Red Cottage / SM4

One of a pair of cottages believed to have originally been used as stables, built c.1770 into the wall of the Morden Hall Park Estate [source: Oxford Archaeology for National Trust]. Locally listed, London Borough of Merton.

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Albion Riverside, balconies II

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Architects: Foster + Partners, 2003. Developer: Hutchison Whampoa Property. Glass and aluminium facade of main 11-storey building. There are 183 apartments in the building, some duplex. Up to 4 bedrooms and penthouses up to 6 bedrooms. Albion Wharf, Battersea, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Caledonian Park Clock Tower

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Architect: John Bunstone Bunning, 1855. In a neo-classical style using Portland stone, cast iron and slate for roof. Height 51.5m, Grade II* listed. This is all that remains of one of London's largest livestock markets, destroyed by German bombing in 1940. London Borough of Islington.

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Bridges' Bridge / 2020

Brick and terracotta bridge commissioned by Canon A.H.Bridges, c.1872, locally listed. The Greek Revival ceramics were made by the Watcombe Terracotta Clay Company. Beddington Park, London Borough of Sutton.

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Primrose Hill, London

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View taken from near the top of Primrose Hill, with Regent's Park in middle distance and further behind, the Post Office Tower to right; the London Bridge Shard to left. London Borough of Camden 

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The Hub

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David Morley Architects, 2005. Most of this building can't actually be seen! The image shows a circular plan cafeteria which sits on top of a grassy mound. Hidden underneath are changing rooms etc. for sports activities. The approach was taken to respect planning restrictions of the Grade I listed Regent's Park, and as a modern take on John Nash's concept of the park's buildings as ornaments in the landscape. The Regent's Park, City of Westminster, London.

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East Lodge / III

Beddington Park. Architect: Joseph Clarke, 1877. Grade II listed. London Borough of Sutton. 

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Blizard Building, skyway

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Architects: Will Alsop Design Ltd., 2005. The Blizard Building houses cell and molecular science research staff and students working at Queen Mary & Westfield College. Awards included an RIBA Education London Award for 2006. The building is named after Sir William Blizard, the founder of the London Hospital Medical College in 1785. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Death Valley

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Death Valley National Park sign 

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St Mary / Beddington

C14/C15 origins with Victorian additions and restorations by architect Joseph Clarke. Dormers, designed by H P Burke Downing, added c.1914 [info. source: Grade II* listing]. Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Road, London Borough of Sutton. 

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Octagon Pump House

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Built in 1878 to house a water pumping shaft for a railway tunnel beneath. Still being used for its original purpose, at the Royal Albert Dock (near Connaught Bridge), London Borough of Newham.

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60 Shepherdess Walk, II

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Cartwright Pickard Architects, 1999. Developers: Peabody Trust. The 30 apartment building for "key-workers" was constructed in 27 weeks using a steel frame and prefabricated modules. Corner of Shepherdess Walk and Murray Grove, London Borough of Hackney.

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Sammy Ofer Wing, Upper Terrace

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View of the upper terrace of the beautiful new southern extension to the National Maritime Museum, known as the Sammy Ofer Wing. Architects: C F Møller; Purcell Miller Tritton LLP; Churchman Landscape Architects, opened July 2011. New exhibition gallery, restaurant, archive and entrance from Greenwich Park. GBP35M of which GBP20M from S. Ofer KBE (1922-2011). London Borough of Greenwich. 

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Lockdown Diptych / VIII

• Left: University of Sussex / Arts A, Sussex 
• Right: 'A Stranger Holding Two Wings' / Tai-Jung Um, London 

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The Peter Harrison Planetarium

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Architects: Allies & Morrison, 2007. RIBA Award 2008; 2008 Civic Trust Award; AIA/UK Excellence in Design Award 2008. Exterior detail showing the bronze dome, made of nearly 250 plates welded together and chemically patinated to give a weathered finish. This is now the only planetarium in London. By the Royal Observatory, London Borough of Greenwich.

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East meets Westfield

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Architects: Crispin Wride (John Lewis), Westfield/Fletcher Priest (Main Centre), 2011. The Westfield Stratford City shopping centre opened this week in east London, becoming the largest urban shopping centre in Europe. It is designed so that visitors wishing to get to the 2012 Olympic park have to run the gauntlet of hundreds of shops comprising a bling bazaar of latter-day consumerism. Stratford, London Borough of Newham.

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Ventilation Shafts, City Road Basin head

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Architects: Bennetts Associates 2008/9. An unsightly major electricity sub-station was covered over and air-circulation provided by these unusual, colourful ventilators. London Borough of Islington. 

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Crystal Wharf, Islington

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Architects: Pollard Thomas Edwards (PTEa), c.2004. Mixed use including 57 apartments and commercial office space, at the junction of the Regent's Canal and City Road Basin. The brick-built section looks over Graham Road Park. Received the London Planning Award 2010/11: Best Built Project - 5 Years On. Taken from Grand Junction Wharf. London Borough of Islington.

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Lockdown Diptych / VII

• Left by Dimitris Taxis, Athens
• Right by Milo Tchais, London 

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Thamesmead, Southmere lake high-rises

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Greater London Council Departments of Architecture & Planning, circa 1968. Twelve-storey residential blocks, concrete frame with pre-cast panels. Named, from right to left, Oakenholt House, Trewsbury House, Penton House and Osney House. Thamesmead South, London Borough of Bexley.

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Drayton Park

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CZWG Architects LLP, c.2008. Immediately east of the Emirates Stadium. 277 apartments, a health centre and retail. London Borough of Islington.

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Cranbrook Estate

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Architects: Skinner, Bailey and Lubetkin, 1964. The Cranbrook Estate was a relatively late design by ex-Tecton personnel. Lower budgets and a move away from post-WW2 progressive ideals took their toll, with an absence of balconies, lower-quality cladding, larger occupation densities (higher builds received greater Government subsidy in the '60s), plus the use of pre-cast panels and floors. However the development still retained a good proportion of green space between the high and low-rise dwellings. Bethnal Green, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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The Laboratory Building

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Architects: Stanley Hall and Easton & Robertson (John Easton designed), 1936-38. Steel frame with red-brown brick facing and Portland stone dressings. Designed in the Modern Movement style with an eye-catching semicircular glazed staircase-well projecting. Originally used as laboratories for the Water Examination Dept. of the Metropolitan Water Board. Converted in 1997 to 35 flats. Grade II listed for a "simple but powerful design in the modern spirit". 177 Rosebery Avenue, London Borough of Islington. 

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Lockdown Diptych / VI

• Left: City Island / from Eco Park, London 
• Right: Telecoms Mural / Panel 6, London 

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London Metropolitan University, Graduate Centre

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Arch. Daniel Libeskind, 2004. Concrete building clad in stainless steel. This post-modern architectural style is sometimes called deconstructivism. Holloway Road, London Borough of Islington. 

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The Wallpaper Apartments

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Architects: Chassay + Last, c.2010. Twenty-four apartments on a site formerly used for Cole's wallpaper factory. The terracotta cladding panels are based on one of the woodblock designs used for hand-printing wallpaper. London Borough of Islington. 

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Aloft London ExCeL #6.4

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Exterior, clad in stainless steel shingles and screen-printed glass, nearing completion, August 2011. Architects: Jestico + Whiles. The hotel, first in UK of the Aloft brand, is due to open end of 2011 in readiness for the Olympics. Located directly to east of the ExCeL complex, London Borough of Newham.

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'Nature's Throne' by Paula Haughney

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Stately, henge-like sculpture situated by the old Middlesex Filter Beds. The 15 granite blocks were retrieved from the foundations of Victoria, a Cornish beam engine installed on this site in 1859. Artist: Paula Haughney, 1990, commissioned by the Lea Valley Regional Park Authority. [Info. source: PMSA]. London Borough of Hackney.

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Donnybrook Quarter IV

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Peter Barber Architects, 2006. Bright white facades are embellished with small projecting balconies and oriel windows. The development has received numerous awards, including an RIBA Regional for 2006 and a shortlisting for the Stirling Prize 2006. Bow, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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The Hayward, June 2011, II

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Art gallery in the Brutalist style at the Southbank Centre. Designed by the GLC Department of Architecture, the Hayward Gallery opened in 1968. Part of west elevation viewed from ground level. Southbank Centre, London Borough of Lambeth.

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