Architect: Arne Jacobsen, 1960, for Scandinavian Airlines System. Functionalist landmark by the acclaimed Danish architect and product designer. Hotel renamed in 2018. Vesterbrogade, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Thursday, 31 May 2018
Wednesday, 30 May 2018
Malmö University / Niagara
Architects: Lundgaard & Tranberg, 2015. New research and teaching building of 25,000 square feet. Facades of anodized aluminium. Beijersgatan, Malmö, Sweden.
Malmö Live / Birgit Nilsson bridge
Concert halls, conferencing, hotel etc. designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, 2015. Malmö, Sweden.
Tuesday, 29 May 2018
'Magic Book' / Natalia Rak
Mural on Ostindiefararegatan by Natalia Rak (b.1986) from Poland, c.2014. Malmö, Sweden.
Central Station / Malmö
Central station southern facade and bus interchange. This part dates from about 1872. Malmö, Sweden.
Monday, 28 May 2018
På Bjerget 3 / Front door
Architect: Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint in collaboration with Vilhelm Wittrup, Charles Schou and Georg Gøssel, 1924 to 1926. Entrance detail of one of the residential buildings on the approach to the west front of Grundtvig's Church. Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sunday, 27 May 2018
Grundtvig's Church / Pulpit
Architect: Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint, 1927, consecrated 1940. I believe the pulpit may have been designed by his son Kaare Klint. Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Grundtvig's Church / NE
Architect: Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint, 1927, in a Brick Expressionist style. Exterior view from north-east. Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Saturday, 26 May 2018
Emperor Caligula / AD 37-41
Right: original C1 AD marble sculpture of Caligula, in the Glyptotek.
Left: reconstruction of the original polychromy, 2003, tempera on synthetic marble.
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark.
'Water Mother' / Kai Nielsen
Marble sculpture of 1920 by Kai Nielsen (1882-1924). Situated in the winter garden of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Friday, 25 May 2018
Royal Danish Playhouse / IV
Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter, 2007. RIBA European Award 2008 and many others. Ekvipagemestervej 36, 1250 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Thursday, 24 May 2018
BLOX / Copenhagen 2 pics
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
North Atlantic House / Copenhagen
Warehouse built 1767 now used as a cultural venue for the countries of the North Atlantic region. Also houses the Embassy of Iceland and Greenland. 91 Strandgade, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Mærsk HQ / III
Architect: Ole Hagen, 1970s. Buildings clad in natural stone, with blue reflective glazing facing the harbour. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Tuesday, 22 May 2018
HDMY Dannebrog / (A540)
Her Danish Majesty's Yacht Dannebrog (A540). Built at the Naval Dockyard in Copenhagen, commissioned 1932, still in active service. Inner harbour, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Monday, 21 May 2018
Trinitatis Church / Spire
Original architect: Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, c.1656, although the original spire and roof were lost in a 1728 fire and there have been several restorations since. Image taken from the top of the Round Tower which is attached to the west side of the church. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Gallery / Rundetaarn
Originally the University Library, built within the loft of Trinitatis Church, designed by Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, opened 1657. Now used for exhibitions and recitals. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sunday, 20 May 2018
Circle Bridge / 2018
Circle Bridge (Cirkelbroen), conceived and designed by artist Olafur Eliasson, design architect Sebastian Behmann, 2015. The pedestrian/cycle bridge has an unusual swing mechanism and tall mast-like towers. Copenhagen, Denmark.
'English Church' / Copenhagen
St Alban's Church designed by Arthur Blomfield, 1887, in the Gothic Revival style typical of English parish churches of this date. Built using local limestone and knapped flint. Awarded an RIBA Gold Medal in 1891. Churchillparken, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Saturday, 19 May 2018
Palace Hotel / Copenhagen
Architect: Anton Rosen, 1910, in a National Romantic style and nicely complementing City Hall. Currently owned and operated by Scandic Hotels. City Hall Square, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Christian IV's Brewhouse / Copenhagen
Built 1608, originally as a fortification, commissioned by King Christian IV. Later re-purposed as a brewery for the military, when the steep gabled roof was added. Frederiksholms Kanal, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Friday, 18 May 2018
Central Station / Copenhagen
Architect: Heinrich Wenck, 1911, in the National Romantic style, using red brick, slate and granite. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sunday, 13 May 2018
St Luke's / SW3
Architect: James Savage, in a Neo-Gothic style using Bath stone, 1824. Grade I listed. One of the earliest Gothic Revival churches in London. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.
Saturday, 12 May 2018
117-123 Sydney St / SW3
Friday, 11 May 2018
Canons House / Mitcham
Manor house built by John Odway, c.1680, brick, later stucco. Grade II* listed. Due to be refurbished along with the historic Canons site using £4.7M support from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Mitcham, London Borough of Merton.
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The Canons / Dovecote |
Early C16, possibly earlier. Chalk clunch construction with red-brick quoins and some knapped flint in the plinth. Hipped tile roof with timber louvre and metal weathervane. Thought to be the oldest building in Mitcham. Grade II listed. London Borough of Merton.
Thursday, 10 May 2018
104 Cheyne Walk / SW10
House once the residence of Hilaire Belloc — poet, essayist, historian — from 1900 to 1905. Earlier, the residence of artist Walter Greaves who lived here 1855-1897. Other artists to have lived on Cheyne Walk include J.M.W.Turner, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and James McNeill Whistler. This was before the Chelsea Embankment was constructed, when the houses then fronted onto the river Thames. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Wigram Court / Pedway
Part of the Surrey Lane Estate by L B Wandsworth Building Works Department, Holland & Hannen and Cubitts, 1970–3. The high-rise point block in background was designed, along with 3 others, by Richard Seifert & Partners, 1970–3. Battersea, London Borough of Wandsworth.
Tuesday, 8 May 2018
Curzon Chelsea / SW3
Closed March 2018 for site redevelopment by the Cadogan Estate, with a plan to re-open a 600-seat triplex in Spring 2022. This building first opened as the Gaumont Palace in 1937, designed by architects William E. Trent and Ernest F. Tully. Although reduced in size over the years, it still claimed the biggest screen outside of the West End until its recent closure. The art deco front elevation is to be preserved. 206 Kings Road, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.
Monday, 7 May 2018
Chelsea Wharf / SW10
Sunday, 6 May 2018
St Andrew's Chelsea / Steeple
Architects: A.W.Blomfield Sons, c.1913, replacing an earlier church on the Park Walk site. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.
Saturday, 5 May 2018
Chelsea Fire Station / SW3
Architect: GLC Special Works Department, 1964. Modern style fire station at 264 Kings Road, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.
Friday, 4 May 2018
Chelsea Waterfront / May 2018
Thursday, 3 May 2018
Worlds End Estate / 2018
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.
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
St Paul's / Agios Pavlos
Architect not known, Neo-Byzantine style, 1997. Saint Paul Orthodox Church, Agios Pavlos, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Tuesday, 1 May 2018
OTE Tower / Thessaloniki
Architect: Alexandros Anastasiadis, 1965. Telecommunications tower with revolving café-bar. In the Trade Fair district, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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