Wednesday 30 April 2014

Moore / 'Locking Piece'


'Locking Piece 1963-4' by Henry Moore (1898-1986). City of Westminster, London.

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Tuesday 29 April 2014

Oaks Park / Apr 2014


Evening sun on Oaks Park, London Borough of Sutton.

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Monday 28 April 2014

Decorative panel / West Pier



Cast iron panel with floral motif at what was the entrance to the West Pier.  City of Brighton & Hove, England.

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Sunday 27 April 2014

West Pier / April 2014

Remains of the Victorian pleasure pier designed by Eugenius Birch, 1866. Brighton & Hove City, England.
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Saturday 26 April 2014

Mercure Hotel / Brighton


Architect: Horatio Goulty, built 1865 on Brighton seafront. In a Renaissance Revival style and  Grade II listed. 149 King's Road, City of Brighton & Hove.

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Thursday 24 April 2014

Cart & Horses / E15

Public House & Hotel at Maryland Point, built c.1880 and "the birthplace of Iron Maiden" :)   London Borough of Newham.
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Wednesday 23 April 2014

The 'peace sculpture' / Derrick Richardson-Lee


Commissioned to celebrate the 1984 international year of peace.   The sculptor was Derrick Richardson-Lee (1924-2001). Stratford, London Borough of Newham.

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Monday 21 April 2014

King's College Chapel / from The Backs

Various architects/masons in the Perpendicular Gothic style, built 1446 to 1515. Grade I listed. Trinity Lane, Cambridge.
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Sunday 20 April 2014

Chemistry Dept / Cu flues

NRAP Architects, 1999-2008 refurbishment of the Chemistry Department building including these pre-patinated copper clad fume extractors. Cambridge, England.
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Saturday 19 April 2014

Foundress Court / sundial

Eric Parry Architects, 1997. Exterior detail of a new court for Pembroke College which received a RIBA Regional Award 1998. Sundial carved by the Cardozo Kindersley workshop. Cambridge, England.
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Foundress Court / lantern

Eric Parry Architects, 1997. Exterior detail of a new court for Pembroke College which received a RIBA Regional Award 1998. Glass sculpture in lantern by  Peter Aldridge. Cambridge, England.
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Friday 18 April 2014

Jerwood Library / Trinity Hall


Architects: Freeland Rees Roberts, completed 1998. Accommodating 35,000 books and 95 readers on a small site backing directly onto the river Cam. Trinity Lane, Cambridge, England.

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72 Hills Road / Cambridge


Architects: Fitzroy Robinson, 1970s; Scott Brownrigg, 2011 renovation. A.k.a.Three Crowns House, Hills Road, Cambridge.

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Thursday 17 April 2014

Senate House / Cambridge

Architect: James Gibbs, neo-classical design built 1722–1730. King's Parade, Cambridge, England.
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Direction Sign / St Columba’s halls


Sign on wall of St Columba’s Church. Downing Street, Cambridge.

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Cripps Court / Mathematical Bridge

Hall of residence by Powell & Moya, built 1974-80. Mathematical Bridge designed by  William Etheridge, originally built 1749. Cambridge, England.

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King's College Chapel / Cambridge

Built 1446 to 1515 in the Perpendicular Gothic style. Originally commissioned by Henry VI. Grade I listed. Trinity Lane, Cambridge.
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Tuesday 15 April 2014

Seafront Shelter / Hove


One of a group of Grade II listed seafront shelters built by the Hove Corporation in mid C19th. Restored late C20th. The cast relief of a ship on the dado panels is the symbol of Hove. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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Monday 14 April 2014

Kingswest / Brighton

Architects: Russell Diplock Associates, 1965. The entertainment complex was originally called The Top Rank Suite; it was internally re-modelled and renamed Kingswest in 1973. The distinctive faceted roof-line is clad in gold-coloured aluminium. The architectural style has been described as Brutalism/Futurist Kitsch. King's Road, Brighton & Hove City.
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Saturday 12 April 2014

Mews Houses / Brewhouse Yard


Hamilton Associates, architects, 2004. (Source:'St John Street: Introduction; west side', Survey of London: volume 46: South and East Clerkenwell (2008), pp. 203-221. URL: www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=119418. Date accessed: 12 April 2014.)   London Borough of Islington.

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Friday 11 April 2014

Chiswick House / Conservatory dome


Interior view of central dome.  Conservatory built 1813 possibly designed by Samuel Ware, recently restored.  Grade I listed. London Borough of Hounslow.

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Gateway / Inigo Jones


Architect: Inigo Jones, built 1621. Relocated to Chiswick House Grounds in 1738 by Lord Burlington. Grade I listed. London Borough of Hounslow.

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Thursday 10 April 2014

Inigo Jones Gate / looking up


Architect: Inigo Jones, built 1621. Relocated to Chiswick House Grounds in 1738 by Lord Burlington. Grade I listed. London Borough of Hounslow.

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Wednesday 9 April 2014

Chiswick House / from SE


Architects: William Kent and Richard Boyle (3rd Earl of Burlington) 1729 in neo-Palladian style. Grade I listed. London Borough of Hounslow.  

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Little blue shop / Via-Agra


Cafe on the Goswell Road, Clerkenwell, London Borough of Islington.

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Tuesday 8 April 2014

Gate House / 1 St John's Square


Architects: Richard Seifert & Partners. Office block built 1962-3. RC frame with panels of stove-enamelled steel, glass mosaic, and marble. London Borough of Islington

Wyvern Bindery / EC1M


Bookbinders on the Clerkenwell Road, London Borough of Islington.

Friday 4 April 2014

Brick Lane Mural / Pixel Pancho


Street art mural just off Brick Lane by Pixel Pancho from Turin. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Thursday 3 April 2014

Sandi / ALSO


Street art by ALSO (a.k.a. Dep I believe) just off Brick Lane, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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