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Battersea Park, London Borough of Wandsworth

St Brides / 2021

Architect: Sir Christopher Wren, steeple 1703. "Large tower and stone steeple of great distinction", Grade I listing. City of London. 

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The Broadway / SW1

Architects: Squire & Partners, 2022. Looking up from Victoria Street at one of six buildings that will form The Broadway — mixed-use, predominantly luxury apartments. Replaces the 1960s New Scotland Yard building. City of Westminster, London.

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Cheylesmore Memorial / WC2R

Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, 1930, built using Portland stone. Grade II listed. In Victoria Embankment Gardens; seen behind is Cleopatra's Needle. City of Westminster, London.

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Millennium Wheel / 2021

Architects: Marks Barfield, 2000. A.k.a. the London Eye. 135m tall, cantilevered Ferris wheel. Viewed from across the Thames in the City of Westminster, London.

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The Cricketers / Oval

Erstwhile public house next to The Oval cricket ground, rebuilt in the 1930s. Has waited several years to be redeveloped. Behind, a Grade II listed gasholder designed by Sir Corbet Woodall, the world’s largest when it was first built in 1847. Listed partly because it's "the iconic Victorian gasholder that is the backdrop to test cricket at The Oval". London Borough of Lambeth.

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Summerhouse / Myatt's Fields Park

Victorian park pavilion, known as the Summerhouse or Roundhouse, included on the local heritage list. The Grade II listed park's original landscape architect was Fanny Wilkinson (1855-1951). Myatt's Fields Park, London Borough of Lambeth. 

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Brandon Estate 2021 / II

Designed by Edward Hollamby, LCC Architect's Department, 1961. As well as six 18-storey point-blocks there were 40 low-rise blocks with shops, library and GP surgery. London Borough of Southwark. 

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St James / (Former)

Architect: George Low for J L Minet, 1870, Grade II listed. In Neo-Gothic style using Kentish ragstone and Bath stone dressings. Deconsecrated 1981 and converted into 18 apartments in 1984-85, now known as Black Roof House. Within the Minet Conservation Area, Knatchbull Road, London Borough of Lambeth. 

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Brandon Estate / 2021

Designed by Edward Hollamby, LCC Architect's Department, 1961. As well as six 18-storey point-blocks there were 40 low-rise blocks with shops, library and GP surgery. London Borough of Southwark.

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Bateman House / SE17

Part of the Brandon Estate designed by Edward Hollamby, LCC Architect's Department, 1961. London Borough of Southwark. 

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Lodge / Kennington Park

A.k.a. Prince Consort Lodge and Prince Albert's Model Cottage. Architect: Henry Roberts for Prince Albert, originally as "model working-class housing" shown at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park. Re-erected in Kennington Park in 1852. Grade II* listed. Currently the HQ of the Trees for Cities charity. London Borough of Lambeth. 

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Fairford House / SE11

Design by George Finch, Lambeth Architects Department, 1968. Part of the Cotton Gardens Estate. Here viewed from Pedlars Acre Park. London Borough of Lambeth.

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C&G London / Art School

Part of an early C19, Grade II listed terrace. The City & Guilds of London Art School, as it is now known, moved here c.1879 and is "one of the country's longest established art schools". 124 Kennington Park Road, London Borough of Lambeth.

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LCC Tower / Nov '21

Architects: London County Council, 1964; exterior refurbishment: BPA Architecture, 2021. This fine modernist tower block gets an extended life, although the coloured spandrel panels are a questionable addition. London College of Communication, Elephant & Castle, London Borough of Southwark.

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In 2019 

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St Agnes / Kennington Park

Architect: Ralph Covell, 1956, replacing an earlier Neo-Gothic church, by George Gilbert Scott Jr., that was damaged in WW2. Brick built by Halliday and Greenwood, with pointed windows and copper fleche. London Borough of Southwark.

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Defoe House / East

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell, and Bon, 1973. Looking up at the east elevation of the Grade II listed Defoe House. Shakespeare Tower to right. Barbican Estate, City of London. 

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Column / Barbican

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell, and Bon. Column detail of the Grade II listed Defoe House, 1973. Barbican Estate, City of London.

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Contoured Playground / 1941

Sculptor: Isamu Noguchi (野口 勇, 1904-1988, USA). Bronze, cast 1963. Barbican Art Gallery exhibition, City of London.

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Barbican / Autumn

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell, and Bon. Seen here is Seddon House, completed 1974. Grade II listed. Autumn foliage of tree in Thomas More Garden. City of London. 

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Coda / from Wandsworth Bridge

Architects: Patel Taylor, 2020. 24 storeys, 130 apartments. Viewed from the north end of Wandsworth Bridge in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. 

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Fulham Riverside / 2021

Architects: Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and Broadway Malyan, 2018, for Barratt Homes and London & Quadrant. Seen here is Tower West, Riverwalk Apartments, Tower East and some 4-storey town houses. Much of the Phase 2 development of this site has been acquired by Riverstone for retirement apartments.

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Fulham Riverside / East

Architects: Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, 2021, for Barratts. Two new apartment blocks, clad with zinc sheets, facing the Thames Path at the east boundary of the Fulham Riverside site. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. 

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Reef House / SW11

Four-storey building with fifth floor turret, part of the Plantation Wharf mixed residential/commercial development of the late 1980s to early 1990s. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Canons House 2021 / III

Built by John Odway c.1680 for the Cranmer family. Sold to the local council in 1939. The name originates from an Augustinian priory that was given this site C12. A pond and dovecote nearby predate the house. A cedar of Lebanon tree is to left. Grade II* listed, recently renovated. Mitcham, London Borough of Merton. 

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Duval House / Colonnade

Architects: HTA Design for Winstanley & York Road Regeneration LLP., 2020. View of colonnade. Grant Road, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Chelsea Waterfront / 2021

Architect: Farrells, for Hutchison Property Group. Redevelopment of the former Lots Road Power Station. The 37-storey residential tower now has a 25-storey companion. The taller tower is in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, the second tower in Kensington & Chelsea.

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Coda / SW11

Architects: Patel Taylor, 2020. 24 storeys, 130 apartments. York Place, Battersea, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Duval House / Looking Up

Architects: HTA Design for Winstanley & York Road Regeneration LLP., 2020. 93 new apartments and ground floor commercial space. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Temple Church / EC4

Looking up at the Round Church, originally built 1185 by Knights Templar. Much restored and rebuilt especially after WW2. Grade I listed. City of London. 

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National Gallery / Portico

Architect: William Wilkins in Neo-Classical style using Portland stone, 1832-38. Seen from Trafalgar Square. Grade I listed. City of Westminster, London. 

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Piercing / Tattoo

Looking up at the premises of Nemesis Tattoo, Buck Street, London Borough of Camden. 

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Canons House 2021 / II

Manor house built by John Odway, c.1680, brick, later stucco. Grade II* listed. Left foreground is an early C16 dovecote, Grade II listed. Mitcham, London Borough of Merton. 

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City of London / Nov '21

Square Mile viewed from Southwark. Under construction is 8 Bishopsgate, scheduled completion end 2022.

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Parcelforce / NW1

Detail of a repeating façade along Royal College Street, premises of London Central Parcel Depot. Architect and date unknown to me, but harmonious for a site classified as B8 Warehousing. London Borough of Camden. 

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Fountain / St Pancras Gdns

Drinking fountain manufactured by Andrew Handyside and Co., sponsored by William Thornton, 1877. Blue-painted cast-iron on stone base, in a likeness of the Choragic Monument. Grade II listed. St Pancras Gardens, London Borough of Camden.

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St Michael / Camden

Architects: G.F.Bodley & T.Garner, c.1894, in a revival of the Decorated Gothic style. Yellow stock brick with stone dressings. Here a view of the liturgical west end, with large pointed, tracery window. Grade II* listed. London Borough of Camden.

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St Pancras Gardens / Autumn

Fallen leaves in St Pancras Gardens, Somers Town, London Borough of Camden. 

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Soane Mausoleum / II

Architect: Sir John Soane, 1816, originally for his wife Eliza, now the tomb of John Soane himself, his wife and son John. Here viewed from the north. Portland stone, including a central dome said to have later influenced the design of the K2 telephone box. One of only two Grade I listed monuments in London. Old Church Gardens, St. Pancras, London Borough of Camden. 

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Dragonfly / Regent's Canal

Narrow boat on the Regent's Canal, by The Coal Office. Seen from the re-opened Camley Street Natural Park. London Borough of Camden. 

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St Pancras / Waterpoint

Architects: probably by the office of Sir George Gilbert Scott, c.1870. Iron water tank within red-brick structure originally to provide water for steam locomotives. Victorian Gothic style similar to the St Pancras terminus. Grade II listed. London Borough of Camden. 

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Canons House / 2021

Manor house built by John Odway, c.1680, brick, later stucco. Grade II* listed. Recently refurbished along with the historic Canons site. Mitcham, London Borough of Merton. 

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Pollution Pods / N1C

Installation by Michael Pinsky (b.1967 Scotland). The geodesic domes contain simulated environments of five cities worldwide to convey the “visceral experience of air pollution”. Moving on to the COP26 conference in Glasgow. Granary Square, London Borough of Camden. 

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KX Lightwall / II

Attractive 90m pedestrian tunnel between the King's Cross/St Pancras underground station and an exit at One Pancras Square. Architects: Allies & Morrison, LED lightwall concept by Speirs & Major with design and implementation by The Light Lab. London Borough of Camden. 

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Park Shelter / SW11

One of three timber shelters in Battersea Park "that may date from the interwar period" and "of historic significance to the park" (Conservation Area Appraisal). This one close to Carriage Drive South. London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Turbine Hall 2021 / III

** INTREPID EXPLORER FINDS LAIR OF THE FLOATING PODS ** 

Artist: Anicka Yi (b.1971 Seoul). Floating installation titled "In Love With The World". Tate Modern, London Borough of Southwark. 

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Turbine Hall 2021 / II

Artist: Anicka Yi (b.1971 Seoul). Floating installation titled "In Love With The World". Tate Modern, London Borough of Southwark. 

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Turbine Hall 2021 / I

Artist: Anicka Yi (b.1971 Seoul). Floating installation titled "In Love With The World". Tate Modern, London Borough of Southwark. 

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