UEL / Kwame House

Architects: Edward Cullinan Architects Ltd., 1996-99. University of East London. Student residences on the Docklands Campus, London Borough of Newham. 

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UEL / East Halls

Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects Ltd., 2007. Including (R to L) Templars House, Shepherd House and Redbridge House. University of East London, Docklands Campus, London Borough of Newham. 

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The Tide / Detail

Showing the start of a raised walkway at North Greenwich designed by Diller Scofidio & Renfro, a linear park that is intended to eventually be 5km long. The Chinese message is "Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones". Royal Borough of Greenwich, London. 

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C2 / Design District

Mole Architects, 2021, for Knight Dragon. Timber frame with Corten cladding. The stepped 'Ziggurat" building provides artists' workspace and community kitchens. Royal Borough of Greenwich, London. 

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Canteen / SE10

Architects: SelgasCano (Jose Selgas and Lucia Cano), 2021. Light metal frame with stressed clear ETFE membrane, enclosing eats and drinks stands at the Greenwich Peninsula. Royal Borough of Greenwich, London. 

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Chelsea Waterfront / 20240823

Architect: Farrells, for Hutchison Property Group, 2017-24. Large residential development on the site of the old Lots Road power station. Seen from Wandsworth. 

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St Mary Battersea / 2024

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

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Sacred Heart / from West

Architect: Frederick Walters, 1893, in Romanesque (Norman) Revival style. Listed Grade II. Sacred Heart Church (RC), Battersea, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Rotunda Café / E14

Makespace Architects (Shahed Saleem), c.2022. New café at Island Gardens replacing an earlier brick structure of 1980. London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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North Rotunda / Island Gardens

Architect: Alexander Binnie for LCC, 1902. Circular red-brick building with glazed dome, at Island Gardens. Inside there are spiral stairs and a lift shaft descending to the foot-tunnel under the Thames. Grade II listed and exterior now beautifully planted. London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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Woman & Fish / 2024

Sculpture by Frank Dobson (1886-1963), c.1950, originally as a fountain. This is a reproduction of the lost original by Antonio Lopez-Reche and the Bronze Age foundry, c.1996. In Millwall Park, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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South Dock / E14

Vista from Dollar Bay Point showing the South Dock of Canary Wharf. High-rise buildings include (L to R) Hampton Tower, Landmark Pinnacle and One Park Drive. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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MY Phi / Valetta

Superyacht built by Royal Huisman, 2021, owned by Sergei Naumenko, a Russian oligarch. Impounded by the British government since March 2022. South Dock, Canary Wharf, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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10 Upper Bank St / E14

Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox, 2003. 32-storey office building mainly occupied by a law firm at present. Canary Wharf, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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Everyman / on the Canal

Open-air movie screen on the Regent's canal from 1st July to 18th August 2024. Steps of Granary Square at King's Cross, London Borough of Camden. 

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More London Model / II

Cast-bronze plan of the More London district and its surroundings. Located in Potters Fields park. London Borough of Southwark. 

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Shard / 20240812

Shard seen from More London Place. Designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop. London Borough of Southwark. 

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Full Stops / More London

Sculptures by Fiona Banner (b.1966 Liverpool), part of a c.2004 series called “Full Stop Slipstream“. Conceived as giant 3D enlargements of the full-stops of various typefaces. Bronze and black paint. London Borough of Southwark.

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Scoop / Scoot

View of the City of London high-rises from near The Scoop on the south bank of the Thames. London Borough of Southwark. 

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Tower Bridge / 20240812

Architects: Horace Jones and George D. Stevenson, engineer: John Wolfe Barry, opened 1894. Gothic revival style using concrete, steel and masonry. Grade I listed. Viewed from London Borough of Southwark.

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Flautist / Damitta

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

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Mural / Camden Market

Artist: David Shillinglaw (b.1982 British), 2024. Camden Town, London Borough of Camden. 

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Anna Laurini / IV

Street art by the towpath near the Constitution public house. Artist: Anna Laurini (b. Italy). London Borough of Camden. 

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Tribeca / NW1

Bennetts Associates, Phase 1 of a mixed-use development to eventually include offices, hotel, apartments, workspace and retail over 5 buildings. At 2-6 St Pancras Way, London Borough of Camden.

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Barrel Vault / Coal Drops Yard

Brick vault, probably designed by Lewis Cubitt in the 1850s, leading to the Regent's Canal with PV-equipped narrow boat moored. King's Cross, London Borough of Camden. 

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Kings Cross Lightwall / IV

90m pedestrian tunnel between the King's Cross / St Pancras underground station and an exit at One Pancras Square. Architects: Allies & Morrison, LED light wall concept by Speirs & Major with design and implementation by The Light Lab. London Borough of Camden. 

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QEH / 2024

Queen Elizabeth Hall seen from Waterloo Bridge. Architects: Norman Engleback et al. LCC/GLC Department of Architecture, 1967. South Bank, London Borough of Lambeth.

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NT 2024 / IV

National Theatre detail looking up from just outside the Lyttelton. Designed by Denys Lasdun, 1976, Grade II* listed. Southbank, London Borough of Lambeth. 

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NT 2024 / III

Architect: Sir Denys Lasdun, 1976, in the Brutalist style. Grade II* listed: "reflects new ideas in theatre design". London Borough of Lambeth.

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IMAX / Chicken

Architects: Avery Associates, 1999. The building drops another storey below road level where the entrances are approached on foot. Largest movie screen in UK. Due to proximity of heavy road and underground (subway/metro) traffic, the structure rests on A/V mounts and is surrounded by a full-height glazed gallery which, sadly, is now utilised to display advertising. London Borough of Lambeth. 

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Hayward / Waterloo Bridge

Hayward gallery seen from Waterloo Bridge. Designed by the GLC Department of Architecture, opened 1968. London Borough of Lambeth. 

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