Images George Rex: July 2022

Sunday, 31 July 2022

Albert Bridge / III

Road bridge designed by Rowland Mason Ordish, 1873. Strengthened 1887 by Sir Joseph Bazalgette and more recently 1973 and 2011; now a combination of suspension, cable-stayed, and beam. Grade II* listed. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.

Saturday, 30 July 2022

Battersea Bridge / 2022

Arched road bridge designed by J W Bazalgette, 1890. Iron spans on granite piers with concrete foundations. Grade II listed. Viewed from London Borough of Wandsworth.

Friday, 29 July 2022

Chelsea Waterfront / 2022

Architect: Farrells, for Hutchison Property Group. Redevelopment of the former Lots Road Power Station. Includes 37-storey and 25-storey residential towers. The taller tower is in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, the second tower in Kensington & Chelsea.

Thursday, 28 July 2022

St Mary Battersea / 2022

Architect: Joseph Dixon, completed 1777. Georgian church with Doric portico, quoined tower and octagonal spire. The only Grade I listed church in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

Tuesday, 26 July 2022

Waterman's Quay / 2022

Late 1980s residential development known as 'Regent on the River'. Built by Bovis Construction in the Postmodern style. Located in Hammersmith & Fulham, but photographed across the Thames in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

Monday, 25 July 2022

Lombard Wharf / 2022

Architects: Patel Taylor, 2017, for Barratt London. 28 storey riverside tower. London Borough of Wandsworth.

Friday, 15 July 2022

Garden Seat / Crossrail Place

Architects: Foster & Partners, 2015. Landscape architects: Gillespies. Canary Wharf, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Wednesday, 13 July 2022

Big Easy / Canary Wharf II

Restaurant on Level +1 of Crossrail Place. Canary Wharf, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Monday, 11 July 2022

Crossrail Place / Canopy

Architects: Foster & Partners, 2015. Showing the laminated-spruce lattice roof, partly filled with ETFE plastic cushions under air pressure. Canary Wharf, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Friday, 8 July 2022

'Origin (Vertical)' / Julian Wild

Sculptor: Julian Wild (b.1973), painted steel, polished stainless steel, 2017. In the roof garden at Crossrail Place, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Thursday, 7 July 2022

Crossrail Place Garden / II

Roof garden on level +1 of Crossrail Place, designed by Foster & Partners and Arup, 2015. Landscaping by Gillespies. Six levels below, the trains of the Elizabeth Line are now running. London Borough of Tower Hamlets, UK.

Wednesday, 6 July 2022

'Shepherd of the Sun' / Michael Lyons

Sculptor: Michael Lyons (1943-2019), painted steel, 1994. In Crossrail Place, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Tuesday, 5 July 2022

Pergola / On the Wharf

Tavern on level +1 of Crossrail Place, east side. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Monday, 4 July 2022

Crossrail Place / Garden

Roof garden on level +1 of Crossrail Place, designed by Foster & Partners and Arup, 2015. Six levels below, the trains of the Elizabeth Line are now running. London Borough of Tower Hamlets, UK.

Sunday, 3 July 2022

Adams Plaza Bridge / Truss

Pedestrian bridge designed by Foster & Partners, 2015. Provides access to the Canary Wharf Crossrail station. The exterior cladding is white Alucobond Plus. Tower Hamlets, London, UK.

Saturday, 2 July 2022

Adams Plaza Bridge / II

Decorated by Camille Walala, 2020, for the London Mural Festival. The design has now become part of the Canary Wharf permanent art collection. Tower Hamlets, London.