Thursday 31 August 2017

Joe Public / SW4

Refurbishment architects: Barnes Design, 2016. Former public conveniences —100 years-old— next to Clapham Common underground station, converted into a pizza bistro and bar. London Borough of Lambeth.

Wednesday 30 August 2017

Coffee Wake Cup / SW4

On Clapham Court Road, London Borough of Lambeth. 

Monday 28 August 2017

William Bonney Estate / 2 pics

One of the residential blocks comprising the William Bonney Estate, built in the 1950s. Nothing to do with Billy the Kid, the estate was named after the Mayor of Wandsworth 1938-44. Clapham, London Borough of Lambeth.
(Both pics CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Sunday 27 August 2017

Lawfords Wharf / NW1

Architects: JTP, 2003. Residential development on a former builder's yard, next to the Regent's Canal. London Borough of Camden.

Saturday 26 August 2017

Kind of Blue / NW1

Artist: (thought to be) Coloquix from Sheffield. On black painted door in Buck St., London Borough of Camden. 

Friday 25 August 2017

The Old Eagle / NW1

Situated at the end of an 1830s terrace, where Camden Town approaches Kentish Town. Shot full-frontal, as the side elevation currently has a street-artwork which doesn't really suit this venerable boozer. 251 Great College Street, London Borough of Camden. 

Thursday 24 August 2017

'Destroy' / by Sr. X

Van art of a troubling nature by Señor X from Spain. Camden Town, London Borough of Camden. 

Tuesday 22 August 2017

4 Pancras Square / 2 pics

Eric Parry Architects, 2017. Corten-girdled building with 10 floors of offices, some retail at ground levels, and a roof garden. Part of the King’s Cross re-development, fully let to Universal Music. London Borough of Camden. 
(Both CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Monday 21 August 2017

Wall / Nr Kentish Town Lock

Regent's Canal Towpath, London Borough of Camden. 

Sunday 20 August 2017

1 Pancras Sq / colonnade

David Chipperfield Architects, 2013. Each column comprises a black-painted iron cylinder surrounding a concrete post. London Borough of Camden. 

Colton Arms / W14

Built by George Colston More c.1849 as the Colston —now Colton— Arms (info source: Fulham Past by Barbara Denny). CAMRA lists it as an historic pub interior of regional importance. Behind the Queen's Tennis Club, London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.

Saturday 19 August 2017

145 Greyhound Rd / W14

London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham

Lillie Langtry / sign

Sign for the Lillie Langtry public house, originally (1835) known as the Lillie Arms after its then owner, Sir John Scott Lillie. Renamed after the actress and socialite in the 1970s, presumably due to her greater notoriety. 19 Lillie Road, London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. 

Friday 18 August 2017

Bowls Pavilion / Normand Park

Architects: London County Council. Flat-roofed pavilion being "a characteristic LCC design of the 1960s". Normand Park, London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. 

Thursday 17 August 2017

'Golden Spiral' / detail

Landscape Architect: Fiona Atkinson, 2017. Detail of sculpture using 24 of the original cast-iron columns from the West Pier (1866), installed on the Piazza next to the i360. City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex, UK. 

Beach Hotel / Regency Sq

Architects: (prob) Amon Wilds and Amon Henry Wilds, c.1818. Porch has outer Doric antae and inner Ionic columns and entablature. The hotel occupies the terraced buildings of 2, 3 and 4 Regency Square which are Grade II* listed. City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex, UK. 

Wednesday 16 August 2017

Old Suffolk Punch / W6

Victorian public house c.1867 originally known as The Rifle. The side street — Distillery Lane — used to lead to the H & J Haig Distillery which was built in 1857. 80 Fulham Palace Road, London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.

Tuesday 15 August 2017

381 Lillie Rd / SW6

Originally a park lodge when this land was developed as Fulham Recreation Ground in 1891. The lodge has since been re-purposed for use by alternative healthcare but the park remains, now known as Lillie Road Recreation Ground. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. 

Monday 14 August 2017

The Distillers / W6

Curved corner public house built early C20 and included on the local list of Buildings of Merit. At Fulham Palace Road and Chancellor's Road, London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. 

Sunday 13 August 2017

High Dudgeon / SW6

Entrance off Lillie Road to the yard of Dudgeon sofa makers. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.

Saturday 12 August 2017

The Goose / Secret Garden

Mural on south return of The Goose public house. North End Road, London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. 

Thursday 10 August 2017

Robin Hood Gardens / 5 pics

[from the archives of 2012]
Architects Alison and Peter Smithson, 1972. The "streets in the sky" residential development at Poplar is now approved for demolition. London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 
[All pics: All Rights Reserved]

Tuesday 8 August 2017

QEH / from National Theatre

[from the archives of 2012]
The Queen Elizabeth Hall seen from the National Theatre, across Waterloo Bridge. LCC/GLC Department of Architecture, 1967. South Bank, London Borough of Lambeth.

[All Rights Reserved]

Monday 7 August 2017

The Rowing Club / sign

Sign and window for semi-basement bar at the Grade II listed Duke's Head public house. Built 1864 on the site of an earlier public house of c.1774. 8 Lower Richmond Road, Putney, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

Sunday 6 August 2017

Tiles / Werter Rd

Decorative ceramics cladding an exterior wall in Werter Road, Putney, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

Saturday 5 August 2017

LED tower / Hammersmith

Structure supporting a large (approx. 7.5m x 5m) LED matrix display for road-side advertising. The display is seen by motorists on the Hammersmith Flyover. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. 

Friday 4 August 2017

College Court / Entrance

Entrance to one of five adjoining mansion blocks — built between 1897 and 1900 — included in LBHF's local list of Buildings of Merit. The entrance porches are supported on either side by four small Tuscan columns. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. 

Thursday 3 August 2017

'Core Femme' / by Jill Berelowitz

Stainless steel and polyurethane resin sculpture, height c.6m, 2011. By Jill Berelowitz, installed in the front gardens of the Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith, London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.

Wednesday 2 August 2017

Thames Tower / Reflections

1970s office building in Hammersmith town centre which, along with the connecting Landmark House, is likely to be demolished to make way for a new mixed-use development designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour Architects. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.

Tuesday 1 August 2017

Cladding / Sise Lane

Architects: Foggo Associates, 1999. Detail of patinated bronze panels forming the largest patinated exterior in UK (source: Emporis). The building is at 60 Queen Victoria Street, although this image was taken in Sise Lane, City of London.