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Wednesday, 31 December 2025
'Temenos' / 2025
Another outing for Temenos by Liliane Lijn (b.1939, NYC). Painted steel poles, painted galvanised base ring and LEDs. In Lewis Cubitt Square until 1 March 2026. London Borough of Camden.
Arthouse / 2025
Residential build by dRMM architects, 2013. Clad in glazed terracotta tiles and polished stainless-steel, with sliding louvred screens. London Borough of Camden.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Tuesday, 30 December 2025
One Pancras Square / 2025
David Chipperfield Architects, 2013. RIBA Regional and National awards. King's Cross, London Borough of Camden.
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Wednesday, 24 December 2025
Tuesday, 23 December 2025
Museum & Gallery / BN1
Stables and riding school designed by William Porden, 1805, for George, Prince of Wales. Later used by William IV. Purchased by the local authority in 1850 and in 1873 was adapted by the Borough Surveyor, Philip Lockwood, as a museum. Grade 2* listed. Recent restoration by Donald Insall Associates. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Monday, 22 December 2025
The Grand / BN1
Designed by John Whichcord, 1864, in the Renaissance Revival style, with Art Deco interior. Grade 2 listed and regarded as Brighton's most famous and luxurious 5* hotel. King's Road, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Sunday, 21 December 2025
1-6 / Brunswick Terrace
Architects: Amon Wilds and C.A.Busby, 1828. Cream-painted stucco over brick, now flats. A Grade 1 listed exemplar of Regency residential architecture. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Saturday, 20 December 2025
Clock Tower / Palace Pier
Palace pier clock tower viewed from the pier side. It was added in 1930 when the entrance to the pier was rearranged for the widening of the promenade. Made of steel frame and timber cladded in zinc, painted black with gold-coloured detailing. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Friday, 19 December 2025
Palace Pier Kiosk / II
Now selling bottles of scent. Originally a toll booth, c.1823, for the Chain Pier (destroyed by storm in 1896). Ogee roof with pressed-tin fishscale tiles. The whole Palace Pier is Grade 2* listed. City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex, UK.
(CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex)
Thursday, 18 December 2025
Surf Shaping / BN2
Albion Groyne throwing some sea shapes. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
(CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex)
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
i360 / Dec '25
View of Marks & Barfield's i360 observation platform operating on a sunny but windy December day. City of Brighton & Hove.
(CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex)
Tuesday, 16 December 2025
Weathervane / Palace Pier
Weathervane, in the form of a sailing ship, on top of a mosaic globe. On the Palace Pier, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Monday, 15 December 2025
Fishing Museum / BN1
Brighton Fishing Museum at 201 King's Road Arches, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Sunday, 14 December 2025
St Mary de Haura / 20251210
View from the west of the Grade 1 listed St Mary de Haura, founded circa 1103 with much C12 structure remaining. Also visible here are the late medieval remains of what was once a larger nave. Church Street, Shoreham by Sea, Sussex, UK.
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Saturday, 13 December 2025
Western Bandstand / 20251210
Designed by Phillip Lockwood, Brighton Borough Surveyor, completed 1884. Renovation in 2009 managed by A B I R Architects. Grade 2 listed. At ground floor is the Bandstand Bar & Bistro. King's Road, Brighton & Hove City, Sussex, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Friday, 12 December 2025
Bottom's Rest / BN3
Public house dating back to the 1860s, originally known as The Conqueror. Renamed in 2014 "for its proximity to the neighbouring Old Market Theatre (TOM), referencing 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream'". 16 Lower Market Street, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Thursday, 11 December 2025
Shirt / Ben Sherman
1970s shirt designed by Brighton-born Ben Sherman (1925-87). The first Ben Sherman shirt was launched in 1963 from rented premises in Bedford Square. At the Ben Sherman: The Decades exhibition, Brighton Museum, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Cream Suit / 1963-66
Tailoring house: John Stephen (1934-2004) of Carnaby Street. Cream, brown-and-white striped suit in seersucker cotton with coordinated button-down shirt. At Mod Fashion and Style 1958-1966 exhibition, City of Brighton & Hove.
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Jacket / 1960-62
By Bloomingdales, 1960-2. Red-and-white check jacket, Ivy League style 3-button, with paisley pocket handkerchief and burgundy turtleneck. At Mod Fashion and Style 1958-1966 exhibition, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Wednesday, 10 December 2025
Brighton Museum / Main Gallery
Recent restoration by Donald Insall Associates, including a now fully-insulated and securely boarded roof. The interior has been redecorated, including treatment and painting of the plastered vaulting. Funded by the Arts Council England and BHCC. Brighton Museum & Art Gallery is Grade 2* listed. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Tuesday, 9 December 2025
Monday, 8 December 2025
Serpentine Pavilions / 2010-25
Photo collage of fifteen years' pop-up pavilions at the Serpentine Gallery, City of Westminster, London.
2025 — Marina Tabassum from Bangladesh.
2024 — Minsuk Cho from South Korea.
2023 — Lina Ghotmeh, Lebanon / France.
2022 — Theaster Gates from USA.
2021 — Counterspace Studio led by Sumayya Vally from South Africa.
2019 — Junya Ishigami from Japan.
2018 — Frida Escobedo from Mexico.
2017 — Francis Kéré from Burkina Faso.
2016 — Bjarke Ingels from Denmark.
2015 — José Selgas and Lucía Cano from Spain.
2014 — Smiljan Radić from Chile.
2013 — Sou Fujimoto from Japan.
2012 — Herzog & de Meuron from Switzerland and Ai Weiwei from China.
2011 — Peter Zumthor from Switzerland.
2010 — Jean Nouvel from France.
(CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex)
Sunday, 7 December 2025
Leach Court / BN2
Group of 3 seven-storey residential blocks built 1969-1971 for Brighton Council. Providing 107 retirement flats. A proposal to add another 5 storeys to each of the towers has been made by BakerBrown studio. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Saturday, 6 December 2025
Madeira Drive / Mural
Section of a panel depicting Madeira Drive, including the Madeira Lift and Volk's Railway workshop. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Friday, 5 December 2025
J J Tarot / BN2
Muralist signed as # Moon Art. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Thursday, 4 December 2025
Arch Art / BN2
Street art at 279 Madeira Drive Arches. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Wednesday, 3 December 2025
Towers / Brighton
Zip-wire tower, Palace Pier clock tower, i360 tower. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Tuesday, 2 December 2025
Bedford Towers / 2025
Architects: Seiferts, 1967, hotel and apartments replacing an 1829 hotel destroyed by fire. The hotel on the lower floors is now a Holiday Inn. King's Road, City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Monday, 1 December 2025
Leonardo Royal / II
Architects: Michael Lyell & Associates, 1987, in post-modern style, originally as the Ramada Renaissance Hotel. Kings Road, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Sunday, 30 November 2025
Max Miller Walk / Sign
Street sign for the ‘Max Miller Walk’ on Brighton seafront. The music-hall comedian was born (1894) in Kemptown and resided in Brighton throughout his life. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Saturday, 29 November 2025
Tate Residences / II
ECE Architecture, 2022, for Roffey Homes and Sussex County Cricket Club. 37 apartments, offices to north. A new bar-restaurant on the ground floor has taken the name of the historic Sussex Cricketer pub which was demolished. Eaton Road, Hove, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Friday, 28 November 2025
Village Hall / Falmer
The former Falmer Primary School and School House which is still under that name in the Grade 2 listing. Wall sign says 1837 although some later alterations in C19. South Street, Falmer, East Sussex, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Thursday, 27 November 2025
The Old Rectory / Falmer
Large dwelling "in Manor house style" built in the early C19. White-painted stucco at front with one elevation finished in flint. Substantial porch with pilasters and pediment. Grade 2 listed. Park Street, Falmer, Brighton, Sussex, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
Tristar / SE1
Detail of a Christmas tree in the Hay's Galleria, London Borough of Southwark.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Vintners Place / 2025
Serviced offices completed 1993 by a consortium of developers, including the Vintners' livery company. Showing the Ionic-style façade to the river Thames. Not to be confused with the Vintners' Hall to which this building connects. City of London.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Monday, 24 November 2025
'Goavve' / Máret Ánne Sara
Artist: Máret Ánne Sara, b.1983, Norway. 90ft column of reindeer hides, stretched on electrical power cables, as a memorial to reindeer lives lost to climate change. Goavve is a Sámi word for a layer of ice on the ground that prevents reindeer from accessing food, leading to starvation. Tate Modern turbine hall, Bankside, London Borough of Southwark.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Sunday, 23 November 2025
St Laurence / Falmer
Rebuilt c.1815 in a Norman Revival style, using knapped flint with stone and brick dressings. Architect not known. Remodelled some time in the mid-C19. Grade 2* listed as the 'Parish Church of St Lawrence'. East Street, Falmer, Sussex, UK.
(CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex)
Saturday, 22 November 2025
Square Mile / 20251117
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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Friday, 21 November 2025
Palace Pier / Closed
Pleasure pier designed and engineered by R. St George Moore, c.1899, although the entrance was restyled in 1930 for the widening of the promenade. Grade 2* listed. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Thursday, 20 November 2025
Palace Pier / Night
Designed and engineered by R. St George Moore, c.1899, Grade 2* listed. "Brighton's Palace Pier could be put on the market and sold" according to the Argus on 6/Nov/2025. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Pump House / Night
"Late C18 or early C19 fronting of a building which may be earlier" according to the Grade 2 listing. Black glazed mathematical tiles, two storeys over basement, plus attic. Market Street, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Hanningtons Lane / BN1
Festive lights at Hanningtons Lane, in The Lanes district, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Monday, 17 November 2025
Sunday, 16 November 2025
Maris & Otter / BN1
Mural on the Little Western Street side of the Maris & Otter public house. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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St Julian / Interior
Grade 1 listed church dedicated to Julian of Le Mans. Interior view towards the chancel from the nave. The panelled pulpit is said to be C18. Rood screen said to be late C15, much restored. Kingston Buci, West Sussex, UK.
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Saturday, 15 November 2025
St Julian / BN43
Grade 1 listed church dedicated to Julian of Le Mans. Thought to be one of the oldest churches in Sussex, with much of the present building from the C11 and C13. Remains from the earlier Saxon church were discovered in 1964. Flint with sandstone dressings and Horsham slab roof. Kingston Buci, West Sussex, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Friday, 14 November 2025
The Brighton Tavern / BN1
A public house at this location since 1848, although rebuilt in 1937 by the Kemp Town Brewery, architect F.W.Pearcy. Gloucester Street, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Thursday, 13 November 2025
Socktopus / II
Socktopus sock shop, now occupying part of what used to be the GAK Music Emporium. 76-78 North Rd, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Brighton Centre / 2025
Russell Diplock & Associates for Brighton Borough Council, 1977. Brutalist style music and conference venue. City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex, UK.
(CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
Tuesday, 11 November 2025
Victoria / Victoria Gardens
Sculptor: Carlo Nicoli of the Sculptured Marble Company London, 1897. Installed in Victoria Gardens which were opened to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Grade 2 listed. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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