Images George Rex: 2022

Saturday, 31 December 2022

Marine Police / Boatyard

Workshop for maintaining the Marine Police Unit vessels. There has been a river police force presence in Wapping since 1798, although this boatyard opened in 1973. I believe the white, relief panels are made of fibreglass. 98-102 Wapping High Street, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Friday, 30 December 2022

Thames / Towers

Left, north tower of Tower Bridge designed by Sir Horace Jones and George Stevenson, 1894, in a Gothic Revival style.
Right, the Shard designed by Renzo Piano, 2012.

Thursday, 29 December 2022

Tower Bridge / Night

Night photograph of the Pool of London seen from the Thames Path in Wapping.

Tuesday, 27 December 2022

Tower Bridge / Shard

Tower Bridge and the London Shard seen from the Tower hotel, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Friday, 9 December 2022

Aeronaut / Hyde Park

Aeronaut Starflyer in operation in Hyde Park on a cold December '22 day. London Borough of Westminster.

Friday, 2 December 2022

National Theatre / 2022

Architect: Sir Denys Lasdun in the Brutalist style. The National Theatre opened in 1976 and is Grade II* listed. At the South Bank by Waterloo Bridge, London Borough of Lambeth.

Wednesday, 30 November 2022

NT / Terraces

Architect: Denys Lasdun, 1976. Detail of the shuttered-concrete, west terraces. National Theatre at the South Bank, London Borough of Lambeth.

Tuesday, 29 November 2022

Square Mile / 20221125

View of the office towers in the City of London, seen from the south bank of the Thames in the London Borough of Southwark.

(Low res: CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex)

Sunday, 27 November 2022

Oxo Tower / SE1

Architect: Albert Moore, built 1928-9 in an Art Deco style and alluding to its original owner, the Liebig Extract of Meat Company. London Borough of Southwark.

Wednesday, 23 November 2022

Nine Elms / New Builds

New residential builds at Nine Elms, joining the cylindrical St George Tower at left, include DAMAC Tower, and the Thames City towers. Located in the London Borough of Wandsworth on the south bank of the Thames.

Tuesday, 22 November 2022

Swannery Bridge / Soffit

Soffit of Swannery Bridge, opened 1987. Radipole Lake, Weymouth, Dorset.

Monday, 21 November 2022

Accumulator Tower / SW1V

Architects: Powell and Moya, 1947-50. This 40m+ steel, glass and aluminium tower forms part of the first district heating system in the UK. The tower, workshop and pump house are Grade II listed. Churchill Gardens, City of Westminster, London.

Sunday, 20 November 2022

Millbank Tower / Looking Up

Millbank Tower designed by Ronald Ward & Partners, 1963, Grade II listed. City of Westminster, London.

Saturday, 19 November 2022

Locking Piece / 1963-4

Sculptor: Henry Moore (1898-1986), bronze. Presented by the artist to the Tate in 1978 and on-loan to the City of Westminster, London.

Friday, 18 November 2022

Lambeth Bridge / Shard

Designed by the LCC's George Humphreys with Reginald Blomfield and G.Topham Forrest, 1932. Grade II listed. The Shard is visible in the distance.

Thursday, 17 November 2022

Lambeth Bridge / West

Designed by the LCC's George Humphreys with Reginald Blomfield and G.Topham Forrest, 1932. Grade II listed. Seen from Horseferry Playground on the west side of the Thames.

Wednesday, 16 November 2022

St Thomas' Hospital / SE1

White-tiled north wing designed by Yorke Rosenberg Mardall, 1975. Victorian pavilions to south are Grade II listed. Westminster Bridge Road, London.

Tuesday, 15 November 2022

Victoria Tower / SW1

Architect: Charles Barry, 1860, in a revival of the Perpendicular Gothic style. Tallest tower in the Palace of Westminster. Seen from Victoria Tower Gardens, City of Westminster, London.

Monday, 14 November 2022

St James's Park / Autumn

Autumnal colours in St James's Park, City of Westminster, London.

(Low res: CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex )

Sunday, 13 November 2022

Cullinin West / The Broadway

View from Victoria Street of one of six mainly-residential buildings recently completed on what was the New Scotland Yard site. Designed by Squire and Partners. City of Westminster, London.

Friday, 11 November 2022

South Quay Plaza / E14

Residential development designed by Foster + Partners. The tallest tower, known as Hampton Tower, is 214.5m (704ft) high. Canary Wharf, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Wednesday, 9 November 2022

Square Mile / Nov '22

View of the office towers in the City of London, seen from the south bank of the Thames in the London Borough of Southwark.

Tuesday, 8 November 2022

Red Sculpture / Wood Wharf

Red painted steel sculpture on plinth, details TBA. Wood Wharf, Canary Wharf, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Monday, 7 November 2022

Nine Elms / Nov '22

Changing view of the Nine Elms district seen from the Coaling Jetty, London Borough of Wandsworth.

Sunday, 6 November 2022

Chelsea Bridge / Soffit

Architects G. Topham Forrest et al of the LCC, 1937. Seen from London Borough of Wandsworth.

Saturday, 5 November 2022

Fall Leaves / SW11

Battersea Park, London Borough of Wandsworth.

Friday, 4 November 2022

Bluebird Boats / SW11

Battersea Park, London Borough of Wandsworth.

Thursday, 3 November 2022

Battersea / Boat House

A-frame boat shed designed by McAllister Co., 2002, for Wandsworth Borough Council. London, UK.

Tuesday, 1 November 2022

Barbican / Brutalism

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, 1965-76, Grade II listed. Home to more than 4,000 residents, living in over 2,014 flats. City of London.

Sunday, 30 October 2022

Seddon Highwalk / Vista

Looking over Thomas More Garden from Seddon Highwalk. Barbican Estate, City of London.

Saturday, 29 October 2022

Defoe House / 2022

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon; engineers: Ove Arup & Partners, 1973. Brutalist residential terrace block with seven stories above podium and two storeys under. Barbican Estate, City of London.

Friday, 28 October 2022

St Augustine / from Old Change Court

Remains of St Augustine Watling Street, originally designed by Wren. Seen from Old Change Court. City of London.

Thursday, 27 October 2022

Square Mile / Oct '22

View of the office towers in the City of London, seen from the south bank of the Thames in the London Borough of Southwark.

Wednesday, 26 October 2022

Tower Bridge / Quay

Tower Bridge Quay, a.k.a. St Katherine's Pier, on the north bank of the river Thames, just east of Tower Bridge. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Tuesday, 25 October 2022

Girl / Dolphin

Bronze sculpture 'Girl with a Dolphin' 1973. Near Tower Bridge, made by David Wynne (1926-2014). London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Monday, 24 October 2022

St Katherine Docks / West

The glazed building in the centre is Tower Bridge House designed by Richard Rogers Partnership, completion 2005. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Sunday, 23 October 2022

Lakeside Centre / Panorama

Greater London Council Departments of Architecture & Planning, circa 1968. Concrete frame with some brick infill. Renovated in 2019, Architecture00. Situated on the north-west edge of Southmere Lake. Thamesmead South, London Borough of Bexley.

Saturday, 22 October 2022

Southmere Towers / 2022

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.

Friday, 21 October 2022

Lakeside Centre / 2022

Thursday, 20 October 2022

High-rises / Southmere Lake

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

Wednesday, 19 October 2022

Lakeside Centre / Staircase

Tuesday, 18 October 2022

Lakeside Centre / SE2 9AN

Greater London Council Departments of Architecture & Planning, circa 1968. Concrete frame with some brick infill. Renovation by Architecture00, 2019. Situated on the north-west edge of Southmere Lake. Thamesmead South, London Borough of Bexley.

Monday, 17 October 2022

Lakeside Centre / Thamesmead

Southmere / Reflections

Oakenholt, Trewsbury and Penton 12-storey houses designed by the Greater London Council Departments of Architecture & Planning, c.1968. Concrete frames with pre-cast panels. Southmere Lake, Thamesmead South, London Borough of Bexley.

Sunday, 16 October 2022

St Andrew Farnham / 2022

Originally built C12 on the site of an earlier Saxon church. West tower built early C16, height raised in C19. Limestone rubble, clay tiles. Grade I listed "as a medieval parish church which retains a substantial quantity of C12-C16 fabric". Farnham, Borough of Waverley, Surrey, UK.

Saturday, 15 October 2022

Elizabeth Tower / 2022

Limestone-over-brick clock tower designed by Charles Barry with Augustus Pugin, 1859, informally known as Big Ben. Recently refurbished. City of Westminster, London.

Friday, 14 October 2022

Millbank Tower / 2022

Architects: Ronald Ward & Partners, 1963, Grade II listed. Originally known as the Vickers Tower. City of Westminster, London.

Thursday, 13 October 2022

Covid Memorial Wall / 2022

Near St Thomas' Hospital, London Borough of Lambeth.

(CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex)

Wednesday, 12 October 2022

Stopera / Amsterdam

Architects: Wilhelm Holzbauer and Cees Dam, 1986. Housing the City Hall and the Dutch National Opera and Ballet. Vlooienburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Tuesday, 11 October 2022

Johan van Hulstbrug / Amsterdam

Footbridge 233 spanning the water of the Hortusplantsoen, c.1877. Arched design of masonry and concrete with thick cast-iron railings. In 2016 it was named after Johan van Hulst. Amsterdam, Netherlands.