Harbour Master's House / II

Mid-C19 former warehouse with central gable originally for windlass. Grade II listed, at 13 Custom House Quay, Weymouth, Dorset. 

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Pier Bandstand / detail

Original architect: V.J.Venning, 1939, in the Art Deco style. Regrettably, most of the structure out to sea was demolished in 1986 due to the cost of maintenance. Weymouth, Dorset. 

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The Royal Oak / Weymouth

Early C19, listed Grade II as an "externally complete example of a characteristically Late Georgian type of public house". Custom House Quay, Weymouth, Dorset.

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Jubilee Clock / night

Made in 1887 to celebrate the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign, here showing the illuminated dials. Cast and wrought iron, extravagantly painted since the 1920s. Grade II listed for being "a florid but characteristic enrichment to the sea-front". Weymouth, Dorset. 

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The Pavilion / Weymouth

Architects: Samuel Beverley, Anthony Denny, 1960, in a modern style. Theatre, ballroom, restaurant and café, currently run as a not-for-profit CIC. The Esplanade, Weymouth, Dorset.

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Town Bridge Vista / 2017

View from Town Bridge east along Custom House Quay, including The Ship Inn, Fish Market and The George Inn. Weymouth, Dorset. 

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Sand Sculpture Pavilion / Weymouth (x2)

Architects: Flanagan Lawrence, 2012, for Weymouth Borough Council via 2009 competition. Seashell-like enclosure has a steel frame with painted timber cladding. Weymouth, Dorset, UK.

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Rossi's Ices / night

Illuminated sign on the Esplanade, Weymouth, Dorset, UK.

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Nothe Parade / Weymouth

Early C19 row of harbour-side houses, most listed Grade II. Weymouth, Dorset, England. 

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Jurassic Skyline / Weymouth

Architects: Oceans Designs Ltd., completed 2012, four years before Brighton's i360. This observation tower is 53m tall with a rotating gondola. Weymouth, Dorset. 

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Ghost Sign / Killyon Rd

1920s Nestlé milk ghost sign at Killyon Road, London Borough of Lambeth. 

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Face the Strange / E1

Surreal poster in Brick Lane. The artist cites Magritte as an influence, but this collage suggests Max Ernst also. London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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Greenwich Foot Tunnel / North Rotunda

Architect: Alexander Binnie for LCC, 1902. Circular red-brick building with glazed dome, at Island Gardens. Inside there are spiral stairs and a lift shaft descending to the foot-tunnel under the Thames. Grade II listed. London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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Durrington Tower / Westbury Estate

LCC Architect's Dept., c.1966, looks like a Colin Lucas design. This residential tower, along with its twin, was retained by the 2014 Westbury Estate regeneration scheme. London Borough of Lambeth. 

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5B The Polygon / SW4

Extended upwards in late C20 to create a 2nd floor living space, and roof alignment with the Grade II listed mid-C18 terrace to right. London Borough of Lambeth. 

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'Liberty Grip' / by Gary Hume

Patinated and painted bronze on railway sleepers, 2008. 5.53m x 2.97m x 1.9m. Artist Gary Hume (b.1960). Greenwich Peninsula, Royal Borough of Greenwich, London. 

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Global Switch / E London

Architects: Webb Gray and Partners Ltd., 2001. Europe's largest purpose-built data centre with two dedicated 132kV electrical feeds direct from the National Grid. Steel with 12 concrete floors, height 67m. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Holy Trinity / Clapham Common (2 pics)

Architect: Kenton Couse, 1776; Doric porch by Francis Hurlbatt, 1812. Grade II* listed parish church on Clapham Common, London Borough of Lambeth. 

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Horizons Tower / E14

Architects: RMA, 2016-17. 26-storey residential tower at Yabsley Street, Poplar, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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Canary Wharf / from North Greenwich

View of the Canary Wharf financial district from the Thames Path at North Greenwich.

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Intercontinental London / O2 (2 pics)

Lead architects RTKL UK Ltd., 2015-16. Five-star hotel adjacent to the O2 arena. Royal Borough of Greenwich, London. 

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Hexahut / North Greenwich

Temporary marketing kiosk with timber lattice over what looks like a GRP shell. Greenwich Peninsula, Royal Borough of Greenwich, London. 

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Hoola / 2 images

Hoola / façades

Architects: CZWG, 2017. Twin residential towers with sinuous, cantilevered balconies. Tidal Basin Road, Royal Victoria Docks, London Borough of Newham.

Hoola / long-shot

Twin residential towers at the west of Royal Victoria Dock, although here photographed from North Greenwich. 

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Big Easy / Canary Wharf

Restaurant located at the west of level 6 of Canary Wharf Crossrail Station. Station designed by Foster + Partners. The full crossrail route is scheduled to open in 2019. London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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VIP Garage / Limehouse

Architects: Marshall & Bradley, 1897, brick shell enclosing rolled-steel frame. Former engineering workshop and office complex of historical significance. Grade II listed. 777-785 Commercial Road, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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'Gasholders' / King's Cross

Wilkinson Eyre Architects, 2017. New apartments nearing completion within the Grade II listed, cylindrical frames of 3 Victorian gasholders. At King's Cross Central, London Borough of Camden.

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London City Island footbridge / 5 pics

Davies, Maguire & Whitby, 2016. Single steel truss with box-girder deck to south-east side. The bridge can rise 4m, by means of hydraulic jacks each end, for taller river traffic. Its span is 80m and mass 160 tonnes. River Lea, East London. 

 Close-up of part of steel truss

Collage

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Faraday Building / City Island

Glenn Howells Architects, 2017. One of ten residential blocks being built on the Leamouth Peninsula, now also known as London City Island. Ferro-concrete frame on ferro-concrete piles. Glazed brick cladding. Core A is 18 storeys and Core B is 4. London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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Vermilion / Canning Town II

CZWG Architects, 2012. Twenty-one storey residential tower. Canning Town, London Borough of Newham. 

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Canning Town Station / West entrance

New entrance to Canning Town Station, serving the City Island residential development. The Rotunda building was originally constructed in the 1990s and has been converted to step-free public access for the tube/DLR station. Conversion design by Acanthus Architects LW, 2016. London Borough of Newham. 

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Baltimore Tower / 2017

Architects: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, now completed. Residential tower of 45 storeys, with a twisting elliptical steel-and-glass envelope around a concrete cylindrical core. Crossharbour, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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George IV / Kentish Town

Profusely foliaged public house dating from 1870. London Borough of Camden.

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Wild Above Rules / E1

Artist: Anna Laurini (b.Italy). Brick Lane, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Salesforce Tower / EC2

Tower designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, 2011. Formerly known as the Heron Tower. 110 Bishopsgate, City of London. 

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Kosmic Koala / E1

Mural in Sclater Street, by Okuda (Spain b.1980). London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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