Battersea Reach / SW18

In the distance, south of Wandsworth Bridge, the new residential development designed by Broadway Malyan, 2004 to present. London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Chelsea Harbour / SW10

Moxley Architects, 1987. Luxury development of apartments, hotel and yacht marina, built on what was previously a coal dock yard. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.

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Serpentine Pavilion 2014 / V

This year's pavilion by Smiljan Radić (b.1965) of Chile. A GRP shell resting on rocks with an interior cafe and seating. Situated by the Serpentine Gallery, City of Westminster, London. 

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Serpentine Pavilion 2014 / III

This year's pavilion by Chilean architect Smiljan Radić (b.1965). Constructed of GRP, steel and timber, resting on massive rocks. By the Serpentine Gallery, City of Westminster, London. 

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Serpentine Pavilion 2014 / I

This year's pavilion by Smiljan Radić (b.1965) of Chile. A GRP shell resting on rocks with an interior cafe and seating. By the Serpentine Gallery, City of Westminster, London. 

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Belvedere Tower / SW10

Moxley Architects, 1987. Post-modernist residential tower with a rising and falling tide ball on the spire. Part of the Chelsea Harbour development which is neither in Chelsea, nor a harbour. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.

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Riverside Tower / Waterside Tower

Broadway Malyan Architects, c.2003. Part of the Imperial Wharf residential redevelopment. For much of the C19th and C20th this site used to be a gas works. Now, according to its developer, it is "the ultimate riverside destination". London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.

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St Mary's Church / Montevetro

Church architect: Joseph Dixon, completed 1777, Grade I listed. Behind, the blue-glazed Montevetro apartment building by the Richard Rogers Partnership, 2000, which is possibly less in harmony with the church than the flour mill which preceded it. London Borough of Wandsworth.

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St Mary's Church / Battersea

Architect: Joseph Dixon, completed 1777. Georgian church with Doric portico, quoined tower and octagonal spire.  The only Grade I listed church in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Kingsgate House / 3

Horden Cherry Lee Architects 2014.  The multi-crystalline PV cells provide a decorative function in addition to converting solar energy to electrical. King's Road,  Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.

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Kingsgate House / 2

Horden Cherry Lee Architects 2014. The vertical panels aren't simply sun-breaks, they are PV cells producing a reported 60kWh of electrical energy during the day. King's Road,  Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.

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Kingsgate House / 1

Horden Cherry Lee Architects 2014. Seven storey residential building constructed using cross-laminated timber (CLT) as an alternative to steel or concrete. King's Road,  Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.

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Roper's Orchard / SW3

In-fill maisonette built over garages with a nautical moderne look about it. Architect and date unknown. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.

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World's End Estate / across Thames

Architects: Eric Lyons, H T Cadbury-Brown et al. c.1977. 'Worlds End' is the name of a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.

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World's End Estate / Greaves Tower

Architects: Eric Lyons, H T Cadbury-Brown et al. Concrete with brick cladding. This was a latecomer Modernist public housing estate, completed in 1977 when the style was already out of favour. Now starting to be re-evaluated more positively when compared to today's high-rise dwellings selling for millions. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London.

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St John's Church Centre / SW10

Architects: Eric Lyons, H T Cadbury-Brown et al. Concrete with brick cladding. c.1977. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London.

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Gilbert Ledward / 'Awakening'

Bronze sculpture in Roper's Garden by Gilbert Ledward OBE RA (1888-1960). The representational work makes an interesting contrast to Epstein's primitivist female figure which is nearby.  Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.

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Jacob Epstein / Roper's Garden

Carved panel by Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959) placed in the public garden where Epstein once had his studio. The area was destroyed by a bomb in 1941 and made into a garden in the 1960s. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.

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Peter Jones / corner curve

Architects: Slater, Crabtree and Moberly, 1936 in the Modern style using concrete frame and glazed curtain wall. Grade II* listed. Refurbished by John McAslan + Partners, 2004. Sloane Square, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.

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Mitcham Methodist Church / 2014, III

West of Grade II Modernist church designed by Edward Mills (1915-1998), built 1958-9. RC frame with folded concrete slab roof, light yellow brick and glazing. London Borough of Merton.

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Mitcham Methodist Church / 2014

Architect: Edward Mills (1915-1998), built 1958-9. Roof extending to north to provide cloisters to rear hall. Regarded as the best surviving work by the most successful Nonconformist architect of the period.

Reinforced concrete frame with folded slab roof engineered by Ove Arup. Grade II listed. London Borough of Merton.

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Chelsea Old Church / Thomas More statue

Painted bronze statue of Sir Thomas More by L. Cubitt Bevis, installed 1969. The church had to be substantially restored (architect Walter Godfrey) after WW2. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.

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Coachman's Lodge / Fulham Palace

Architect: William Butterfield, 1893 in a Tudor-revival style. One of the gate lodges at the entrance drive to Fulham Palace.  London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.

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The Watts' Memorial / Postman's Park

The concept for a Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice was proposed by Symbolist artist George Watts OM RA (1817–1904). Loggia designed by Ernest George, original ceramic plaques designed and made by William De Morgan.  Unveiled 1900 in Postman's Park, City of London.

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Chelsea Arts Club / dazzle

143 Old Church Street  painted in dazzle style, which was first used on ships in WW1. The idea was to confuse the enemy about the vessel's size and  direction.  Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.

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Vents / Paternoster Lane

By Thomas Heatherwick (b. 1970). Stainless steel, glass bead shot-blasted, 11m in height, installed 2002. An electricity sub-station is underneath. City of London.

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The Black Friar / bar sign

Exterior bar sign of an 1875  pub that was given a Deco makeover in the early C20th, although this sign looks more Art Nouveau to me. The Black Friars were a Dominican Order that once lived in this area. 174 Queen Victoria Street, City of London.

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22 Chancery Lane / WC2A

PKS Architects c.2009. Portland stone and zinc cladding, with green-glazed corner feature. City of London.

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Clock / former Daily Telegraph Building

Extravagant Art Deco clock outside what was originally the Daily Telegraph building in Fleet Street.   Elcock & Sutcliffe with Thomas Tait, 1928.  City of London.

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Orbit Tower / Aquatics Centre

• Orbit Tower: Anish Kapoor, Cecil Balmond, Ushida Findlay Architects, Arup. 2012.
• Aquatics Centre: Zaha Hadid Architects, Arup, 2012. RIBA London Award, 2014

London Borough of Newham.

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The Old Bell / Tavern

Built by Sir Christopher Wren in 1678 as a hostel for his masons working on St Bride's church. It is said that customers may drink their beer in the churchyard. City of London.

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St Giles' / interior

A medieval church that was destroyed by a WW2 firestorm except for the walls and tower. Architect Godfrey Allen saw to its restoration during the 1950s and '60s.  Image shows the aisled nave with Gothic arcades, and the small chancel. Grade I listed. City of London.

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St Giles' / Shakespeare Tower

St Giles-without-Cripplegate was gutted during the Blitz leaving just the tower and walls. Rebuilt by Godfrey Allen in 1952-60. Grade I listed.

Shakespeare Tower by Chamberlin, Powell & Bon, c.1976, Grade II listed.

At lower-left corner of image can just be seen remains of the wall that defended the north boundary of Londinium, built late 2nd Century AD.

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The Old Curiosity Shop / WC2

Timber-framed house and shop, built about 1567,  said to be the inspiration for the Dickens novel. Thought to be the oldest extant shop in London and Grade II* listed. City of Westminster, London.

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Union / (Horse with Two Discs)

Imposing bronze sculpture made 2001 by Christopher Le Brun PRA (b.1951). 2.32 x 4.66 x 1.56m. Displayed outside entrance to the Museum of London, City of London.

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Carter Lane / No. 2

Narrow street running parallel to Ludgate Hill. A tax record shows that brothers Stephen and Thomas Le Charetter (Carter) lived there in 1319. [Discovering London Street Names by John Wittich]. City of London.

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St Benet / Paul's Wharf

Architect: Sir Christopher Wren, or nominally built by Wren's company but designed by Dr Robert Hooke. Built 1677-85, it avoided major Victorian remodelling, and was one of only four City churches to escape the bombs of the Blitz. This authentic church is Grade I listed. City of London.

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Paul Mount / 'Globe with slots'

Stainless steel sculpture by Paul Mount (1922-2009), installed 2012. St Paul's can be seen in reflection. Gardens south of St Pauls, City of London.

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New Court / looking up

Architects: Ellen van Loon and Rem Koolhaas, OMA, with Allies & Morrison, 2011. Looking up from St Swithin's Lane, City of London.

Viewed from the garden of St Stephen Walbrook, City of London.

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St Swithin's Lane / Bush Lane House

View down St Swithin's Lane to the stainless-steel lattice of Bush Lane House. The latter designed by Arup Associates, 1976. The tubular frame is water-filled in case of a fire. 1977 Structural Steel Award. City of London.

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Carter Lane / City of London

Narrow street running parallel to Ludgate Hill. A tax record shows that brothers Stephen and Thomas Le Charetter (Carter) lived there in 1319. [Discovering London Street Names by John Wittich]. City of London.

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The Cockpit / EC4

This building c.1860, but pub said to have been established much earlier. The present building wouldn't officially have seen cock-fighting which was banned in 1849. Grade II listed. City of London.

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135-141 Fleet Street / Entrance

Main entrance to the former Daily Telegraph Building in Fleet Street. Architects:  Elcock & Sutcliffe with Thomas Tait, 1928. Art Deco with Egyptian revival, predominantly Portland stone and bronze. The lintel relief depicting Mercury thought to be by A.J Oakley. Grade II. City of London.

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Shopfront / Walter Gropius

Shopfront at 115 Cannon Street designed by Walter Gropius, 1936. Materials included black Vitrolite and glass bricks. The distinguished architect worked in partnership with Maxwell Fry between 1934-36 after he left Germany to escape the Nazis. He went on to teach at Harvard. City of London.

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Procession House / Pilgrim Street

Architects: RHWL, c.1999. Unusual terracotta-clad  spandrels and posts at southwest corner of Procession House. City of London.

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