Images George Rex: October 2022

Sunday 30 October 2022

Seddon Highwalk / Vista

Looking over Thomas More Garden from Seddon Highwalk. Barbican Estate, City of London.

Saturday 29 October 2022

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon; engineers: Ove Arup & Partners, 1973. Brutalist residential terrace block with seven stories above podium and two storeys under. Barbican Estate, City of London.

Friday 28 October 2022

St Augustine / from Old Change Court

Remains of St Augustine Watling Street, originally designed by Wren. Seen from Old Change Court. City of London.

Thursday 27 October 2022

Square Mile / Oct '22

View of the office towers in the City of London, seen from the south bank of the Thames in the London Borough of Southwark.

Wednesday 26 October 2022

Tower Bridge / Quay

Tower Bridge Quay, a.k.a. St Katherine's Pier, on the north bank of the river Thames, just east of Tower Bridge. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Tuesday 25 October 2022

Girl / Dolphin

Bronze sculpture 'Girl with a Dolphin' 1973. Near Tower Bridge, made by David Wynne (1926-2014). London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Monday 24 October 2022

St Katherine Docks / West

The glazed building in the centre is Tower Bridge House designed by Richard Rogers Partnership, completion 2005. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Sunday 23 October 2022

Lakeside Centre / Panorama

Greater London Council Departments of Architecture & Planning, circa 1968. Concrete frame with some brick infill. Renovated in 2019, Architecture00. Situated on the north-west edge of Southmere Lake. Thamesmead South, London Borough of Bexley.

Saturday 22 October 2022

Southmere Towers / 2022

Greater London Council Departments of Architecture & Planning, circa 1968. Twelve-storey residential blocks, concrete frame with pre-cast panels. Named, from right to left, Oakenholt House, Trewsbury House, Penton House and Osney House. Thamesmead South, London Borough of Bexley.

Friday 21 October 2022

Lakeside Centre / 2022

Thursday 20 October 2022

High-rises / Southmere Lake

Greater London Council Departments of Architecture & Planning, circa 1968. Twelve-storey residential blocks, concrete frame with pre-cast panels. Named Osney House, Penton House, Trewsbury House and Oakenholt House. Thamesmead South, London Borough of Bexley.

Wednesday 19 October 2022

Lakeside Centre / Staircase

Tuesday 18 October 2022

Lakeside Centre / SE2 9AN

Greater London Council Departments of Architecture & Planning, circa 1968. Concrete frame with some brick infill. Renovation by Architecture00, 2019. Situated on the north-west edge of Southmere Lake. Thamesmead South, London Borough of Bexley.

Monday 17 October 2022

Lakeside Centre / Thamesmead

Southmere / Reflections

Oakenholt, Trewsbury and Penton 12-storey houses designed by the Greater London Council Departments of Architecture & Planning, c.1968. Concrete frames with pre-cast panels. Southmere Lake, Thamesmead South, London Borough of Bexley.

Sunday 16 October 2022

St Andrew Farnham / 2022

Originally built C12 on the site of an earlier Saxon church. West tower built early C16, height raised in C19. Limestone rubble, clay tiles. Grade I listed "as a medieval parish church which retains a substantial quantity of C12-C16 fabric". Farnham, Borough of Waverley, Surrey, UK.

Saturday 15 October 2022

Elizabeth Tower / 2022

Limestone-over-brick clock tower designed by Charles Barry with Augustus Pugin, 1859, informally known as Big Ben. Recently refurbished. City of Westminster, London.

Friday 14 October 2022

Millbank Tower / 2022

Architects: Ronald Ward & Partners, 1963, Grade II listed. Originally known as the Vickers Tower. City of Westminster, London.

Thursday 13 October 2022

Covid Memorial Wall / 2022

Near St Thomas' Hospital, London Borough of Lambeth.

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Wednesday 12 October 2022

Stopera / Amsterdam

Architects: Wilhelm Holzbauer and Cees Dam, 1986. Housing the City Hall and the Dutch National Opera and Ballet. Vlooienburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Tuesday 11 October 2022

Johan van Hulstbrug / Amsterdam

Footbridge 233 spanning the water of the Hortusplantsoen, c.1877. Arched design of masonry and concrete with thick cast-iron railings. In 2016 it was named after Johan van Hulst. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Monday 10 October 2022

Bridge 232 / Hortus

Iron footbridge of 1877, with arched trusses and masonry abutments. The ironwork on this national monument is thought to have been carried out by H. Dalhuizen Kampen. Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Sunday 9 October 2022

Palmenkas roof / Hortus

Detail of the Palm Greenhouse roof at Hortus. The building was constructed in 1912 for Prof Hugo de Vries. The roof comprises 12 iron trusses, connected in the middle by a tension ring on which a lantern is placed. Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam. Netherlands.

Saturday 8 October 2022

Zuiderkerk / from Staalmeestersbrug

Zuiderkerk designed in the "Amsterdam Renaissance" style by Hendrick de Keyser, c.1614. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Friday 7 October 2022

Single Form / Rijksmuseum

'Single Form (Memorial)' bronze sculpture of 1961-2 by Barbara Hepworth, currently on display at the Rijksmuseum. On loan from its usual place in Battersea Park, London. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Thursday 6 October 2022

Mosaic / Fabrice Hund

Mosaic 'In den bescherfden Schuyt', 2012, by Fabrice Hund (1961-2021). I believe the building houses a transformer. Willemsparkweg 166, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Fountain / Vondelpark

Listed public park in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Wednesday 5 October 2022

Vondelpark Bandstand / 2022

Bandstand built in 1873 to a design by J D Zocher Jr. and L P Zocher and cast by the firm of L J Enthoven. Restoration work by Dik Smeding architects. Listed as a rijksmonument. Vondelpark, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Vondelkerk / Amsterdam

Architect: Petrus Cuypers, 1880, in Neo-Gothic style. Now an office building. Spire viewed from the Vondelpark, Amsterdam.

Tuesday 4 October 2022

Stedelijk Museum / 2022

Benthem Crouwel Architekten, 2012. Glazed extension combined with a smooth white canopy in fibre-reinforced plastic (Twaron®), inevitably nicknamed the Bathtub. Museumplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Concertgebouw / 2022

Neo-Classical concert hall designed by A. L. van Gendt, opened in 1888. Its excellent acoustics make it of worldwide renown. Concertgebouwplein 10, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Monday 3 October 2022

Van Gogh Museum / Exhibition Wing

Sunday 2 October 2022

Two Forms / (Divided Circle)

Bronze sculpture of 1969 by Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975). Currently on display at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Saturday 1 October 2022

Munttoren / Amsterdam

Mint Tower rebuilt 1620 in the so-called Amsterdam Renaissance style, spire designed by Hendrick de Keyser. Muntplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands.