bridge / 20241022

Architects: Sir Horace Jones and George Stevenson, 1894, in a Gothic Revival style, Grade I listed. On the left, the Tower Hotel designed by RHWL Architects, 1973. In distance, the high-rises of Canary Wharf. Photo taken from the London Borough of Southwark. 
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Wednesday 23 October 2024

Square Mile / from Hays Galleria

City of London's financial district viewed across the river Thames from the Hays Galleria. In the foreground is the prow of HMS Belfast. London Borough of Southwark. 
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Tuesday 22 October 2024

Hammersmith Bridge / 20241017

Eyebar suspension bridge designed and engineered by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, 1887. Green painted iron on masonry piers. Grade II* listed, now closed to vehicle traffic. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. 
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Monday 21 October 2024

Hammersmith Bridge / North Tower

Detail of the suspension bridge designed and engineered by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, 1887. Viewed from the north bank of the Thames. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. 
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Sunday 20 October 2024

Hammersmith Bridge / from Lower Mall

Suspension bridge designed and engineered by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, 1887. Grade II* listed, now closed to vehicle traffic. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. 
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Saturday 19 October 2024

Henrietta House / W6

Built by Wilson Lovatt in the 1950s for the LCC, extending the Caroline Estate. 10 storey block, concrete frame with brick infill, providing 40 dwellings. Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.
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Friday 18 October 2024

Hammersmith Bridge / 2024


Suspension bridge designed and engineered by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, 1887. Utilizing stone piers of an earlier bridge and built of cast and wrought iron. The wrought iron is used in tension and cast iron for compression and casting. Grade II* listed. Completely closed in 2020 and has not allowed access to vehicles ever since. Whilst repairs are ongoing, pedestrians and cyclists can usually cross, but there is currently no funding to make the bridge fit for vehicles once more. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. 

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Thursday 17 October 2024

QEQM Wing / W2

Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Wing of St Mary's Hospital, Paddington. Architects (believed to be) Holford Associates, 1987. City of Westminster, London. 
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Wednesday 16 October 2024

Station Footbridge / Paddington

Designed by Langlands and Bell with Atelier One for Chelsfield PLC, a.k.a. the Point Footbridge. Completed 2003. Paddington, City of Westminster, London. 
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Tuesday 15 October 2024

Westmark Tower / W2

Squire & Partners, 2021, for Berkeley Group. Residential tower of 29 storeys at Paddington Green, City of Westminster, London. 
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Monday 14 October 2024

6 North Wharf Rd / W2

Powell Dobson Architects, White Ink Architects, 2021. Sixth Form Centre plus two hotels. Paddington, City of Westminster, London. 
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Sunday 13 October 2024

Paddington Basin / Vista

Looking west along Paddington Basin with view of Paddington Waterside, Carmine Building and 6 North Wharf Road. City of Westminster, London.
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Saturday 12 October 2024

Carmine Building / 2024

Architects: Mossessian & Partners, 2011. Curtain walling composed of glass, and aluminium frames. Merchant Square, Paddington Basin, City of Westminster, London. 
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Friday 11 October 2024

The Form / 2024

Sculptor: Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim (b.1962 UAE). Fibreglass resin on polystyrene over steel armature. At this year's Frieze Sculpture exhibition, Regent's Park, London Borough of Camden.
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Thursday 10 October 2024

Crude Hints / Nika Neelova

Sculptor: Nika Neelova (b.1987 Moscow, now London). Sculpture conceived as a speculative archaeological site. At this year's Frieze Sculpture exhibition, Regent's Park, London Borough of Camden.
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Wednesday 9 October 2024

Untitled / Hans Josephsohn

Sculptor: Hans Josephsohn (b.1920 Kaliningrad, d.2012 Zürich). 'Untitled, 2005', brass sculpture of reclining female figure on concrete plinth. At this year's Frieze Sculpture exhibition, Regent's Park, London Borough of Camden. 
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Tuesday 8 October 2024

Lightning Rod / 2024

Sculptor: Kirstine Roepstorff (b.1972, Denmark). Bronze with stones collected from the Dorset landscape. At this year's Frieze Sculpture exhibition, Regent's Park, London Borough of Camden. 
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