Architect: Sir Hugh Casson et al., 1965, Grade II* listed. Reinforced concrete with conical copper roofs. Originally for elephants and rhinos, now for tapirs, bearded pigs and camels. City of Westminster, London.
Saturday, 29 February 2020
Friday, 28 February 2020
The Kite / Feb '20
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.
Thursday, 27 February 2020
Wednesday, 26 February 2020
Putney School of Art / SW15
Putney School of Art & Design, est. in Oxford Road 1895, London Borough of Wandsworth.
Tuesday, 25 February 2020
Chiswick House / 2020
Architects: William Kent and Richard Boyle (3rd Earl of Burlington) 1729 in Neo-Palladian style. Grade I listed. London Borough of Hounslow.
Monday, 24 February 2020
Peacock / Chiswick House
Peacock lantern, part of a Lightopia event in the gardens of Chiswick House. London Borough of Hounslow.
Sunday, 23 February 2020
176 / Prince of Wales Rd
Former Methodist Church completed 1871, brick with Bath stone Corinthian portico. Grade II listed, ceased church use c.1963. London Borough of Camden.
Saturday, 22 February 2020
Temple / Chiswick House
Neo-classical garden feature built by Lord Burlington early C18, here showing the rear view from across Bollo Brook. Grade I listed. London Borough of Hounslow.
Friday, 21 February 2020
Flamingos / Chiswick House
Flamingo lanterns, part of a Lightopia event in the gardens of Chiswick House. London Borough of Hounslow.
Thursday, 20 February 2020
Cleveland Gdns / SW13
Two-storey dwellings brick-built in the late C19, after the arrival of the London & South Western Railway line's crossing at Barnes Bridge. Part of the South West Barnes Character Area 13. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Rose House / SW13
According to the London Encyclopaedia this has origins as The Sign of the Rose inn when brewing was a local industry. Jacobean timber frame construction and Grade II listed. Now occupied by Barnes Community Association. 70 Barnes High Street, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
Tuesday, 18 February 2020
Haverstock School / III
Architects: Feilden Clegg Bradley, 2005. Perforated copper panel facade. Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm, London Borough of Camden.
Monday, 17 February 2020
Barnes Bridge / (Rail)
Designers: Joseph Locke and J E Errington 1849; Edward Andrews 1895. Grade II listed truss-arch bridge for foot and rail. Viewed from London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
Sunday, 16 February 2020
One Marylebone / NW1
Architect: Sir John Soane, 1828, in a Greek-Revival style using Portland stone. Formerly Holy Trinity Church, now an events space for hire. Grade I listed. City of Westminster, London.
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Saturday, 15 February 2020
RCP London / II
Architect: Sir Denys Lasdun, 1964. Grade I listed, pre-stressed concrete with porcelain mosaic cladding. Royal College of Physicians, Regent's Park, London Borough of Camden.
Friday, 14 February 2020
Chiswick Bridge / TW9
Architect: Sir Herbert Baker. Engineer: Alfred Dryland. Opened 1933, reinforced concrete faced with Portland stone. Grade II listed. Viewed from the Mortlake side of the river, London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames.
Thursday, 13 February 2020
1 & 2 Chester Terrace / II
Architects: John Nash, James and Decimus Burton, c.1825. In Neo-Classical style. Grade I listed. London Borough of Camden.
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Diptych / Anna Laurini
Street art by Anna Laurini on a couple of panels of the Regent's Park Road over-rail bridge. Primrose Hill, London Borough of Camden.
Tuesday, 11 February 2020
The Fiddler's Elbow / NW5
Architect unknown, c.1845 public house formerly known as the Mother Shipton. Grade II listed as a good example of an early Victorian pub. London Borough of Camden.
Monday, 10 February 2020
Prince's Park / Flats
Architect: Malcolm Last, 2014, for Union Developments. 36 private and 19 'affordable' homes, plus a medical centre. Kentish Town West, London Borough of Camden.
Sunday, 9 February 2020
St Luke's / Kentish Town
Architect: Basil Champneys, 1869, in a red-brick Gothic Revival style with North German influenced tower. Grade II* listed and a looming presence at the end of Caversham Road in Osney Crescent. Kentish Town, London Borough of Camden.
Saturday, 8 February 2020
Regent's Canal / Bridge 16
Regent's Canal seen from Fitzroy Bridge (no. 16), looking southwest. London Borough of Camden.
(CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex.)
Friday, 7 February 2020
Camden Lock Village / II
Architects: AHMM, 2019. Eight new buildings in the heart of Camden Town, at the old Hawley Wharf site. London Borough of Camden.
The Albert / Sign
Sign for The Albert pub, formerly The Prince Albert, named after the Consort of Queen Victoria. Established 1849 or earlier, although not trading at present. Primrose Hill, London Borough of Camden.
(CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex.)
Thursday, 6 February 2020
Avenue Gardens / NW
North-west corner of The Avenue Gardens, Regent's Park, City of Westminster, London.
(CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex.)
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
RCP / London
Architect: Sir Denys Lasdun, 1964. Grade I listed, described as "a modernist masterpiece and one of London’s most important post-war buildings". Royal College of Physicians, Regent's Park, London Borough of Camden.
Tuesday, 4 February 2020
Boathouse / SW11
Architects: McAllister Co., 2002, for the Borough Council. A-frame boathouse of galvanised steel, timber and long-strip copper. Beside the boating lake at Battersea Park. London Borough of Wandsworth.
Monday, 3 February 2020
Western Pumping Station / II
Completed 1875, built by William Webster who may have contributed to the design. Two-storey, mansard-roofed pumping house and square cross-section chimney, both of which are Grade II listed. Now enclosed by the Grosvenor Waterside development.
Sunday, 2 February 2020
Holy Trinity / Guildford
Grade I listed Anglican church with c.1540 chapel, remainder rebuilt in the 1750s in a red-brick Palladian style by James Horne. Some Victorian alterations and additions. High St, Guildford, Surrey.
Saturday, 1 February 2020
Semaphore House / GU1
Semaphore station built by the Admiralty c.1820. Later C19 wings, now a private residence. Grade II listed. Pewley Hill, Guildford, Surrey, UK.
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