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.
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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. 
2010 — Jean Nouvel from France.

By the Serpentine Gallery, City of Westminster, London. 
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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

Taormina / Isola Bella

Vista of Taormina beach with Isola Bella to right. Sicily, Italy.
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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

Ciski's / Aci Castello

Store front in the seaside town of Aci Castello. Catania, Sicily, Italy.
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