Wednesday, 31 August 2022

Bandstand / Battersea Park

Built 1988 to replace a C19 bandstand. Battersea Park, London Borough of Wandsworth.
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Monday, 29 August 2022

Boating Lake / Battersea Park

A-frame boat shed designed by McAllister Co., 2002, for Wandsworth Borough Council. London, UK.
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Tuesday, 23 August 2022

Thamesmead / Binsey Walk

[from the archives of 2012 - now demolished]
Linear blocks of maisonettes at Binsey Walk, by the west of Southmere Lake. In the UK, the term 'maisonette' means an apartment on two (occasionally more) levels. Greater London Council Departments of Architecture & Planning, circa 1968. Thamesmead South, London Borough of Bexley.
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Friday, 19 August 2022

'Girl with a Dolphin' / David Wynne

Bronze sculpture with fountain near Tower Bridge by David Wynne (1926-2014), made 1973. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Tuesday, 16 August 2022

Westway / Paddington

Westminster end of the Westway elevated trunk road, completed c.1970. Paddington, City of Westminster, London.
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Monday, 15 August 2022

St Mary Paddington Green / South

Architect: John Plawwith, 1788-91, on a Greek cross plan. South entrance with Doric portico. 1972 restoration by Raymond Erith. Grade II* listed. Paddington Green, City of Westminster, London.
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Sunday, 14 August 2022

St Mary Paddington Green / Cupola

Architect: John Plawwith, 1788-91, on a Greek cross plan. 1972 restoration by Raymond Erith. Grade II* listed. Paddington Green, City of Westminster, London.
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Friday, 12 August 2022

Paddington Green Police Station / Panels

Exterior concrete reliefs decorating Paddington Green Police Station, now closed. Complex for the Metropolitan Police designed by their Chief Architect, J. Innes-Elliott, 1971. City of Westminster, London.
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Thursday, 11 August 2022

6 North Wharf Road / W2

Powell Dobson Architects, White Ink Architects, 2021. Looking up at the Marylebone Boys School portion of a hybrid building that also provides a 393-bed Premier Inn and 249 serviced apartments for Staycity. Paddington, City of Westminster, London. 
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Tuesday, 9 August 2022

4 Merchant Square / W2

(Centre) Mixed use building, principally residential, designed by The Kalyvides Partnership, 2010. Paddington Basin, City of Westminster, London.
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Sunday, 7 August 2022

Paddington Waterside / 2022

Architects: Richard Rogers Partnership. Structural Engineers: Ove Arup & Partners. Built 1999-2004.
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Saturday, 6 August 2022

Carmine Building / 2022

Architects: Mossessian & Partners, 2010. Curtain walling composed of glass, and aluminium frames to reduce solar gain. Paddington Basin, City of Westminster, London.
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Wednesday, 3 August 2022

Starsgym / SW11

Gym located in the Albion Riverside building which was designed by Foster & Partners, 2003. Hester Road, Battersea, London Borough of Wandsworth.
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Tuesday, 2 August 2022

Bonadea / SW1

 

At 20 Pimlico Road, City of Westminster, London.

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Monday, 1 August 2022

25 Cheyne Place / Entrance

Entrance to a 1930s Art Deco block of flats on Royal Hospital Road, London Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.
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