Flight of the Langoustine / 2026

Sculptor: Pierre Diamantopoulo (b.1952 Egypt, now living and working in Sussex, UK). Four life-size bronze figures and steel grid. Installed on the Hove Plinth on 17 September 2023. City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex, UK.

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Essex House / Southdown House

Essex House, left, at 8 St Aubyns Gardens, was built in the mid-C20. Southdown house, right, at 7 St Aubyns Gardens is thought to have been built in the 1890s. Eastwards, the rest of the terrace is from the early 1860s. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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King Alfred / 2026

Leisure centre with swimming pools designed by Tom Humble, Borough Surveyor of Hove, c.1938, in a brick modern style typical of lidos of that era. Plans have now been submitted for a new, smaller, rebuild which will release land for high-rise flats. The proposed new facility has been described as "bland, boxy and generic”. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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St Aubyn's Mansions / 2026

Architects: Lainson & Sons, c.1899, in a Renaissance Revival style. The blue plaques record two past residents: 

Dame Clara Butt (1872-1936), contralto recitalist and concert singer.

Vesta Tilley (later Lady de Frece 1864-1952), music hall artiste renowned as a male impersonator. "She first donned boys' clothes in 1870".

St Aubyn's Mansions is a locally listed building. King's Esplanade, City of Brighton & Hove, UK

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Flag Court / SE

Architects: T.P.Bennet & Sons, 1959. Named after the original house on the site. Unlike most Brighton & Hove seafront buildings, this one's plan is at an angle in order to maximise the number of flats with sea views. City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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All Over The Sea / III

Work-in-progress on new timber groyne fields. 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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Adelaide Mansions / BN3

Grade 2 listed, seafront residences designed by local architect Thomas Lainson, 1873. Stucco over brick, in an Italianate style with Doric porches and wrought-iron balconies to 1st and 2nd floors. Kingsway, City of Brighton & Hove, UK. 

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Sheridan House / BN3

Seven-storey building including retail, rental offices and basement car parking. In a late-C20 postmodern style, presumably influenced by St Patrick's Church on Cambridge Road. Described in the Brunswick Town CA appraisal as being of "low architectural value". 114-116 Western Road, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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Embassy Court / 2026

Architect: Wells Coates (1895-1958), completed 1936. Grade 2* modernist apartment block with horizontal banded balconies and curved corner. City of Brighton & Hove, Sussex, UK.

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i360 / 20260311

Marks Barfield Architects, 2016. A recent report from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy described an "optimism bias" of the projected footfall in the original business plan. The observation tower is now being managed by Nightcap Ltd after BHCC wrote off £51M of debt. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.

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LCC / LFB

Battersea Fire Station, constructed and opened by the London County Council in 1937. Designed to house 3 fire engines plus their crews and to provide a flat for the station officer. 11 Este Road, London Borough of Wandsworth, UK. 

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197-203 / Battersea Church Rd

"Later development follows historic proportions but has overly contemporary elements and colours" [Battersea Square Conservation Area Appraisal]. London Borough of Wandsworth, UK. 

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Three Standing Figures / 2026

Sculptor: Henry Moore, 1947, carved from Darley Dale stone. Grade 2 listed. Battersea Park, London Borough of Wandsworth UK. 

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120 & 122 High St / BN44

Main building, now faced in white-painted brick, has medieval origins. Hipped roof is covered in Horsham slabs. Grade 2 listed. Steyning, Sussex, UK. 

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124 High St / BN44

Early C19 dwelling finished in red brick and flint on the north wall. Hipped tiled roof with a tall chimney stack. 'Woodbine Cottage' sign over porch. Grade 2 listed. Steyning, Sussex, UK. 

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Arundel Great Court / South

Horden Cherry Lee (HCL) Architects, 2026. New mixed-use development along the River Thames including apartments and a hotel. Finished in Whitbed Portland stone. City of Westminster, London, UK.

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Waterloo Bridge Vista / 2026

 

Looking east from Waterloo Bridge, with St Paul's to left, the City of London financial district, and the Oxo Tower to right. Blackfriars bridge in middle distance. London Borough of Lambeth, UK.

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NT 2026 / II

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

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NT 2026 / I

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

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QEH / 2026

Architects: London County Council then Greater London Council, Department of Architecture, opened 1967. Entrance to the Queen Elizabeth Hall, consisting of an array of six cast-aluminium and glass double-doors, with shuttered béton brut above. At last it's been listed. London Borough of Lambeth.

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St Martin Ludgate / Steeple

Church steeple by Christopher Wren, built 1677-87. English baroque, Portland stone, Grade 1 listed. Ludgate Hill, City of London, UK.

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