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Photography of the built environment
Friday, 4 July 2025
7 Ship St / Entrance
Early-C19 according to the Grade 2 listing. Engaged Doric columns, open segmental pediment above. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
Thursday, 3 July 2025
VER / Car 9
Volk's Electric Railway Car 9 approaching Aquarium station. This car was built in 1910 although the electric motor was changed in 1923. The beach railway has been operating since 1883, the oldest working electric railway in the world. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Wednesday, 2 July 2025
Floral Mural / BN2
Botanical style murals c.2023 from a local artist going by the name Carina Thumbelina. Saltdean, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Tuesday, 1 July 2025
Chalets / Saltdean
Described by BHCC as double chalets — not semi-detached beach huts! Supplied by iForm, intended to last 20+ years maintenance-free. Composite material (98% recycled plastic) with marine-grade stainless steel door surrounds. At Saltdean beach promenade, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Monday, 30 June 2025
Leicester Lodge / East
East return of Leicester Lodge which is locally listed in the Cliftonville Conservation Area. "A mid 19th century house of particular quality and good detailing, including its original boundary walls". 9 Hove Place, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Sunday, 29 June 2025
Christ Church / BN11
Architect: John Elliott, 1843. The first church in Worthing in the Gothic Revival style. Flint with stone — and some artificial stone — dressings. Grade 2* listed. Grafton Road, Worthing, West Sussex, UK.
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Saturday, 28 June 2025
Grafton MSCP / II
1960s brutalist style multi-storey car park, believed to have been designed by the local authority. Construction is said to have involved the use of High Alumina Cement concrete. The car park was closed last month in order "to carry out urgent investigations into its condition". Likely to be sold for redevelopment which will result in it being demolished. Augusta Place, Worthing, Sussex, UK.
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Friday, 27 June 2025
Grafton MSCP / South
1960s brutalist style multi-storey car park, believed to have been designed by the local authority. Construction is said to have involved the use of High Alumina Cement concrete. The car park was closed last month in order "to carry out urgent investigations into its condition". Likely to be sold for redevelopment which will result in it being demolished. Augusta Place, Worthing, Sussex, UK.
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Thursday, 26 June 2025
Giant Wheel / BN11
44m tall Ferris Wheel installed for the summer season on Worthing seafront. Operated by City Observations Ltd., built by Fabbri, Italy. Worthing, Sussex, UK.
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Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Worthing Pier / 20250623
Designed by Robert Rawlinson, 1862, Grade 2 listed. Fire damaged in 1933, the superstructure was remodelled in a moderne style. The Rampion wind farm is just visible on the horizon. Worthing, West Sussex, UK.
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Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Bath St / BN1
Pair of shops with characterful facades, near the Seven Dials district of Brighton. [Postal address 84b & 84c Dyke Rd]. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Monday, 23 June 2025
Serpentine Pavilion 2025 / VI
Exterior viewed from north-east. This year's pavilion designed by Marina Tabassum (b.1969, Dhaka, Bangladesh). Called 'A Capsule in Time', it is constructed of timber and translucent brown polycarbonate panels. By the Serpentine South, City of Westminster, London.
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Serpentine Pavilion 2025 / V
North end section looking-up, trees behind. This year's pavilion designed by Marina Tabassum (b.1969, Dhaka, Bangladesh). Called 'A Capsule in Time', it is constructed of timber and translucent brown polycarbonate panels. By the Serpentine South gallery, City of Westminster, London.
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Sunday, 22 June 2025
Serpentine Pavilion 2025 / IV
North entrances. This year's pavilion designed by Marina Tabassum (b.1969, Dhaka, Bangladesh). Called 'A Capsule in Time', it is constructed of glulam and translucent brown polycarbonate panels. By the Serpentine South, City of Westminster, London.
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Saturday, 21 June 2025
Serpentine Pavilion 2025 / III
Looking north with Ginkgo tree in foreground. This year's pavilion designed by Marina Tabassum (b.1969, Dhaka, Bangladesh). Called 'A Capsule in Time', it is constructed of timber and translucent brown polycarbonate panels. By the Serpentine South, City of Westminster, London.
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Friday, 20 June 2025
Serpentine Pavilion 2025 / II
South end section, interior looking-up. This year's pavilion designed by Marina Tabassum (b.1969, Dhaka, Bangladesh). Called 'A Capsule in Time', it is constructed of timber and translucent brown polycarbonate panels. By the Serpentine South, City of Westminster, London.
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Thursday, 19 June 2025
Serpentine Pavilion 2025 / I
This year's pavilion designed by Marina Tabassum (b.1969, Dhaka, Bangladesh). Called 'A Capsule in Time', it is constructed of timber and translucent brown polycarbonate panels. By the Serpentine South, City of Westminster, London.
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Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Similar Triangles / BN3
Hove Lawns beach hut with Kings House in background. City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex, UK.
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Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Flight of the Langoustine / BN3
Sculptor: Pierre Diamantopoulo (b.1952 Egypt, now living and working in Sussex, UK). Four life-size bronze figures and steel grid. Installed on the Hove Plinth on 17 September 2023. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Monday, 16 June 2025
St Nicolas Shoreham / Entrance
Entrance to the church of St Nicolas at Old Shoreham. According to British History Online, in the mid-C12 this doorway replaced the previous entrance in the north wall of the tower. Norman style round arch with carved decorative moldings and pair of cylindrical columns with capitals. St Nicolas Lane, Shoreham by Sea, West Sussex, UK.
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Sunday, 15 June 2025
St Nicolas / BN43
Grade 1 listed Anglican church in Old Shoreham, close to the river Adur. A site of Saxon origins although significantly rebuilt after the Norman conquest. Of cruciform plan around a central Norman tower. Flint with stone dressings including C12 carvings. Later restoration by the Victorians including the stained glass windows. St Nicolas Lane, Shoreham by Sea, West Sussex, UK.
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Saturday, 14 June 2025
i360 / 20250609
Architects: Marks Barfield, 2016. 160m-high vertical cable car. Since earlier this year (2025) it is now owned by the hospitality group Nightcap Ltd. City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex.
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Friday, 13 June 2025
Café de la Mer / Street Art
Detail of a street art mural by Sean Lyons a.k.a. Glimmertwin. On one of the Kings Road arches next to Café de la Mer. Brighton seafront, Sussex, UK.
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Thursday, 12 June 2025
Boat / Garden
Blue boat gone to seed, outside the Brighton Fishing Museum, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Wednesday, 11 June 2025
Ferry Inn / BN43
At 1-3 East Street, not nationally listed but described in the Conservation Area appraisal as making a positive contribution to the townscape. A wine / tapas bar in its present incarnation. Shoreham by Sea, West Sussex, UK.
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Tuesday, 10 June 2025
Footbridge / Shoreham
Architects: Yee Associates, Engineers: Cass Hayward LLP, opened 2013. 214m long footbridge with a pivoting 50m central span. Steel on concrete piles with laminated-glass parapets. For pedestrians and cyclists crossing the river Adur. The bridge is formally known as the Adur Ferry Bridge. Shoreham by Sea, West Sussex, UK.
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Monday, 9 June 2025
St Mary de Haura / NE
View from northeast of the Grade 1 listed St Mary de Haura, founded circa 1103 with much C12 structure remaining. Of Norman and Transitional style using stone, flint, and cobbles. The flying buttresses to the clerestorey are early examples of this structural technique. The funds for the building may have been sourced from the harbour taxes of that era. Church Street, Shoreham by Sea, Sussex, UK.
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Sunday, 8 June 2025
St Mary de Haura / BN43
Grade 1 listed church founded c.1103, with much C12 structure remaining. Of Norman and Transitional style using stone, flint, and cobbles. The flying buttresses to the clerestorey are early examples of this structural technique. The funds for the building may have been sourced from the harbour taxes of that era. Church Street, Shoreham by Sea, Sussex, UK.
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Saturday, 7 June 2025
Sculpture / Afloat
Artist: Hamish Black (b.1948, living and working in Sussex). Bronze, 2.2 tonne torus as a geometric transformation of the world globe and its major continents. Installed 1998 at the end of the Grade 2 listed East Street groyne which was built in 1867 and now popularly renamed as the Doughnut Groyne. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Friday, 6 June 2025
i360 / Doughnut Groyne
Vista west from the Palace Pier including the 162m column of Marks Barfield's i360 observation platform and what is now known as the 'Doughnut Groyne' after a bronze torus sculpture was installed. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Thursday, 5 June 2025
Palace Pier / Substructure
Beach view of the substructure of Brighton Palace Pier. First constructed 1891-1901, designed by R St George Moore. Grade II* listed. Madeira Drive, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Wednesday, 4 June 2025
Zipwire Tower / BN2
30m tower with spiral staircase to a platform where two lines provide the longest zipwire rides on the south coast. Established 2017 at Dalton's Bastion, Madeira Drive, City of Brighton & Hove.
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