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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Pillar / Frances Goodman

One of a pair of pillars composed of oversized, glazed ceramic pills on a metal frame. 'Pillar IV and Pillar V, 2024', by Frances Goodman (b.1975, Johannesburg, SA). At this year's Frieze Sculpture exhibition, Regent's Park, London Borough of Camden.

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Battersea Dogs & Cats Home / Hospital

Veterinary Hospital designed by Jonathan Clark Architects, 2016, clad in glazed terracotta in the charity’s blue corporate colours. Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Doric / Chimney

Power station chimney as a fluted Doric column, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in the 1930s. All four chimneys had to be rebuilt in 2014-2017 as part of the restoration of the Grade II* listed building (WilkinsonEyre). London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Grosvenor Bridge / 2024

Originally designed by engineer Sir John Fowler, 1860, for the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway. The original 2-track bridge has been widened several times and now carries 10 tracks over the river Thames into Victoria Station.

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Chelsea Bridge / from Grosvenor Rd

View of Chelsea Bridge from Grosvenor Road on the north bank of the Thames. Architects: G.Topham Forrest et al of the LCC., 1937. City of Westminster, London.

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Ebury Bridge Estate / Renewal

Architects: AStudio, Engineers: Arup. Ongoing redevelopment of the 1930s housing estate for Westminster City Council. 

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NAO / 2024

Architect: Albert Lakeman, 1939, Grade II listed. Originally for Imperial Airways, now the premises of the National Audit Office. City of Westminster, London.

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Darby's / Approach

Stepping stones over water approaching a brasserie near the US Embassy, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Nine Elms / Vista

View east from Riverside Walk, in front of Elm Quay Court. Including City Building No. 6, Park Hyatt London River Thames Residences, River Park tower, Damac tower and one of the Thames City towers. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Electric Blvd / Vista

View of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s Battersea Power Station (1930s/50s), now restored by WilkinsonEyre. Viewed from Electric Boulevard, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Prospect Place / from Electric Blvd

Architects: Gehry Partners, 2022. White-finished residential development alongside the re-purposed Battersea Power Station, viewed from Electric Boulevard. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Thamesmead / Underpass Art

Street art mural at the Eastern Way / A2041 intersection. London Borough of Bexley. 

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Beer / Football

Rework of Juvenal's and Orwell's satirical sayings. Perhaps today could be "Give them Deliveroo and Social Media..." On an overpass near Southmere, Thamesmead, London Borough of Bexley. 

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Lakeside Centre / Detail

Greater London Council Departments of Architecture & Planning, circa 1968. Concrete frame with some brick infill. Renovated in 2019, Architecture00. Situated on the north-west edge of Southmere Lake. Thamesmead South, London Borough of Bexley. 

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Lakeside Centre / 2024

Greater London Council Departments of Architecture & Planning, circa 1968. Concrete frame with some brick infill. Situated on the north-west edge of Southmere Lake. Thamesmead South, London Borough of Bexley. 

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Thamesmead Highrise / 2024

Oakenholt, Trewsbury, Penton and a glimpse of Osney 12-storey houses designed by the Greater London Council Departments of Architecture & Planning, c.1968. Concrete frames with pre-cast panels. Southmere Lake, Thamesmead South, London Borough of Bexley.

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Former Odeon / Woolwich

Architect: George Coles, 1937, in a streamline Art Deco style. Continued as the Odeon cinema until 1983 after which it became the independent Coronet cinema. Discontinued as a cinema in 1999 and now a church of some kind. Grade II listed. Woolwich, London Borough of Greenwich. 

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Woolwich / Ferry

Ro-ro ferry Dame Vera Lynn, built 2018 by Remontowa in Gdańsk, Poland. There are a pair of these ships which ferry vehicles and foot passengers back-and-forth across the Thames. Free of charge to the public since 1889. 

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Woolwich Tunnel / Entrance

Engineer: Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice, 1910-12. Brick rotunda, north entrance to the Woolwich Pedestrian Tunnel. Grade II listed. Pier Road, North Woolwich, London Borough of Newham.

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Steam Hammer / 1888

"This steam hammer came originally from the blacksmith's shop in the Royal Albert dock works of R.H.Green and Silley Wier Ltd., shipbuilders and repairers. Their works stood on the south side at the west (London) end of the Royal Albert dock. This site is now covered by the London City Airport buildings" [plaque dated 1994]. Built in 1888 by Harvey & Co of Glasgow, it was moved to its current location in Royal Victoria Gardens in 1994. London Borough of Newham.

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Woolwich Reach / E16

BPTW Architects, 2021, for Notting Hill Genesis and Higgins. 75 'affordable'/private dwellings and some commercial. On the site of the former Royal Pavilion Hotel. Viewed from Royal Victoria Gardens, North Woolwich, London Borough of Newham.

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Queensland House / E16

20-storey tower comprising 73 dwellings, commissioned in the mid-1960s by the LCC, built by Bernard Sunley & Sons. One of three similar towers built in North Woolwich, London Borough of Newham. 

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