Brighton MET / Entrance

Entrance to the recently redeveloped Brighton Metropolitan College (ECE Architecture | Willmott Dixon). Central Brighton Campus, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Theobald House / BN1

Architects: Rice & Co., 1966, for Brighton Council, named after Councillor Stanley Theobald. Built on an area cleared of Victorian tenements, 18 storeys over a podium which provides public car parking. Described by the Residents’ Association chair in 2024 as “the city pharmacy” due to drug dealing and anti-social behaviour. I think several million pounds have since been allocated to improve matters. Blackman Street, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Kings House / 2026

Architect: James Knowles, builder J.T.Chappell, 1874, in an Italianate style using yellow stock brick. Some later extensions and restorations. Grade 2 listed. Originally mansion blocks, then the Prince's Hotel. Used by the Royal Navy in WW2 and after it was the HQ of SEEBOARD. Bought and occupied by BHCC in 1996, then sold to property developers in 2017 and now residential once more. Queens Gardens, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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St Peter's / Brighton

Original architect: Sir Charles Barry, 1828, featuring an early revival of the Gothic style crafted from Portland stone ashlar. Subsequent additions were made between 1898 and 1906 by George Somers Clarke the Younger and J.T. Micklethwaite. 

After extensive masonry restoration, much of the 11 years of scaffolding has now been removed. The pinnacles on either side of the tower are currently missing, with their bases capped while awaiting further funding for restoration. Grade 2* listed. Located at York Place, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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2 & 3 Kings Gardens / 2026

Builder J.T.Chapell, c.1890, Renaissance Revival style using render over brick with terracotta dressings. Grade 2 listed along with numbers 1 and 4 surrounding. King's Gardens, Hove, City of Brighton & Hove.

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Beach Building / BN3

Project to add 9 new timber groynes and to fill the bays between each groyne with thousands of tonnes of shingle, taken from a licensed dredging site in the English Channel. The work will extend the beach by about 25m out to sea, helping to protect the area from flooding and erosion. Kings Esplanade, City of Brighton & Hove.

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Courtenay Terrace / 2026

South aspect of a terrace of dwellings built c.1840, now divided into flats. Style might be described as Regency, although erected at the beginning of Victoria's reign. Stucco over brick, with first floor canopies. Grade 2 listed. Kingsway, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Brighton Station / Car Park

Railway station car park detail showing horizontal timber fins over fair-faced concrete. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Pelham Tower / BN1

A 1970s tower now reclad to address poor thermal performance and airtightness issues (ECE Architecture | Willmott Dixon). Brighton Metropolitan College, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Pelham Tower / MET

View from Sydney Street of the recently overclad Pelham Tower of Brighton Metropolitan College's North Laine campus (ECE Architecture | Willmott Dixon). The circular feature is illuminated at night. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Blue Boat / II

Near the Brighton Fishing Museum, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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The Dome / Brighton

Original architect: William Porden, 1808, for the Prince of Wales (later George IV) to use as stables. Converted to a concert hall by the Borough Surveyor, Philip Lockwood, 1867. The interior was redesigned in the Art Deco style by Robert Atkinson in 1935. The concert hall was last renovated between 1999-2002. Grade 1 listed. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Coal Drops Yard / 2025

Shopping and dining venue created out of Victorian railway sidings by Heatherwick Studio. Behind, residential conversions of Gasholder Nos 10, 11 and 12, designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects, 2017. London Borough of Camden.

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6 King's Blvd / N1C

Architects: Heatherwick Studio and BIG, still being fitted out. Showing here the north end of Google's landscraper. King's Cross, London Borough of Camden. 

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Drinking Fountain / NW1

Drinking fountain manufactured by Andrew Handyside and Co., sponsored by William Thornton, 1877. Cast-iron on stone base, in a likeness of the Choragic Monument. Grade 2 listed. St Pancras Gardens, London Borough of Camden. (CC BY-NC-ND - credit: Images George Rex)
 

22 / St Pancras Way

Mixed-use—principally residential—building completed c.2010. The obverse elevation overlooks the Regent's Canal. London Borough of Camden. 

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25-27 / Camden Road

This used to be the HQ of British Transport Police, when the 7-storey block was known as Shirley House. Plans to demolish and redevelop were withdrawn. Part is now occupied by a Digital Art Centre. London Borough of Camden. 

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Devonshire Arms / NW1

Mock Tudor style public house rebuilt 1927 by Courage & Co Ltd. At 33 Kentish Town Road, London Borough of Camden. 

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Camden Lock Village / III

Architects: AHMM, 2019. Eight new buildings in the heart of Camden Town, at the old Hawley Wharf site. London Borough of Camden. 

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Mural / Hawley Wharf

Under an archway at Hawley Wharf, reimagining works by Djanira and Tarsila do Amaral; shown last year at the Royal Academy of Arts exhibition 'Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism'. Camden Town, London Borough of Camden. 

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Gasholder Park / N1C

View from Gasholder Park of Tapestry apartments, designed by Niall McLoughlin Architects. The building is clad in deep-red, patterned concrete (GRC). London Borough of Camden. 

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