Thursday 31 May 2018

Radisson Collection Hotel / Royal Copenhagen

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.

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

Malmö Live / Clarion

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, 2015. Malmö, Sweden.

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


Architects: Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), 2018. Recently opened venue devoted to architecture, design and urban culture, including the Danish Architecture Centre (DAC). Bryghuspladsen 10, Copenhagen, Denmark. 

Floating Café / Overgaden

On the Christianshavn Canal, near the Torvegade Bridge. Copenhagen, Denmark.

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. 

Royal Opera / Copenhagen

Henning Larsen Architects, 2004. Inner harbour, Copenhagen, Denmark. 

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

Grade II listed row of early C19 houses. Painted brick, stucco to No. 117. Mid C19 wooden shop fronts to Nos. 119-123. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. 

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

The original part was built in 1894 as a flour mill. lts name can be seen in terracotta on the gable. It was operated by Spillers until closure in 1978 when it was then divided up into business units. In 2007 it was converted into residential and commercial units. Image taken south of the river Thames, but the building is in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.

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

Architect: Farrells, for Hutchison Property Group. Work-in-progress on the redevelopment of the former Lots Road Power Station. The 37-storey residential tower going up here is actually in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham; other parts of the development, including a second high-rise and the old power station, are in Kensington & Chelsea. 

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

Bodyline Building / Thessaloniki

Detail of the Bodyline Building, Pl. Dimokratias, Thessaloniki, Greece. 

OTE Tower / Thessaloniki

Architect: Alexandros Anastasiadis, 1965. Telecommunications tower with revolving café-bar. In the Trade Fair district, Thessaloniki, Greece.