Blue Shuttered / Stratonos

House on Stratonos (ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ) Street in the Anafiotika-Plaka district. Athens, Attica, Greece.

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Parthenon / 2019

Architects: Ictinus and Callicrates, built 447-438 BC using Pentelic marble. On the Acropolis, Athens, Greece.

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Odeon / Herodes Atticus

Ancient Roman theatre located near to the earlier Theatre of Dionysos. This one built 161 AD by Herodes Atticus and restored c.1950-55. The 'Herodeion' is a working performance venue. Athens, Attica, Greece. 

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Γάτα / Eastern Parodos

Venerable, feline inhabitant of the Eastern Parodos. This location used to be the main entrance into the Theatre of Dionysos. Athens, Attica, Greece. 

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Temple / Athena Nike

Architect: Callicrates, c.420BC, part of the Periclean building program. Tetrastyle Ionic temple on west bastion of the Acropolis. Made of Pentelic marble, with monolithic columns. Athens, Attica, Greece. 

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Happy Holidays / 2019

Battersea Park, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Hawley Wharf / NW1

Westerly view of some of the new buildings at Camden Town's Hawley Wharf site. Architects: AHMM, 2019. London Borough of Camden. 

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The Narrow / E14

Built c.1905-10 as a British Waterways Customs House on the west quay of Regent's Canal Dock entrance. Grade II listed. Now a TV chef's gastropub. Narrow Street, Limehouse, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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West Tower / Lots Rd

First of two residential towers included in the Lots Road Power Station redevelopment. Designed by Farrells, tower 1 completed 2019. Seen from across the river Thames in London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Tower Bridge / 2019

Architects: Sir Horace Jones and George Stevenson, 1894, in a Gothic Revival style. Bascule and suspension bridge constructed of concrete, steel and masonry. Grade I listed. London Borough of Tower Hamlets (north side).

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Natalie Bell Building / II

Previously known as the Boiler Room, now known after a local community worker as part of an art project by Tania Bruguera. The old power station's conversion to art gallery was by architects Herzog & de Meuron, 2000. Tate Modern, London Borough of Southwark. 

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Natalie Bell Building / I

Previously known as the Boiler Room, now known after a local community worker as part of an art project by Tania Bruguera. The old power station's conversion to art gallery was by architects Herzog & de Meuron, 2000. Tate Modern, London Borough of Southwark.

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Kamp / Highgate

Kamp family memorial in Highgate Cemetery East. London Borough of Camden.

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Newfoundland / Landmark Pinnacle

The diamond-pattern tower reaching completion is Newfoundland, designed by Horden Cherry Lee architects. It will provide 636 apartments over 60 storeys.  

The new build to right is the Landmark Pinnacle designed by Squire and Partners. When complete next year it will be London's tallest residential tower at 75 storeys.

Seen from Limehouse, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Pauline House / E1

Architect: George Finch for the London County Council (LCC), c.1963. Building originally known as Spring Walk. 19-floor high-rise providing 74 residential flats. A fine Brutalist flourish to the roof line. Old Montague Street, Whitechapel, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Eiffel Tower / St Pancras

Scaled-down likeness of the Eiffel Tower, installed during the festive season to advertise Lancôme perfumes. St Pancras International railway station, London Borough of Camden. 

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Chelsea Waterfront / Dec 2019

Architect: Farrells, for Hutchison Property Group. Work-in-progress on the redevelopment of the former Lots Road Power Station. The 37-storey West Tower is completed and a second tower will follow. 

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There is an alternative / ...

... to Tory neo-liberalism. Avant Garde Tower, architects: Stock Woolstencroft, 2014. Warren truss rail-bridge, designed by Benaim, 2010. Allen Gardens, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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St John's Wharf / Capt Kidd

Left, a large six-storey warehouse built c.1870, now converted to residential. To right is another warehouse conversion, in this case to the Captain Kidd public house. Wapping, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Stupa / SW11

Architects: Minoru Ohoka, Tom Hancock, 1985. Battersea Park, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Metropolitan Wharf / E1

Former 'D' Warehouse, built between 1862 and 1898 using stock brick. Grade II listed, now principally residential, conversion by Hawkins\Brown. Wapping Wall, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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Eclipsed / E14

Centre: One Canada Square, Cesar Pelli & Associates, 1991.
Left: Newfoundland, Horden Cherry Lee, 2019.
Right: One Bank Street, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, 2019.
Canary Wharf, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Ordnance Jetty / SE10

Ageing jetty surviving from an earlier industrial era on the Greenwich Peninsula, now a home to wildlife. Called Airy’s Point on some maps and crossed by the Greenwich Meridian line. On the opposite bank, New Providence Wharf (SOM) and Horizons Tower (RMA). Royal Borough of Greenwich, London. 

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Winter Light / Isle of Dogs

The ever-changing Canary Wharf district on the Isle of Dogs, December 2019. Viewed from North Greenwich, London. 

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Giant Wheel / Vista

Seen from the Giant Wheel in Hyde Park. View includes the Shard and the other Ferris wheel, the London Eye. 2019 Winter Wonderland fair, City of Westminster, London. 

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Giant Wheel / Hyde Park

"World's tallest mobile Ferris Wheel" by Göbel-Worms. 70m high with 48 gondolas. Currently installed in Hyde Park for the 2019 Winter Wonderland fair. City of Westminster, London. 

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Merry-go-round / Hyde Park

Traditional merry-go-round at Hyde Park's 'Winter Wonderland 2019' fair. City of Westminster, London. 

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St John's / Notting Hill

Architects: J.H.Stevens and G.Alexander, 1845, in Early English Gothic Revival style, using Kentish ragstone and Bath stone dressings. Grade II listed. Ladbroke Grove, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.

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