Images George Rex: January 2022

Monday 31 January 2022

Barbican Centre / Sign

Sign at the Gilbert Bridge entrance to the Barbican Centre. Architects: Chamberlin, Powell & Bon, 1982. Grade II listed. Barbican Estate, City of London.

Saturday 29 January 2022

Shakespeare Tower / 2022

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell, and Bon, 1976. Grade II listed tower of 44 storeys, along with the low-rise Defoe House and the Barbican Centre. Barbican Estate, City of London.

Thursday 27 January 2022

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell, and Bon, 1969. Speed House was the first residential block to be built on the Barbican Estate. Grade II listed. Viewed across Speed Gardens and the lake. City of London.

Tuesday 25 January 2022

6 More London / Looking up

Architects: Foster + Partners. Upwards view from the entrance of 6 More London. London Borough of Southwark.

Monday 24 January 2022

Square Mile / New Builds

January 2022 view of the City of London showing the cores of 8 Bishopsgate (WilkinsonEyre) and, with the yellow core box, 40 Leadenhall Street (MAKE Architects).

Sunday 23 January 2022

Marina Heights / E14

Built 1998 for Bellway Homes. The sloping yellow roofs provide double-height sitting rooms to the penthouses. Limehouse Basin, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Saturday 22 January 2022

Wardian / Jan '22

Glenn Howells Architects, 2020, for EcoWorld Ballymore. Two residential towers of 55 and 50 storeys above podium providing 766 apartments. Marsh Wall, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Friday 21 January 2022

A4 / Design District

Building A4 designed by David Kohn Architects. Green metalwork and glass block façade, roof-mounted sign. One of a group of sixteen new buildings for the creative industries. North Greenwich, Royal Borough of Greenwich, London.

Thursday 20 January 2022

A1 / Design District

Building A1 designed by Barozzi Veiga, with polished aluminium façade. One of sixteen new buildings in North Greenwich for the creative industries. Royal Borough of Greenwich, London.

Wednesday 19 January 2022

Wood Wharf / Jan 2022

Residential towers include 1 Park Drive (Herzog & de Meuron), 10 Park Drive (Stanton Williams) and 10 George Street (GRID Architects). Seen from North Greenwich, London.

Tuesday 18 January 2022

Tower Bridge / 2022

Architects: Horace Jones and George D. Stevenson, engineer: John Wolfe Barry, opened 1894. Gothic revival style using concrete, steel and masonry. Grade I listed. Viewed from London Borough of Southwark.

Monday 17 January 2022

Leathermarket Gardens / Vista

Northwesterly view from Leathermarket Gardens, showing parts of Guinness Court (1900), Guy's Hospital (1974) and The Shard (2012). London Borough of Southwark.

Sunday 16 January 2022

Cannon St Bridge / Piers

Original design by John Hawkshaw and John Wolfe-Barry, 1866, for the South Eastern Railway Company. The Doric columns now rather obscured by C20 strengthening, including large reinforced-concrete collars. Viewed from London Borough of Southwark.

Saturday 15 January 2022

8 Bishopsgate / Work in Progress

Work in progress (Jan 2022) on 8 Bishopsgate, with 22 Bishopsgate to the left and 122 Leadenhall Street to the right. City of London, seen from Southwark.

Friday 14 January 2022

City of London / Jan '22

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

Saturday 8 January 2022

Ceramic Building / IV

Architects: SPPARC, 2021. 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 6 January 2022

St Agnes Kennington Park / Detail

Architect: Ralph Covell, 1956, built by Halliday and Greenwood. Shown here is a detail of the southwest elevation. London Borough of Southwark.

Saturday 1 January 2022

Longfield Hall / SE5

Architect: George Hubbard, 1889, in a classically-influenced style. Single storey plus semi-basement using stock and red brick with stone dressings. Buttressed, semi-circular front with part-conical roof. Grade II listed. London Borough of Lambeth.