Shakespeare Tower / 2024

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell, and Bon, 1976. Grade II listed tower of 44 storeys, along with the low-rise Defoe House (1973) and the Barbican Centre (1982). Barbican Estate, City of London. 

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Cromwell Tower / 2024

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, 1973. The tower was named after Oliver Cromwell and contains 108 flats along with 3 penthouse maisonettes. Foreground, left, is the glazed conservatory which wraps around the theatre flytower. Right is part of CPB's Speed House, the first residential block to be built on the Barbican Estate in 1969. City of London.

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Colonnade / Bunyan Court

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, 1972, Grade II listed. Barbican Estate, City of London.

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Christmas Tree / 2024

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Electric Blvd / East

Left, detail of Prospect Place, Gehry Partners, 2022. Distance, left, St George Wharf tower, Broadway Malyan, 2014. Right, One Nine Elms, KPF, 2024. London Borough of Wandsworth.

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US Embassy / 20241206

Architects: KieranTimberlake, 2018. Sculpted ETFE skin over blast-proof glazing. Nine Elms, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Vent / Vauxhall

London Transport Architects Department, 1977. Air vent for the Victoria line in a Brutalist style with vertically-ribbed concrete texture. London Borough of Lambeth.

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River Park Tower / Looking up

Kohn Pederson Fox (KPF) Architects, 2024. Looking up at the 199m River Park Tower. London Borough of Wandsworth.

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One Nine Elms / 20241206

Kohn Pederson Fox (KPF) Architects, 2024. 199m River Park Tower and 160m Park Hyatt London River Thames Residences tower. Also in view, the St George Wharf tower (Broadway Malyan, 2014). London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Sky Pool / Nine Elms

HAL Architects 2021, with engineering by Eckersley O'Callaghan and fabrication by Reynolds Polymers. The acrylic structure measures 25 meters in length and 10 feet in depth, with a water weight estimated at 375 tonnes. Located in Nine Elms, within the London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Sky Pool / Embassy Gardens

HAL Architects 2021, Eckersley O'Callaghan engineers, Reynolds Polymers fabrication. Acrylic, 25m long, 10ft deep, water weight said to be 375 tonnes. Nine Elms, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Battersea Power Station / East

Originally designed by Leonard Pearce & Giles Gilbert Scott as a coal-fired electricity generating station. Built in the 1930s and extended in the 1950s. Now re-purposed as retail & residential (WilkinsonEyre). An observation elevator can be seen atop the northwest chimney. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Battersea Roundabout / Sculpture

Sculpture designed by WilkinsonEyre architects and fabricated by Littlehampton Welding Ltd (LWL), 2021. Galvanized steel, intended to represent the smoke plumes from the erstwhile power station's chimneys. London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Untitled / 20241206

North end of Battersea Power Station, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Turbine / Turbine Hall

Artist: Mire Lee (b. Korea, 1988). Installation 'Open Wound' in the Tate Modern's turbine hall. Suspended, pink fabric 'skins' and the innards of a turbine. With gruesome dripping of pink liquid onto the floor of the hall. London Borough of Southwark. 

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Square Mile / 20241204

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

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Putney Bridge / 2024

Photo showing a sunlit, east aspect of Putney Bridge, which was designed by Joseph Bazalgette. Made of stone and Cornish granite, it opened 1886 for vehicle and pedestrian traffic. To the left is Putney Wharf Tower, the old International Computers Ltd building which was recycled into 67 residential apartments by Patel Taylor in 2004; as part of the refurbishment the front was given a new semi-circular steel-framed extension with glazed curtain walling and wraparound balconies. Viewed from the north bank of the Thames in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. 

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Pryor's Bank / 2024

Designed by C.Botterill, Borough Surveyor, c.1900. Tudor-revival style with exposed oak timbers on upper exterior. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.

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Pumpkin Coach / Fulham Palace

Part of the garden decorations for Christmas festivities at Fulham Palace. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. 

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Umbrella Tree / Fulham Palace

Likely part of the decorations for a Christmas fair at Fulham Palace. The tree is located southeast of the walled garden in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.

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Fulham Railway Bridge / Soffit

Engineers: W.H.Thomas and William Jacomb, 1889, originally named Putney Railway Bridge. Carries District Line trains and also pedestrians. Wrought-iron lattice girder construction on 14 cast-iron cylinders, each 10 feet in diameter. Two rusticated granite and Portland stone abutments. [Source: Grace's Guide To British Industrial History]. Here seen from the north bank of the Thames in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.

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'Fluorescence' / Liz West

Modern take on a Christmas tree in Granary Square. Artist: Liz West (b.1985, UK). Aluminium, fluorescent vinyl, plywood, UV lamps, 1070cm x 360cm x 360cm, 2024. Behind, the Grade II listed Granary building, 1851-2, by Lewis Cubitt. London Borough of Camden. 

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Cadence / Kings Cross

Alison Brooks Architects, 2024. Mixed-use, mainly residential, with arches and red brick referring to the earlier King's Cross buildings. This elevation facing Lewis Cubitt Park, making a splendid landmark. London Borough of Camden. 

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Lightroom / N1C

Art gallery in Lewis Cubitt Square, London Borough of Camden.

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'Temenos' / 2024

Another outing for Temenos by Liliane Lijn (b.1939, NYC), this time in Lewis Cubitt Square. Painted steel poles, painted galvanised base ring and LEDs. London Borough of Camden.

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Werewolf Beer / Gate

Arch 87 Randolph Street, London Borough of Camden.

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Lawfords Wharf / East

Architects: JTP, 2003. Residential development on a former builder's yard, next to the Regent's Canal. This is a separate part with a street frontage on Royal College Street. The blue-painted dwelling dates from C19 and is Grade II listed. London Borough of Camden.

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Riverbank House / 2024

Riverbank House, 2 Swan Lane, designed by EPR and David Walker Architects, 2010. A clear view from London Bridge at the moment as Seal House (1 Swan Lane) has been demolished. City of London.

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London Bridge / Vista

View east from London Bridge towards Tower Bridge. The office building to the left is St Magnus House designed by R.Seifert and Partners, 1978-81. City of London. 

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Aldgate Church / Spire

Spire designed by George Dance (Elder), 1744. Post-WW2 restoration architect: Rodney Tatchell, 1966. Grade I listed. Showing the square brick tower and limestone spire with clock. St Botolph without Aldgate and Holy Trinity Minories, City of London. 

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Ivory House / E1W

Built 1858 and Grade II listed as Warehouse 1. Stock brick with semi-circular arches at ground level. Clock tower and additional bell turret. Now repurposed as residential and retail. St Katherine Dock, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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Square Mile / 20241120

View of the City of London financial district from across the Thames. London Borough of Southwark.

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Quinns / 2024

Public house in Camden, built mid-C19. Formerly known as the Mereton Arms and the Duck Inn, present name from when taken over by a Mr & Mrs Quinn in 1988. Corner of Hawley Rd and Kentish Town Rd, London Borough of Camden. 

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9 Rochester Rd / NW1

(Now divided into apartments). Part of a Regency-style terrace, although built c.1848. Four storeys, semi-basement and prominent chimney stack. Brick with channelled stucco to ground and basement level. Porch with Roman Doric columns, Doric pilasters at attic storey. Part of the Rochester Conservation Area, London Borough of Camden. 

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97 Camden Rd / NW1

Semi-detached dwelling, brick with painted masonry façade. Sash windows, porch with Doric columns of square form. Although the Camden Road was first laid out in 1820, I think this building is more likely to be mid-C19. London Borough of Camden.

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St Pancras Way / Bridge

View of the Regent's Canal tow path from the St Pancras Way Bridge (Bridge 29). To left is the Constitution public house. London Borough of Camden. 

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ユニクロ / UNIQLO

South elevation of the Grade II listed Eastern Coal Drops. Probably designed by Lewis Cubitt, this part late C19. Now occupied by the UNIQLO clothes store. London Borough of Camden. 

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Damitta / III

More street art in Hawley Mews by Damitta, from Spain. Camden Town, London Borough of Camden.

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T E Dingwall / Building

Brick-built Victorian structure, I believe originally part of T.E.Dingwall's Timber Yard. Opened as Dingwalls Dancehall in 1973 and often thereafter has been a live music venue. London Borough of Camden. 

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148 to 152 / Camden St

Terrace of (originally) three houses, each of four storeys plus basement. Stucco over brick, sash windows, presumed to be early C19. Locally listed as positive contribution to the character and appearance of the Conservation Area. London Borough of Camden.

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Prowse Place / NW1

Prowse Place vista through railway arch towards Bonny Street. "A narrow cobbled lane that runs through a magnificent brick arched tunnel below the railway" [Jeffrey's Street Conservation Area document]. The 3-storey house with red door is part of a Grade II listed terrace built c.1840-45. London Borough of Camden. 

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Nighthawks / Ivor St

Street art rendition of 'Nighthawks' (original by Edward Hopper, 1942). Wall in Ivor Street next to the Old Eagle public house, London Borough of Camden. 

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Wicked Tree / St Pancras

Christmas 2024 tree in partnership with Universal Pictures UK to mark the release of the movie 'Wicked'. St Pancras International railway station, London Borough of Camden. 

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Go Green / Poster

One of a number of climate-art posters displayed near Battersea Power Station. This one by Holly Williams (15-18 age group). London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Nine Elms / Towers

(L to R) 

DAMAC tower, Kohn Pedersen Fox, 2022. Thames City, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, ongoing. Park Hyatt London River Thames Residences, River Park tower, Kohn Pedersen Fox. 

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Urbanest / Westminster Bridge Rd

Architects: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM), 2015, for Urbanest. 1,100 student rooms, a sixth-form college for 700 students, workspace, health suite with swimming pool and leisure facilities on the lower level. London Borough of Lambeth. 

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Coverley Point / 2024

Thirteen storey residential block built 1967 by M. Howard Ltd for the GLC. Part of the Vauxhall Gardens Estate. Tyers Street, London Borough of Lambeth. 

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DAMAC Tower / SW8

Residential tower in the Nine Elms district designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox for DAMAC Properties (UAE), 2022. Interiors: Versace. Viewed from the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, London Borough of Lambeth. 

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Vista / Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens

Highrise vista from Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, including (L to R) DAMAC Tower, Thames City towers, River Park tower, Park Hyatt London River Thames tower and St George Wharf tower.

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SIS Building / East

Easterly view of the Secret Intelligence Service's postmodern building at Vauxhall Cross. SIS is sometimes known as MI6. Architects: T Farrell & Company. 1990-93. London Borough of Lambeth. 

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