Shoreham Power Station / 2025

420MW gas-fired power station, opened summer 2000, on the site of the old Brighton 'B' coal-fired power station. The 106m chimney is on the same spot as one of the previous brick-built stacks. It is said that the design is intended to resemble a ship. Shoreham Harbour, Portslade, Sussex, UK. 

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Fabrica / BN1

Art gallery occupying the former, Grade 2 listed, Holy Trinity Church of the early C19. The Gothic style tower was constructed of knapped flint and stone. At the corner of Ship Street and Duke Street, City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex, UK. 

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Upside Down House / 2025

Upside-down house installation at 42-43 King's Road Arches. City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex, UK. 

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Western Bandstand / 2025

Designed by Phillip Lockwood, Brighton Borough Surveyor, completed 1884. Renovation in 2009 managed by ABIR architects. Originally made of cast iron with copper-clad timber roof. Sometimes known as "The Birdcage", it weighs 23 tonnes. Grade II listed. King's Road, Brighton & Hove City, UK.

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Embassy Court / 2025

Architect: Wells Coates (1895-1958), apartment building completed 1936. Grade II* modernist apartment block with horizontal banded balconies and curved corner. City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex, UK.

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69 West St / Farnham

Early-C19, grade 2 listed dwelling. Painted render over brick, 3 storey plus basement. Central front door with stone surround including pilasters. Borough of Waverley, Surrey, UK. 

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68 West St / Farnham

Grade 2 listed "Christmas Cottage", thought to possibly be of timber-framed core. Borough of Waverley, Surrey, UK. 

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Moxy / Stratford

Suttonca Architects, 2017, for Marriott Hotels. The rooms are prefabricated of Cross Laminated Timber and the building has LEED ‘platinum‘ environmental performance rating. Stratford, London Borough of Newham. 

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Green Pioneer / II

Fortescue Green Pioneer berthed in London and on a global tour of ports to encourage the early adoption of zero emission fuels. It is the first ammonia-fuelled vessel to be in the UK. Canary Wharf. London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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South Dock / 2025

Vista west from Dollar Bay Point, including the cylindrical One Park Drive designed by Herzog & de Meuron. Canary Wharf, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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Pier Head Lock / Panorama

Panoramic view of the river Thames as it loops around the Greenwich peninsula. Viewed from the Isle of Dogs, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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O2 / from Tower 7

The O2 Arena (originally called the Millennium Dome, by Richard Rogers Partnership, 1999) viewed from Pierhead Lock. Now with much development around it on the Greenwich peninsula.

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Tower 7 / Pierhead Lock

Goddard Manton Architects, c.1999. Part of a large Moderne-style apartment complex. Remedial fire-compliant cladding by Noviun Architects. The building in the misty distance is the Greenwich ready-mixed concrete plant. Manchester Road, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Hawksmoor / Wood Wharf

Floating bar-restaurant at Wood Wharf, formerly called The Lowback. 1 Water Street, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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Green Pioneer / Canary Wharf

Fortescue Green Pioneer berthed in London and on a global tour of ports to encourage the early adoption of zero emission fuels. It is the first ammonia-fuelled vessel to be in the UK. Canary Wharf, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Baltimore Tower / 2025

Architects: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, 2017. Residential tower of 45 storeys, with a twisting elliptical steel-and-glass envelope around a concrete cylindrical core. Crossharbour, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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NT 2025 / V

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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Columbia Point / Deal Porters

Architects: Colin Lucas, Philip Bottomley at the LCC/GLC, c.1964. One of two point blocks on the Canada Estate. The bronze and oak sculpture is 'The Deal Porters', now restored with participation by the original artists Philip Bews and Diane Gorvin. Canada Water, London Borough of Southwark. 

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Danger / Deep Water

Detail of the red-painted bridge over Canada Water dock designed by Asif Khan, opened November 2024. The 170m-long boardwalk is constructed from sustainable timber. London Borough of Southwark. 

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Red Bridge / Canada Water

Red-painted bridge over Canada Water dock designed by Asif Khan, opened November 2024. The 170m-long boardwalk is constructed from sustainable timber. London Borough of Southwark. 

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Prince's Tower / SE16

Troughton McAslan Architecture, 1990, a.k.a. Riverside Apartments. Revival of Deco Streamline Moderne at 97, Rotherhithe Street, Bermondsey, London Borough of Southwark. 

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Wapping / from King's Stairs

From across the Thames, a view of Wapping including the Thames River Police museum and pier, St John's Wharf residential conversion, the Captain Kidd public house and Phoenix Wharf. Seen from King's Stairs Gardens in Bermondsey, London Borough of Southwark. 

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Tate Residences / Sussex Cricketer

ECE Architecture, 2022, for Roffey Homes and Sussex County Cricket Club. 37 apartments, offices to north. A new bar-restaurant on the ground floor has taken the name of the historic Sussex Cricketer pub which was demolished. Eaton Road, Hove, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Hove Town Hall / 2025

Architect: John Wells-Thorpe (1928–2019), opened 1974. In a late Brutalist style using ribbed concrete panels and glass curtain-walling. Still unlisted. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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Victoria Court / BN3

Architects: Owen Luder Partnership (OLP), 1965. Modern-style apartment block comprising 30 flats over 11 floors. Unlisted. 16 Grand Avenue, Hove, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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3 / King's Gardens

Builder J.T.Chapell, c.1890, render over brick with terracotta dressings. Looks a bit "Belle Époque" influenced to me. Tall chimney stacks to sides of roof with one of its dormers surrounded by a decorative gable. Stylish wrought-iron balustrade to first floor. Grade 2 listed with the group of houses surrounding. 3 King's Gardens, Hove, City of Brighton & Hove. 

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Hut 147 / Hove

Candy-striped doors decorating number 147, Hove Beach Huts, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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King Alfred / Dinosaur

Swimming pools designed by Tom Humble, Borough Surveyor of Hove, c.1938, in a brick modern style typical of lidos of that era. Unlisted, it now has an unbefitting extension to the south. Currently slated for redevelopment by 2028. In foreground, the 'Jurassic Beach' mini golf. Hove, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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2-6 / St Aubyns

Classical style, curved terrace of dwellings c.1860. 4 storeys and basement. Stucco on brick, shallow pitched roof concealed behind parapet. The group is Grade 2 listed, mostly number 4 St Aubyns seen here. Hove, City of Brighton & Hove. 

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Nine Elms / 2025

The Nine Elms district seen from the Coaling Jetty, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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'Local Vocals' / SW11

Artist: Jesse Wine (b.1983, England, now NYC), installed 2017. Orange-painted reclining figure making reference to Henry Moore's 'Reclining Figure: Angles'. Battersea Power Station, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Churchill Gardens / 2025

Panorama of Churchill Gardens viewed from across the river Thames in Wandsworth. The residential estate was designed by Powell and Moya, built 1947-62. Much of the estate is Grade 2 listed, including the district heating accumulator tower, seen at the right. 

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