New US Embassy / facade

Architects: KieranTimberlake, 2018. Sculpted ETFE skin over blast-proof glazing. Nine Elms, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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St George Wharf Tower / New US Embassy

• Left: St George Wharf Tower designed by Broadway Malyan architects, 2014.

• Right (and much closer): corner of the new US Embassy, designed by KieranTimberlake architects, 2018.

London Boroughs of Lambeth and Wandsworth. 

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New US Embassy / cladding

Architects: KieranTimberlake, 2018. Detail showing ETFE foils in front of multiple-layer laminated glazing. As well as reducing solar gain, the foils are intended to lessen wind downdraughts. Nine Elms, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Vauxhall Bridge / Riverwalk

• Bridge architects: the LCC's Sir Alexander Binnie, then Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice, 1906. Five-span steel arch bridge, Grade II* listed.

• Left, new residential building 'Riverwalk' designed by Stanton Williams for developer Gerald Ronson, 2016. At 161 Millbank, London SW1.

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St John's / Waterloo

Architect: Francis Octavius Bedford, 1824, in the Greek Revival style. Grade II* listed. Waterloo Road, London Borough of Lambeth.

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Millbank Tower / from Nine Elms

Architects: Ronald Ward & Partners, 1963, Grade II listed. Originally known as the Vickers Tower. There are plans for a mixed-use conversion to include apartments and hotel. In the foreground is Vauxhall Bridge. 

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Sundrops / Angels Market

Tealight lamps for sale at the Angels Christmas Market, Hyde Park Winter Wonderland fair. Hyde Park, City of Westminster, London. 

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Colosseum / Christmas

[from the archives of 2013]

Architect unknown. Four contractors are thought to have worked on a quadrant each. Works initiated by emperor Vespasian Flavian in AD72. Completed about AD80 when Titus Flavian was emperor. 

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The Playhouse / WC2N

Architects: F.H. Fowler, 1882, in a Neo-Classical style. Interior reconstructed by Detmar Blow and Fernand Billerey, 1907. Grade II listed. Formerly the Royal Avenue Theatre; used as a BBC sound studio from 1951 to 1975. Craven Street, City of Westminster, London.

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Mosaic / Marble Arch

Surviving fragment of 1960s mosaic decoration in an otherwise grim Marble Arch gyratory underpass. City of Westminster, London. 

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Blackfriars Station / EC4V

The railway station platforms now extend right across the river Thames, with access from both sides. This development was designed by Will Alsop for Thameslink, 2013, when the PV roof panels were also introduced. The original railway bridge was designed by John Wolfe-Barry and Henry Marc Brunel, 1886.

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St Mark's / Battersea Rise

Architect: William White, 1874, in a Neo-Gothic style. Stock brick with red-brick dressings over concrete frame; shingled broach spire. Grade II* listed. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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City of London / from Southwark

Vista from the Blavatnik Building, London Borough of Southwark. 

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'Sibirica' / William Pye

Water sculpture by William Pye (b.1938 UK). Bronze, 1999. In the Iris Garden, Holland Park, London Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. 

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Design Museum / rafters

Architects: Robert Matthews, Johnson-Marshall & Partners, 1962. John Pawson et al., 2016. Former Commonwealth Institute building, Grade II* listed. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. 

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Design Museum / W8 (3 pics)

Design Museum W8 / exterior

The Design Museum has been relocated to the Grade II* listed former Commonwealth Institute, designed by Robert Matthews, Johnson-Marshall & Partners, 1962.  Exterior refurbishment by OMA and Allies & Morrison; interior refurbishment by John Pawson et al., 2016. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. 

'Designer Maker User' / Display

Dynamic display designed by Studio Myerscough for the Design Museum's 'Designer Maker User' permanent exhibition.

Design Museum / stairs

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'Tonda' / Jonathan Loxley

2014 sculpture in honey onyx by Jonathan Loxley (b.1960 UK). In Holland Park, commissioned by Friends of Holland Park. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. 

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Kyoto Garden / Nov '17

In Holland Park, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. 

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Obesity trend / SE1

• Left: London Studios aka ITV Tower, by EPR Architects, 1973.

• Centre: South Bank Tower, original architects: Richard Seifert, 1978, then known as Kings Reach Tower. Renovation architects, incorporating 11 additional floors: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, 2015.

• Right: One Blackfriars, SimpsonHaugh and Partners, 2018. 

Taken in London Borough of Southwark. 

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Millennium Bridge / above

Architects: Foster and Partners. Sculptor: Anthony Caro. Engineers: Arup. 1998-2000. London Borough of Southwark. 

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'Monument' / Susan Hiller

Installation based on the Watts' Memorial ceramics in Postman's Park (see below). This work of 1980-81 by Susan Hiller (b.1940 USA). Comprising 41 colour photographs, bench, tape player, headphone and audio. Currently displayed in The Tanks, Tate Modern. London Borough of Southwark. 

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Shard / Canary Wharf

View east from the Blavatnik Building showing the Shard, designed by Renzo Piano, 2012. Beyond, the high-rises of the Canary Wharf financial district. Due to the still weather conditions, there is also atmospheric pollution in evidence. London Borough of Southwark.

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Sir Henry Tate Circle / Blavatnik Building

Architects: Herzog & de Meuron, 2016. RIBA London Award 2017 and RIBA National Award 2017. Ruggedly beautiful spiral staircase named after the Tate's original benefactor. Tate Modern, London Borough of Southwark.

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Blavatnik Building / Tate Modern

Architects: Herzog & de Meuron, 2016. RIBA London Award 2017 and RIBA National Award 2017. London Borough of Southwark.

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Bomber Command Memorial / detail

Architect: Liam O'Connor, 2012. Image not representative of the memorial as a whole, but is the part that I find the most eloquent. City of Westminster, London. 

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Pier Point Café / Battersea Park

London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Chelsea Bridge / soffit

Architects G.Topham Forrest et al of the LCC., 1937, Grade II listed. Self-stabilizing suspension bridge with its towers resting on rocker bearings. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Maiden Lane Estate / 3 pics

Architects: Gordon Benson and Alan Forsyth for Camden Council, first phase of the period 1976-83. London Borough of Camden.

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R7 / King's Cross

Duggan Morris Architects, completing late 2017. Looking up at the east elevation, finished in pink powder-coated aluminium. Mixed-use building already fully-let, with an Everyman cinema on the ground floor. London Borough of Camden. 

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