Penge House / 2025

Architects: Howes & Jackman, c.1970, for Wandsworth London Borough Council, built by Bovis and direct municipal labour. A 17-storey block containing 75 dwellings, part of York Road, Stage II Phase 2. London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Pennethorne House / 2025

Architects: Howes, Jackman & Partners. Part of the York Road Stage 1 development, built by Wandsworth’s Building Works Department 1967-70. Pending demolition. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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IFS Cloud / N Station

WilkinsonEyre Architects, 2012, for TfL. Showing the north station at Western Gateway, London Borough of Newham. 

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Gateway Tower / E16

BUJ Architects, 2018, for City & Docklands. Originally named Pump Tower. 161 apartments over 24 storeys, 73m high. West end of the Royal Victoria Docks, London Borough of Newham. 

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Hoola / 2025

CZWG Architects, 2017. A pair of 23- and 24-storey residential towers with attractive, rippling balconies. Tidal Basin Road, London Borough of Newham.

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City Hall / 2025

Wilkinson Eyre Architects, 2012. An all-glass building utilising advanced technology to minimise energy use. London Borough of Newham. 

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Star Lane / DLR

Architects: Weston, Williamson + Partners, 2011. Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station near Canning Town, London Borough of Newham. 

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Sadler's Wells / UAL

Carpenters Road perspective of the new Sadler's Wells, BBC Sound Studios, and UAL London College of Fashion. This angle more clearly reveals the influence of C19 textile mills on the design of the UAL building. Stratford, London Borough of Newham.

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5 / Endeavour Square

Southeast elevation of 5 Endeavour Square, an office building designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, 2017. TfL occupies a lot of the office space. Stratford Cross, London Borough of Newham.

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East Bank / Stratford

From left to right... V&A East, London College of Fashion (UAL), BBC Sound Studios, Sadler's Wells East (Dance), London Aquatics Centre. All along the east bank of Waterworks River, Stratford, London Borough of Newham. 

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UCL Marshgate / III

Architects: Stanton Williams, 2023. University College London's largest single building at the UCL East campus. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London Borough of Newham.

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UCL East / One Pool St

Architects: Liftschutz Davidson Sandilands, 2022. Mixed residential and learning building at the UCL East campus. Stratford, London Borough of Newham. 

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UCL Marshgate / II

Architects: Stanton Williams, 2023. University College London's largest single building at the UCL East campus. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London Borough of Newham. 

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Lower Lea / DLR Crossing

McBrine Structures for John Mowlem / Taylor Woodrow, early 1990s. 30m spans built using a balanced cantilever method. Pier on the Bow Creek Ecology Park, London Borough of Newham.

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DLR Viaduct / Bow Creek

Docklands Light Railway viaduct passing over Bow Creek, with London City Island apartment blocks behind. London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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City Island / 2025

Glen Howells Architects for Ballymore. Westerly view of London City Island. Leamouth, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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DLR / River Lea

Docklands Light Railway train crossing the river Lea in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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Bow Creek / Panorama

River Lea as it loops around Bow Creek Ecology Park (Limmo Peninsula). London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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Travelodge / Telehouse

Left, Avalon Point residential tower plus Travelodge hotel. Right, Telehouse North Two datacentre designed by NWA plc, 2016. Viewed from Lookout Riverside Open Space, London City Island, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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Robin Hood Gardens / Demise

Architects: Alison and Peter Smithson, 1972. The end of the "streets in the sky" residential development at Poplar. Just 53 years old. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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← / LASDUN

Sign pointing the way to the Lasdun restaurant at London’s National Theatre. Venue named after the building's architect Sir Densys Lasdun. South Bank, London Borough of Lambeth.

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NT 2025 / III

National theatre by architect Sir Denys Lasdun, opened 1976. Grade II* listed theatre complex in the brutalist style. South Bank, London Borough of Lambeth.

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NT 2025 / II

National theatre by architect Sir Denys Lasdun, opened 1976. Grade II* listed theatre complex in the brutalist style. South Bank, London Borough of Lambeth. 

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Legacy Tower / E15

Architects: Suttonca, 2018, for Telford Homes. 33-storey residential tower with a crown of penthouses. Providing 182 apartments in Stratford Central, London Borough of Newham.

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Gravity Max / Lights

Array of strip lights suspended over the entrance to Gravity Max Westfield Stratford, which describes itself as a 67,000 sq.ft. urban theme park. London Borough of Newham.

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Westfield / Stratford City

General view of Westfield Stratford City from outside the London Aquatics Centre. London Borough of Newham.

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Marshgate / UCL East

Architects: Stanton Williams, 2023. University College London's largest single building at the UCL East campus. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London Borough of Newham. 

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V&A Museum / 2025

Architects: O'Donnell + Tuomey, 2024. Art and Design museum at Stratford Waterfront, East Bank. London Borough of Newham.

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ual: / 2025

Architects: Allies & Morrison, 2023, for the University of the Arts London. Utilising high volumes of recycled concrete, the building's design cue is C19 mill buildings. The new home for UAL's London College of Fashion. East Bank, Stratford, London Borough of Newham. 

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Apples / Pears

Section of Stratford's East Bank development with swan boats stored for winter alongside Waterworks River. London Borough of Newham.

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Stratford Walk Bridge / Substructure

Underneath the bridge spanning Waterworks River. Originally built for the 2012 Olympics. Stratford, London Borough of Newham. 

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BBC / Music Studios

Architects: LLDC, Allies and Morrison, Flanagan Lawrence; Acoustics: ARUP; Engineering: AECOM, 2025. Three sound studios with control rooms and support space. BBC East Bank Studios, Stratford, London Borough of Newham. 

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