Images George Rex: June 2022

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Friday 24 June 2022

'Sasso Cosmico' / Do Koenig-Vassilakis

Do Koenig-Vassilakis's 'Sasso Cosmico' (Cosmic Stone), 2007. At Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf.

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.

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.

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.

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.

(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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Wednesday 8 June 2022

New Street Food / Syracuse

Fading food-truck near Syracuse railway station. Corso Umberto I, Siracusa, Sicily, Italy.

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.