Friday, 28 February 2025

2-6 / St Aubyns

Classical style, curved terrace of dwellings c.1860. 4 storeys and basement. Stucco on brick, shallow pitched roof concealed behind parapet. The group is Grade 2 listed, mostly number 4 St Aubyns seen here. Hove, City of Brighton & Hove. 
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Wednesday, 26 February 2025

Nine Elms / 2025

The Nine Elms district seen from the Coaling Jetty, London Borough of Wandsworth. 
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Tuesday, 25 February 2025

'Local Vocals' / SW11

Artist: Jesse Wine (b.1983, England, now NYC), installed 2017. Orange-painted reclining figure making reference to Henry Moore's 'Reclining Figure: Angles'. Battersea Power Station, London Borough of Wandsworth.
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Monday, 24 February 2025

Churchill Gardens / 2025

Panorama of Churchill Gardens viewed from across the river Thames in Wandsworth. The residential estate was designed by Powell and Moya, built 1947-62. Much of the estate is Grade 2 listed, including the district heating accumulator tower, seen at the right. 
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Sunday, 23 February 2025

Western Pumping Station / III

Completed 1875, built by William Webster who may have contributed to the design. Two-storey, mansard-roofed pumping house and square cross-section chimney, both of pale-yellow brick. House and chimney are Grade II listed. 
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Saturday, 22 February 2025

Chelsea Bridge / 2025

Architects G.Topham Forrest et al of the LCC., 1937, Grade II listed in 2008. Self-anchored suspension bridge, here viewed from the London Borough of Wandsworth. 
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Friday, 21 February 2025

Penge House / 2025

Architects: Howes & Jackman, c.1970, for Wandsworth London Borough Council, built by Bovis and direct municipal labour. A 17-storey block containing 75 dwellings, part of York Road, Stage II Phase 2. London Borough of Wandsworth.
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Thursday, 20 February 2025

Pennethorne House / 2025

Architects: Howes, Jackman & Partners. Part of the York Road Stage 1 development, built by Wandsworth’s Building Works Department 1967-70. Pending demolition. London Borough of Wandsworth. 
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Wednesday, 19 February 2025

IFS Cloud / N Station

WilkinsonEyre Architects, 2012, for TfL. Showing the north station at Western Gateway, London Borough of Newham. 
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Tuesday, 18 February 2025

Gateway Tower / E16

BUJ Architects, 2018, for City & Docklands. Originally named Pump Tower. 161 apartments over 24 storeys, 73m high. West end of the Royal Victoria Docks, London Borough of Newham. 
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Monday, 17 February 2025

Hoola / 2025

CZWG Architects, 2017. A pair of 23- and 24-storey residential towers with attractive, rippling balconies. Tidal Basin Road, London Borough of Newham.
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City Hall / 2025

Wilkinson Eyre Architects, 2012. An all-glass building utilising advanced technology to minimise energy use. London Borough of Newham. 
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Sunday, 16 February 2025

Star Lane / DLR

Architects: Weston, Williamson + Partners, 2011. Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station near Canning Town, London Borough of Newham. 
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Saturday, 15 February 2025

Sadler's Wells / UAL

Carpenters Road perspective of the new Sadler's Wells, BBC Sound Studios, and UAL London College of Fashion. This angle more clearly reveals the influence of C19 textile mills on the design of the UAL building. Stratford, London Borough of Newham.
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Friday, 14 February 2025

5 / Endeavour Square

Southeast elevation of 5 Endeavour Square, an office building designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, 2017. TfL occupies a lot of the office space. Stratford Cross, London Borough of Newham.
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Thursday, 13 February 2025

East Bank / Stratford

From left to right... V&A East, London College of Fashion (UAL), BBC Sound Studios, Sadler's Wells East (Dance), London Aquatics Centre. All along the east bank of Waterworks River, Stratford, London Borough of Newham. 
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Wednesday, 12 February 2025

UCL Marshgate / III

Architects: Stanton Williams, 2023. University College London's largest single building at the UCL East campus. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London Borough of Newham.
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Tuesday, 11 February 2025

UCL East / One Pool St

Architects: Liftschutz Davidson Sandilands, 2022. Mixed residential and learning building at the UCL East campus. Stratford, London Borough of Newham. 
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Monday, 10 February 2025

UCL Marshgate / II

Architects: Stanton Williams, 2023. University College London's largest single building at the UCL East campus. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London Borough of Newham. 
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Sunday, 9 February 2025

Lower Lea / DLR Crossing

McBrine Structures for John Mowlem / Taylor Woodrow, early 1990s. 30m spans built using a balanced cantilever method. Pier on the Bow Creek Ecology Park, London Borough of Newham.
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Saturday, 8 February 2025

DLR Viaduct / Bow Creek

Docklands Light Railway viaduct passing over Bow Creek, with London City Island apartment blocks behind. London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 
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Friday, 7 February 2025

City Island / 2025

Glen Howells Architects for Ballymore. Westerly view of London City Island. Leamouth, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 
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Thursday, 6 February 2025

DLR / River Lea

Docklands Light Railway train crossing the river Lea in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 
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Wednesday, 5 February 2025

Bow Creek / Panorama

River Lea as it loops around Bow Creek Ecology Park (Limmo Peninsula). London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 
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Travelodge / Telehouse

Left, Avalon Point residential tower plus Travelodge hotel. Right, Telehouse North Two datacentre designed by NWA plc, 2016. Viewed from Lookout Riverside Open Space, London City Island, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 
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Tuesday, 4 February 2025

Robin Hood Gardens / Demise

Architects: Alison and Peter Smithson, 1972. The end of the "streets in the sky" residential development at Poplar. Just 53 years old. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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← / LASDUN

Sign pointing the way to the Lasdun restaurant at London’s National Theatre. Venue named after the building's architect Sir Densys Lasdun. South Bank, London Borough of Lambeth.
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Monday, 3 February 2025

NT 2025 / III

National theatre by architect Sir Denys Lasdun, opened 1976. Grade II* listed theatre complex in the brutalist style. South Bank, London Borough of Lambeth.
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Sunday, 2 February 2025

NT 2025 / II

National theatre by architect Sir Denys Lasdun, opened 1976. Grade II* listed theatre complex in the brutalist style. South Bank, London Borough of Lambeth. 
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Saturday, 1 February 2025

Legacy Tower / E15

Architects: Suttonca, 2018, for Telford Homes. 33-storey residential tower with a crown of penthouses. Providing 182 apartments in Stratford Central, London Borough of Newham.
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