St James Clerkenwell / North

Architect: James Carr, 1792, in Flemish bond brick with Portland stone dressings. Here, the north elevation with round-arch windows at upper level. Attached two-storey structure was described as a parish hall in the Grade 2* listing. London Borough of Islington.

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Dream Street Records / BN1

Record shop at 3 Kensington Place, North Laine. Façade decoration by Soofia. City of Brighton & Hove. 

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Blue Man / BN1

Algerian themed café-bar on Gloucester Road. North Laine, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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L&Y / North Road

Lucy & Yak clothes store at 79 - 80 North Road. Façade painted Aug 2025 by Brighton's Alice Humphreys. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Marrocco's / Medina House

• Marrocco's designed by Alfonso Forte, 1934.
• Medina House designed by Pilbrow & Partners / Formation Architects, 2021. 

King's Esplanade, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Love Gelato / Church St

City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Beach Building / III

Project to add 9 new timber groynes and to fill the bays between each groyne with thousands of tonnes of shingle, taken from a licensed dredging site in the English Channel. The work will extend the beach by about 25m out to sea, helping to protect the area from flooding and erosion. Kings Esplanade, City of Brighton & Hove. 

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Lighthearted / BN1

Shop window in Ship Street, City of Brighton & Hove. 

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Palace Pier / 20260708

By R. St George Moore, c.1899. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Gull Art / BN2

Souvenir shop on the Palace Pier with street art depicting anthropomorphised gulls sitting in deck chairs. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Central Beach / BN2

Central beach from Palace Pier to Marina, evening of 8th July 2026. City of Brighton & Hove.

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Pénétrable BBL Jaune / II

Sculptor: Jesús Rafael Soto (1923–2005, Venezuela). Pénétrable BBL Jaune (1999;2023 Edition) on display in Kensington Gardens until 25 October 2026. City of Westminster, London. 

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Pénétrable BBL Jaune / W2

Sculptor: Jesús Rafael Soto (1923–2005, Venezuela). 'Pénétrable BBL Jaune (1999;2023 Edition)' on display in Kensington Gardens until 25 October 2026. City of Westminster, London. 

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Serpentine South / 2026

By James Grey West, chief architect of the office of works, in a Neo-Georgian style, 1934. Now an art gallery and Grade 2 listed. Kensington Gardens, City of Westminster, London. 

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Serpentine Pavilion 2026 / VII

 

Interior view of the 2026 pop-up pavilion at Serpentine South. Designed by LANZA atelier, founded by Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo. City of Westminster, London. 

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Serpentine Pavilion 2026 / VI

This year's pop-up pavilion designed by LANZA atelier of Mexico City, founded by Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo. The bricks of the serpentine (a.k.a. crinkle crankle) wall are slotted onto vertical metal rods — without using mortar — allowing for easier recycling. By the Serpentine South, City of Westminster, London. 

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Serpentine Pavilion 2026 / V

This year's pop-up pavilion designed by LANZA atelier of Mexico City, founded by Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo. The bricks of the serpentine (a.k.a. crinkle crankle) wall are slotted onto vertical metal rods — without using mortar — allowing for easier recycling. By the Serpentine South, City of Westminster, London.

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Serpentine Pavilion 2026 / IV

This year's pop-up pavilion designed by LANZA atelier of Mexico City, founded by Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo. Materials include 26,000 Sienna Red facing bricks, Aquata pavers, and a steel lattice roof with translucent membranes. By the Serpentine South, City of Westminster, London.

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Serpentine Pavilion 2026 / III

This year's pop-up pavilion designed by LANZA atelier of Mexico City, founded by Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo. Materials include 26,000 Sienna Red facing bricks, Aquata pavers, and a steel lattice roof with translucent membranes. By the Serpentine South, City of Westminster, London. 

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Serpentine Pavilion 2026 / II

This year's pavilion designed by LANZA atelier of Mexico City, founded by Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo. Predominantly constructed of brick including the pavers, the 'serpentine' walls and slender pillars supporting a translucent roof. By the Serpentine South, City of Westminster, London. 

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Serpentine Pavilion 2026 / I

This year's pavilion designed by LANZA atelier of Mexico City, founded by Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo. Predominantly constructed of brick including the pavers, the 'serpentine' walls and slender pillars supporting a translucent roof. By the Serpentine South, City of Westminster, London.

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'I' / Hove Lagoon

Portion of an artwork at Hove Lagoon depicting Mercedes Gleitze, (b.1900, Brighton - 1981), first British woman to swim the English Channel. The complete mural spells out 'FRIENDS' with each letter by a different artist, this letter 'I' by Amy Dury. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Sea Lanes / BN2

City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Sussex House / Entrance

 

Grade 2 listed as Pearson House, but now known as Sussex House along with the extensions to the north. Originally built in 1847. The tetrastyle portico is the main entrance, with Composite-order columns and pilasters. There is a fourth storey mansard roof, added in the late-C20. Now part of the Royal Sussex County Hospital. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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Sussex House / Detail

Showing a modern-style link structure joining Sussex House and what used to be the Grade 2 listed Pearson House. Now all belonging to the Royal Sussex County Hospital. Abbey Road, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Aroe / Upper Sudeley St

Street art starling by AROE at Upper Sudeley Street, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Eastern Street / Art

Artist unknown. Street art portrait at the northern end of Eastern Street, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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Pearls / BN1

Bubble tea outlet in Gardner Street, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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The Heart & Hand / BN1

Public house at 75 North Road, built 1854, with its design surviving intact. The green-tiled frontage is indicative of the ‘United Breweries’, an erstwhile local brewery company [source: North Laine CA listing]. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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52 Lansdowne Place / BN3

Part of a Grade 2 listed terrace of dwellings built c.1850-60. The entrance to number 52 is on Western Road. Now a wellness centre. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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Temple Bar / BN1

Opened in 1868 and included on the City Council's local list of buildings of special interest. 121 Western Road, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Brighton Beach / Shellfish

Shellfish and Oyster Bar on Brighton Beach, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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