Earl of Lonsdale / W11

Public house on corner of Westbourne Grove and Portobello Road. Probably built in the mid-C19; channeled stucco over brick. The hanging glass lanterns are a typical feature of several pubs in this area. Notting Hill, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.

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Dale Chihuly / V&A

Entrance chandelier by Dale Chihuly (b.1941 USA). Free-blown and mould-blown elements, individually tied to a steel armature. Made in 2001, on loan from Chihuly Studio, Seattle, Washington, USA. At the V&A, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. 

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Museum of Childhood / x2 pics

Original design by James Wild, 1872. Grade II* listed for very special significance as one of the earliest surviving examples of a pre-fabricated iron-frame structure. Bethnal Green, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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Wardrobe Place / Sign

The King's Wardrobe was a house bought by Edward III in 1359 to store ceremonial robes. The building was burnt down in the Great Fire of 1666, but the name remains [info source: The Streets of London, S.Fairfield]. City of London. 

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Design Museum / x3 pics

Atrium

Refurbishment of the former Grade II* listed Commonwealth Institute by John Pawson et al., 2016. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Interior

Dynamic display by Studio Myerscough for the 'Designer Maker User' permanent exhibition. (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Column

One of the two interior columns supporting the museum's curving concrete roof. Original architects: RMJM, 1962.  (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

The Kite / Nov '19

Architects: SPPARC. Showing progress on the 20-storey tower over a 3-storey podium between Newington Causeway and Tiverton Street. Intended to provide 140 hotel rooms, 48 apartments and ground-level retail. London Borough of Southwark. 

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22 Bishopsgate / Nov '19

Glazing almost complete on this 62-storey, 278m-tall office tower in the City of London. PLP Architecture for AXA Real Estate and Lipton Rogers Developments. Viewed from south side of the river Thames in London Borough of Southwark.

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Battersea Flower Station / Sign

Stencilled sign on wall of florist and garden centre. Battersea High Street, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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251 / Southwark Bridge Rd

Architects: Allies & Morrison, 2017. 41-storey residential tower comprising 335 apartments. Viewed from the Elephant & Castle. London Borough of Southwark.

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Elephant & Castle / Statue

Situated outside an entrance to the shopping centre. The Elephant & Castle district is currently in the grip of an unpleasant redevelopment. London Borough of Southwark.

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St Paul's Cathedral / Nov 2019

Architect: Christopher Wren, 1708, in the English Baroque style. Grade I listed. Seen from One New Change roof terrace. City of London. 

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Morden Hall / East

Manor House built some time between 1759 and 1765 for Richard Garth. Grade II listed. The cast-iron bridge in foreground, also Grade II listed, dates from last half of C19. London Borough of Merton.

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Footbridge / Morden Hall Park

Cast-iron footbridge with decorative balustrade and timber treads. Presumably built when the park was developed in the 1860s and 1870s by Gilliat Hatfeild Sr. Morden Hall Park, London Borough of Merton.

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Stable Yard / Morden Hall

Arched entrance to stable yard, c.1869, for Gilliat Hatfeild Sr. London stock brick in Flemish bond, timber bell-tower with clock, weather-vane with fish pointer. The stable yard was refurbished c.2010 (Cowper Griffith Architects LLP), although this structure's design remains relatively unchanged since Victorian times. London Borough of Merton.

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Faraday Memorial / SE1

Grade II listed sculpture completed 1961, designed by the celebrated Brutalist architect Rodney Gordon (1933-2008). Clad with stainless-steel dished panels and appearing to be suspended from a core yoke, alluding to Michael Faraday's discoveries in electromagnetic induction. Appropriately, the sculpture actually does house a transformer for electrical supply to the Northern Line. Elephant & Castle, London Borough of Southwark. 

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St Magnus House / 2019

Architects: Seiferts, c.1978. 3 Lower Thames Street, City of London.

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'Single Form' / 1961-62

Sculptor: Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975, UK), BH314, bronze 3.12m x 2.00m x 0.25m. Founder: Morris Singer Ltd., (Edition of 2). Dedicated by the sculptor to Dag Hammarskjöld. Grade II* listed. Battersea Park, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Mitcham Church / 2019

Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Mitcham. Architect: George Smith, 1822, in the Perpendicular Gothic-Revival style. Master-Builder: John Chart. Channelled 'Roman' cement render with some Bath stone dressings. Grade II*-listed. London Borough of Merton.

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Clarence Lodge / Grove House

Architect: William Wardell, c.1855, for Stephens & Yolande Lyne-Stephens. Thought to have first been a gardener's cottage. The coat-of-arms on exterior chimney breast is of the Lyne-Stephens family. Unlisted and now used by the Froebel Educational Institute. Clarence Lane, Roehampton, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Grove House / Entrance

Designed by James Wyatt for Sir Joshua Vanneck, 1777. Seen here is the pedimented entrance with balustraded portico at ground floor and Palladian window above [source: Grade II* listing]. Roehampton Lane, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Green Man / Putney

C18 public house, parts may be as early as 1700. Said to have been a meeting place for duellists who then proceeded to nearby Putney Heath. The building is now extended each side and the brown-brick pergolas added in the 1930s. Within the Putney Heath Conservation Area, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Police Memorial / Column

Designed by Foster & Partners with Per Arnoldi, installed 2005. Layered glass column with internal optical fibres, 7.4m high. Part of the National Police Memorial. City of Westminster, London. 

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My D850 / x2

Nikon DSLR with back-illuminated, 45.7Mp sensor.

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The Citadel / SW1

Ministry of Works with W.A. Forsyth as consultant, 1941. At corner of The Mall and Horseguards Parade. WW2 bomb-proof fortress for the Admiralty, with underground passages to Whitehall offices. Grade II listed. City of Westminster, London.

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45 Millharbour / E14

EPR Architects, 2017. Primarily a residential development, here showing the orange 14-storey block facing Millwall Inner Dock. Millennium Quarter, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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1 Park Dr / Crossharbour

Architects: Herzog & de Meuron. Work-in-progress on One Park Drive, seen from Glengall Bridge, Crossharbour, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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One Park Drive / Oct '19

Architects: Herzog & de Meuron, residential tower completing in 2020. Wood Wharf, Canary Wharf estate, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Mitcham Eastfields / Footbridge

Network Rail’s station design team and consultant architects, 2008. The modular system was constructed off-site and lifted into place at the station in sections. Image shows the passenger footbridge and lift tower. Mitcham, London Borough of Merton. 

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