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Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Adams Plaza Bridge / E14
Decorated by Camille Walala (b.1975 France), 2020, for the London Mural Festival. The design has now become part of the Canary Wharf permanent art collection. Tower Hamlets, London.
Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Columbus Screen / Detail
Designed by Wendy Ramshaw, c.2000. Detail of a 15m wide by 2m high screen of mild and stainless steel, acrylic, glass, paint, aluminium and gold leaf. At Columbus Courtyard, Canary Wharf, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Monday, 27 June 2022
One West India Quay / E14
Architects: HOK International, Michael Squire & Partners, 2004. Glass and aluminium clad hotel to 12th floor, floors 13-32 contain 158 apartments. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Sunday, 26 June 2022
'Centurione 1' / Igor Mitoraj
Bronze sculpture, 1987, by Igor Mitoraj (1944 - 2014). In Columbus Courtyard, Canary Wharf, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Saturday, 25 June 2022
Quay Club / E14
Architects: Jun Aoki & Associates and Adamson Associates (International) Ltd., 2019. Private members club at 12 Bank St., Canary Wharf, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Friday, 24 June 2022
'Sasso Cosmico' / Do Koenig-Vassilakis
Do Koenig-Vassilakis's 'Sasso Cosmico' (Cosmic Stone), 2007. At Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf.
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Thursday, 23 June 2022
Newfoundland / Vertus
Horden Cherry Lee architects (HCLA), 2021. 58-storey tower with diamond-pattern steel exoskeleton. Comprising 636 apartments for rent on the Canary Wharf private estate. Tower Hamlets, London, UK.
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Wednesday, 22 June 2022
'Fortuna' / Helaine Blumenfeld
'Fortuna' patinated bronze sculpture by Helaine Blumenfeld OBE (b.1942 USA), installed 2016 in Canary Wharf. Fortuna is the Roman goddess of luck. Tower Hamlets, London, UK.
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Tuesday, 21 June 2022
Wardian / 20220620
Glenn Howells Architects for EcoWorld Ballymore, 2021. Two residential towers of 55 and 50 storeys above podium. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Monday, 20 June 2022
Serpentine Pavilion / x12
2022 — Theaster Gates from USA.
2021 — Counterspace Studio led by Sumayya Vally from South Africa.
2019 — Junya Ishigami from Japan.
2018 — Frida Escobedo from Mexico.
2017 — Francis Kéré from Burkina Faso.
2016 — Bjarke Ingels from Denmark.
2015 — José Selgas and Lucía Cano from Spain.
2014 — Smiljan Radić from Chile.
2013 — Sou Fujimoto from Japan.
2012 — Herzog & de Meuron from Switzerland and Ai Weiwei from China.
2011 — Peter Zumthor from Switzerland.
2021 — Counterspace Studio led by Sumayya Vally from South Africa.
2019 — Junya Ishigami from Japan.
2018 — Frida Escobedo from Mexico.
2017 — Francis Kéré from Burkina Faso.
2016 — Bjarke Ingels from Denmark.
2015 — José Selgas and Lucía Cano from Spain.
2014 — Smiljan Radić from Chile.
2013 — Sou Fujimoto from Japan.
2012 — Herzog & de Meuron from Switzerland and Ai Weiwei from China.
2011 — Peter Zumthor from Switzerland.
2010 — Jean Nouvel from France.
By the Serpentine Gallery, City of Westminster, London.
(CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex)
Sunday, 19 June 2022
Black Chapel / III
2022 Serpentine Pavilion designed by Theaster Gates (b.1973 Chicago USA). Made of timber, clad with dark roofing membrane. By the Serpentine Gallery, City of Westminster, London.
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Saturday, 18 June 2022
Black Chapel / II
Interior of the Serpentine Pavilion 2022 designed by Theaster Gates (b.1973 Chicago USA). The 7 abstract expressionist "tar paintings" are also by the artist. By the Serpentine Gallery, City of Westminster, London.
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Friday, 17 June 2022
Black Chapel / I
2022 Serpentine Pavilion designed by Theaster Gates (b.1973 Chicago USA). Made of timber, clad with dark roofing membrane. By the Serpentine Gallery, City of Westminster, London.
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Thursday, 16 June 2022
Coal Drops / West
View including the renovated western coal drops and the Grade II listed "Triplet" (Gasholder Nos 10, 11 and 12), now residential. Kings Cross Central, London Borough of Camden.
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Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Coal Drops / East
Eastern coal drops building, probably designed by Lewis Cubitt, 1851-2. Grade II listed. Stock brick with cast iron columns and beams. Now re-purposed for retail. Kings Cross Central, London Borough of Camden.
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Tuesday, 14 June 2022
Bagley Walk / N1C
With a view of the north aspect of Lewis Cubitt's Fish & Coal Offices built 1851-1860s. Refurbished 2018 by David Morley Architects and now known as the Coal Office. King's Cross, London Borough of Camden.
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Sunday, 12 June 2022
Coal Office / 2022
Architect: Lewis Cubitt, 1851-1860s, to accommodate clerks monitoring freight through the goods yards. Refurbishment by David Morley Architects, 2018, providing office space, retail units and a restaurant. London Borough of Camden.
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Wednesday, 8 June 2022
New Street Food / Syracuse
Fading food-truck near Syracuse railway station. Corso Umberto I, Siracusa, Sicily, Italy.
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Tuesday, 7 June 2022
Madonna delle Lacrime / Syracuse
Architects: Michel Andrault and Pierre Parat, 1966-1994, in an enigmatic design using reinforced concrete. Via del Santuario 33, 96100 Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.
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Monday, 6 June 2022
Sunday, 5 June 2022
Pinocchio / Taormina
Outside a Pinocchio souvenir shop in Taormina, at Via Corso Umberto and Via S. Domenico de Guzman. Sicily, Italy.
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Saturday, 4 June 2022
Greek Theatre / Taormina
Greek theatre from around C3 BC, capable of holding 10,000 spectators. On Mount Tauro,Taormina, Sicily, Italy.
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Friday, 3 June 2022
Via Monsignor Ventimiglia / 117
Mixed-use modernist block at 117 Via Monsignor Ventimiglia, Catania, Sicily, Italy.
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Thursday, 2 June 2022
Cyclops Isles / Ionian Sea
In myth, said to be the stones thrown by Polyphemus at Ulysses. Volcanic stacks just off Aci Trezza. Sicily, Italy.
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Wednesday, 1 June 2022
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