Serpentine Summer House 2016 / Yona Friedman

Summer House designed by Yona Friedman (b.1923 Hungary, now French) for the Serpentine Architecture Programme 2016. The design is said to build upon the architect's La Ville Spatiale project begun in the late 1950s and is described as a 'space-chain' structure. Kensington Gardens, City of Westminster, London.

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Serpentine Summer House 2016 / Kunlé Adeyemi

Summer House designed by Kunlé Adeyemi (Nigeria) for the Serpentine Architecture Programme 2016. The design is an abstraction of Queen Caroline's Temple (William Kent, 1735), seen behind.  Kensington Gardens, City of Westminster, London.

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Serpentine Summer House 2016 / Barkow Leibinger

Summer House designed by Barkow Leibinger (Berlin) for the Serpentine Architecture Programme 2016. This year, in addition to the temporary Pavilion, a clutch of pop-up summer-houses in the meadow where Queen Caroline's Temple is situated. Kensington Gardens, City of Westminster, London.

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Serpentine Pavilion 2016 / 5 images

Architect: Bjarke Ingels (b.1974) from Denmark, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). Stacked fibreglass frames with timber flooring. By the Serpentine Gallery, City of Westminster, London. 

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South elevation with tree
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Interior
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West entrance
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Rondvaart Kooij / Canal Cruises

Long-established canal cruise business at Rokin opposite number 125, 1012 KK Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Het Scheepvaartmuseum / Amsterdam

Original naval building designed in the Dutch Baroque style by  Daniël Stalpaert, 1656. Brick construction on timber piles; later additional buttressing.  Now the National Maritime Museum. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Panamalaan / Amsterdam Oost

Office building in a distinctive industrial style on Panama Ave. in the eastern docklands of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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No Bikes / Sign

Unusual sign in a city where it's said that there are more bicycles than people. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Palace of Justice / Amsterdam

Claus en Kaan Architecten, 2012. Finished in natural stone, ceramic panel, whitewashed concrete, glazed brick and powder-coated steel plate. Seen across the IJ water. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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A Lab / 2016

Former Shell Laboratories now providing accommodation for  start-up businesses. Behind, one of two new towers: one residential and one a hotel and convention centre. Overhoeks, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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A'DAM Toren / Jun 2016 (3 images)

The former Overhoeks Tower renovated, renamed the A'DAM Tower and now open. New design by Claus & Van Wageningen Architects. A bit top-heavy compared to the beautiful Arthur Staal original, but it's a new lease of life for the building. Overhoeksplein 1, 1031 KS Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Mosaic / Beatrixpark

One of several spherical mosaics on display in Beatrixpark, this was my favourite. Possibly made by Social Sofa of Tilburg. Beatrixpark, Diepenbrockstraat, 1077 Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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EY Tower / Amsterdam

Architect: Foster + Partners, 2008. Ernst & Young HQ at Antonio Vivaldistraat 150, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Street art by Cranio / Amsterdam

2016 portrait piece by Brazilian grafiteiro Crãnio. Amsterdam, Netherlands. 

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Jaz Hotel / Ziggo Dome

Steigenberger Group's Jaz Hotel, 2015, with direct access to the 17,000-seat Ziggo Dome, which looms at the right. The matt-black exterior of the Ziggo Dome (Benthem Crouwel Architects, 2012) comes alive at night when 120,000 LEDs are visible. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Walleyed / Bikes

 Eerste Anjeliers Dwarsstraat, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Endemol Shine Group / Amsterdam HQ

Architects: OeverZaaijer Architecture and Urbanism, 2010. Studio complex and offices, with facade of light concrete on a square grid. MediArena 1, 1099 CZ Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Door Pair / Bloemgracht

Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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ArenA Stadium / Amsterdam

Architect: Rob H.M. Schuurman (Grabowsky & Poort), 1996. To the left of the image you can just see part of the road that runs under the stadium. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Willis / Amsterdam HQ

Reflections of the Amsterdam ArenA in the glazed curtain wall of the insurers Willis B.V. at Hoogoorddreef 60-Centerp.I, 1101 BE Amsterdam Zuidoost, Netherlands 

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Fries Guy / Amsterdam

Advertising what is a popular street food, often served in paper cones, in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Amsterdam ArenA / exterior detail

Architect: Rob H.M. Schuurman (Grabowsky & Poort), 1996. First retractable-roof stadium in Europe. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Colonnade / Arena Boulevard

Colourful colonnade near to the Amsterdam ArenA stadium (Ajax FC home). The columns are concrete, sheathed in painted steel panels, c.1996. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Bike & Cat / Eerste Anjeliers Dwarsstraat

Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Bicycle shop / wall

Stencil-decorated wall at Lijnbaansgracht, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Seeds Sign / Amsterdam

Nice to see that the humble seed merchant can still do business in a busy capital city :) Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Beacon House / Bournemouth

Office building in the Deco/Streamline Moderne style with handsome stair tower over canopied main entrance. Ferroconcrete-brick construction, architect unknown, presumed 1930s. Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Dorset.

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Spire / Bournemouth Spiritualist Church

Unusual copper spire on Spiritualist Church. Not sure what the extra points represent, maybe the 'four elements'? Bath Road, Bournemouth, Dorset.

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Bournemouth & Poole College / Lansdowne

Architect: F W Lacey, 1913, in the Edwardian Baroque style. Originally the Municipal College, now part of the Bournemouth & Poole FE College. Grade II listed. Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Dorset.

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Poole Museum / extension

Horden Cherry Lee Architects, 2007. New entrance area in glass and steel, with an interesting 'unfinished' aspect to it. Poole, Dorset.

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High Street / Poole

Southern end of the High Street where it approaches the Quay and the area where the mediaeval town of Poole was established. Poole, Dorset.

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Purbeck Pottery / Poole

Large Dutch gable concealing the slate roof of Purbeck Pottery. Est. 1966, the pottery makes vitrified stoneware using clay from the nearby Purbeck hills. The Quay, Poole, Dorset.

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The King's Head / Poole

Mid-C16 origin with the façade rebuilt C18.  The original roof structure survives, showing the carpenter's assembly marks on the timbers. Said to have previously been called the Plume of Feathers which can be dated to around 1678, so a very long-lived inn. Grade II listed. Poole, Dorset.

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