Marrakech 2018 / XII

Abandoned catering kiosk surrounded by palms and olive tree. Menara Gardens, Marrakech, Morocco. 

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Pavilion / Menara Gardens

Pavilion or 'minzah' (beautiful view), built C19 in the Alawi style for use by the sultan and his family. It is thought that the building rests on the remains of a C16 Saadian structure [source: www.morocco.com]. The artificial lake is fed by water from the Atlas mountains—20 miles away—then used to irrigate olive groves. Menara, Marrakech, Morocco. 

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La Gare / Marrakech

Architect: Youssef Melehi, 2008. Main railway station with a design representing some features of the city, and bearing an overall Islamic style. Marrakech, Morocco.

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Palmeraie / Marrakech

Palm oasis to the north-east of Marrakech city. With 100,000 date palms, some upmarket residences and hotels, plus tourist attractions. Route des Jardins de la Palmeraie, Marrakech, Morocco.

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Ensemble Artisanal / Craft Centre

Government-sponsored workshops and retail for Moroccan handicrafts. Avenue Mohammed V, Marrakech, Morocco. 

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Musée de Marrakech / Le Patio

View through to le patio of the Musée de Marrakech, originally an open courtyard of 709 sq.m. with fruit trees. When the building was converted to a museum, the courtyard was given a translucent covering along with a huge copper chandelier. At Fondation Omar Benjelloun, Place Ben Youssef, Marrakech-Médina, Morocco. 

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Marrakech 2018 / VI

Floor and wall zellige at the Musée de Marrakech, once the palace of Mehdi Menebhi. Built late C19 in the classical Andalusian style. At Fondation Omar Benjelloun, Place Ben Youssef, Marrakech-Médina, Morocco. 

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Ramparts / Royal Palace

Off Rue Bab El Arhdar, Marrakech, Morocco. 

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Palm / Bab Er-Robb

Date palm near the ‘Lord’s Gate’, Marrakech, Morocco.

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Minaret / Kasbah Mosque

Originally constructed c.1190 by Yaqub al-Mansur in the Almohad style. Recently restored. Also known as the Moulay El Yazid Mosque. Kasbah district, Marrakech, Morocco. 

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Wall / Jardins de l'Agdal

Marrakech, Morocco. 

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Marrakech 2018 / I

Les couleurs à Marrakech. Kasbah district, Marrakech, Morocco.

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Battersea Flower Station / SW11

Battersea Flower Station garden centre lamp. London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Mödling House / Cranbrook Estate

Architects: Francis Skinner, Douglas Bailey & Berthold Lubetkin, 1964. Bethnal Green, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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Withy House / E1

Maisonette block built early 1960s by Tersons Ltd for London County Council. 11 storeys, 81 dwellings [info source: www.towerblock.eca.ed.ac.uk]. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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'Twentytwo' / 22 Bishopsgate

PLP Architecture for Lipton Rogers Developments / AXA Real Estate. View of work-in-progress on 22 Bishopsgate. The relative magnitude of this building in the Square Mile now becomes apparent. 62 floors above ground, 278.2 m / 913 ft, completion in 2019.

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Tate Modern / Tower

Architect: Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, c.1953, being the chimney of the former Bankside Power Station. Retained when the building was re-purposed as Tate Modern in 2000. London Borough of Southwark.

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London Studios / Kent House

London Studios aka Kent House, by EPR Architects, 1973. Given a Certificate of Immunity from Listing by Government, this elegant high-rise is now vacated and demolition possible. Also in view, the Max Rayne Centre, South Bank Tower and the execrable One Blackfriars. Photographed from Waterloo Bridge, London Borough of Lambeth. 

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Holy Trinity / Wallington

Architects: E. Habershon & E. Loftus Brock, 1867, in Gothic Revival style finished in flint with Bath stone dressings, 110ft limestone spire. Renovations completed 2017, Thomas Ford & Partners. Grade II listed. Wallington, London Borough of Sutton.

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South Bank Tower / West

Original architects: Richard Seifert & Partners, 1978, then known as King's Reach Tower. Renovation architects, incorporating 11 additional floors: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, 2015. Seen from the west on Stamford St., Lambeth, although the building is in the London Borough of Southwark. 

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Plinth / Upper Terrace

Stylized plinth, one of four in the Grand Vista area that were originally supporting tall pyramids. Designed by John Piper and Osbert Lancaster for the 1951 Festival of Britain. Battersea Park. London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Mirror Pool / Battersea Park

Descendants from the 1951 Festival of Britain at the Grand Vista, Battersea Park. London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Coal Drops Yard / II

Architects: Heatherwick Studio, 2018. Victorian warehouses and train viaduct conversion into upmarket retail. King's Cross, London Borough of Camden. 

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Lawfords Wharf / II

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

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Bridge 28 / Regents Canal

Reflections on the Regent's Canal as it passes under the Royal College Street bridge (No. 28). London Borough of Camden. 

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Star Wharf / Camden

Architects: Applin Design | Sprunt, c.2007. Canal-side apartments, up to 5 floors over basement car-park. On a former industrial site. London Borough of Camden.

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Coal Drops Yard / N1C

Architects: Heatherwick Studio, 2018. Victorian warehouses and train viaduct conversion into upmarket retail. King's Cross, London Borough of Camden. 

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THE FACE / Covers

Outdoor exhibition showing front covers of THE FACE, from the period 1980-2001. Lewis Cubitt Square, King's Cross, London Borough of Camden.

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One Pancras Sq / 2018

David Chipperfield Architects, 2013. RIBA Regional and National awards. King's Cross, London Borough of Camden.

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N°5 / Red

2.5m high replica of the iconic perfume bottle, advertising Chanel's (temporary) red variant. King's Road, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.

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10 & 12 Hook Rd / Epsom

Grade II listing: "C18. Weatherboarded. Hipped old tile roof. Central brick stack. Two storeys, two ranges of sashes with glazing bars. Modern doors with flat hoods over." Epsom, Surrey, UK.

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Kanazawa Castle / Restoration

Restoration of the the two turrets (Hishi and Tsuzuki Yagura) and a long storehouse (Gojukken Nagaya) between them, 2001. Rebuilt using traditional techniques, the roof tiles are made of lead with a trace of copper. Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa-ken, Japan. 

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Hishi Yagura / Kanazawa Castle

Restoration of the Hishi-Yagura (菱櫓 (ひしやぐら) "diamond turret") watchtower, the original destroyed over 120 years ago. Constructed using traditional building techniques, 2001, it now looks as it did in the mid-C19. The roof tiles are made of lead with a trace of copper. Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa-ken, Japan. 

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Hirosaka Govt Bldg / Kanazawa

Multi-departmental Government building from 1965. Eight floors above ground, total area 17,908 sq.m. Upgraded foundation-base and middle-layer isolation for seismic resistance, 2010. Hirosaka, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa-ken, Japan. 

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