Upside Down House / IV

An upside down view of the Upside Down House installation at 42-43 King's Road Arches. City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex, UK. 

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Windmill / Lowfield Heath

Post mill, thought to date from 1762 although much restored and re-sited in 1987 due to Gatwick Airport expansion. Grade II listed. Nr. Charlwood, Surrey, United Kingdom. 

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St Pancras Old Church / Chancel

Grade II* listed church with C11 origins, although much rebuilding and restoration since. Reredos thought to be by Charles Edgar Buckeridge. Old Church of St Pancras, London Borough of Camden. 

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St Pancras Old Church / Interior

Grade II* listed church with C11 origins, although much rebuilding and restoration since. Old Church of St Pancras, London Borough of Camden. 

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Studio One / Bridge 32

Regent's Canal at St. Pancras, London Borough of Camden. 

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Soane Mausoleum / NW1

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 east. 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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Esperance Bridge / III

Moxon Architects and Arup, 2021. Red-painted steel truss bridge over the Regent's Canal. Provides a slightly quicker pedestrian access to Coal Drops Yard from Pancras Square. King's Cross, London Borough of Camden. 

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Esperance Bridge / II

Moxon Architects and Arup, 2021. Red-painted steel truss bridge over the Regent's Canal. Provides a slightly quicker pedestrian access to Coal Drops Yard from Pancras Square. King's Cross, London Borough of Camden.

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Esperance Bridge / Soffit

Moxon Architects and Arup, 2021. Red-painted steel truss bridge over the Regent's Canal. Provides a slightly quicker pedestrian access to Coal Drops Yard from Pancras Square. King's Cross, London Borough of Camden.

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St Dunstan / Fleet Street

Architect: John Shaw Snr. in the Neo-Gothic style, completed by his son John, 1833. Grade I listed parish church and Sunday school on the site of a church from the High Middle Ages. Three stage tower of Ketton stone. Church of St Dunstan-in-the-West, Fleet Street, City of London.

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Sir Christopher Hatton / EC1

Public house at 4 Leather Lane, City of London. 

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Fordham University / EC1

Fordham London Centre in the Clerkenwell district. Upgraded windows fitted prior to opening in 2018. London Borough of Camden. 

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Waterloo Bridge / 2021

Sleek, ferro-concrete bridge over the Thames designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, 1945, using haunched box-girder construction. Grade II* listed, recording that part of the project involved a female workforce (WW2). Seen from London Borough of Southwark.

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Ngon Ngon / II

Vietnamese restaurant occupying the corner of Albion Buildings at 144 Clerkenwell Road. I read that yellow can signify prosperity, patriotism and happiness to people from Vietnam culture. London Borough of Camden.

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Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese / 2021

Fleet Street façade of Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese. Built c.1667 after the Great Fire destroyed an earlier public house on the site, remodelled in C18 and C19. This historic City pub has a long list of famous past patrons and is Grade II listed. City of London. 

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Blackfriars Bridge / Vista

View, from north end of Blackfriars Bridge, that includes the Oxo Tower, ITV Tower and the fly tower of the NT's main stage. 

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St Anne & St Agnes / Door

Church designed by Christopher Wren, built 1676-87, restoration after damage in WW2 by Braddock and Martin-Smith, 1963-8. Doorway on south elevation, rusticated stone surround with pilasters, cornice and mask keystone. Church is Grade I listed. Gresham Street, City of London. 

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Dr Johnson's House / EC4

Timber-framed brick townhouse at 17 Gough Square built by Richard Gough c.1700. Rented by Samuel Johnson over the period 1748-1759 during which time he compiled his Dictionary. Restored 1911-12 by architect Alfred Burr and now a museum. Grade I listed. City of London. 

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City of London / Aug '21

Square Mile viewed from Southwark. Under construction is 8 Bishopsgate. 

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Guildhall West Wing / Detail

Architect: Richard Gilbert Scott (1923–2017), west extension, including Library and projecting Aldermen's Court, completed in 1974. In a modern style but with neo-Gothic influences. City of London. 

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Doughnut Time / EC2

128 Cheapside, City of London.

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Meet / KHBT

One of twelve installations which constitute the sentence "What are you going to meet if you turn this corner?" — a quote from Virginia Wolf's novel Jacob's Room. By Karsten Huneck & Bernd Truempler for the City of London Corporation’s Culture Mile competition.

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Bank of England / Aug '21

Largely rebuilt to the design of Sir Herbert Baker in 1921-37. Grade I listed. City of London.

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Canon Alley / EC4

Looking up to the dome of St Paul's from Canon Alley. City of London.

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Kilpi / toyStudio

Sculptural seating made by toyStudio using birch plywood. For the Canary Wharf Summer Lights 21 event. The perforations are said to be based on celestial maps and the structure inspired by traditional Nordic Sami huts. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Wardian / VI

Glenn Howells Architects for EcoWorld Ballymore, 2021. Two residential towers of 55 and 50 storeys above podium. The wrap-around balconies provide for garden plants outside the 766 apartments. Marsh Wall, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Wood Wharf / from NE

View of Wood Wharf (Canary Wharf) over Blackwall Basin, 2021. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Boardwalk Place / E14

Residential development beside Poplar Dock Marina, completed 2005 by Bellway Homes. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Vents / Blackwall

Ventilation shaft outlets for the southbound route of the Blackwall Tunnel. Designed by Terry Farrell, 1961-2, while working at the LCC, built 1964-7. Grade II listed. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Robin Hood Gardens / 2021

Centre, the remaining east block of Robin Hood Gardens residential 'streets in the sky'. Architects: Alison and Peter Smithson, 1972. Intended to be demolished in due course. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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White Tower / 2021

Late C11 White Tower (Keep), architect: Bishop Gundulf for William I. Built by Norman masons, using English labour. Grade I listed building, part of the Tower of London World Heritage Site. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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