Architects: Francis Skinner, Douglas Bailey & Berthold Lubetkin, 1964. Bethnal Green, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Friday, 21 December 2018
Thursday, 20 December 2018
Withy House / E1
Maisonette block built early 1960s by Tersons Ltd for London County Council. 11 storeys, 81 dwellings [info source: www.towerblock.eca.ed.ac.uk]. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Wednesday, 19 December 2018
'Twentytwo' / 22 Bishopsgate
PLP Architecture for Lipton Rogers Developments / AXA Real Estate. View of work-in-progress on 22 Bishopsgate. The relative magnitude of this building in the Square Mile now becomes apparent. 62 floors above ground, 278.2 m / 913 ft, completion in 2019.
Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Tate Modern / Tower
Architect: Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, c.1953, being the chimney of the former Bankside Power Station. Retained when the building was re-purposed as Tate Modern in 2000. London Borough of Southwark.
Monday, 17 December 2018
London Studios / Kent House
London Studios aka Kent House, by EPR Architects, 1973. Given a Certificate of Immunity from Listing by Government, this elegant high-rise is now vacated and demolition possible.
Also in view, the Max Rayne Centre, South Bank Tower and the execrable One Blackfriars. Photographed from Waterloo Bridge, London Borough of Lambeth.
Sunday, 16 December 2018
Holy Trinity / Wallington
Architects: E. Habershon & E. Loftus Brock, 1867, in Gothic Revival style finished in flint with Bath stone dressings, 110ft limestone spire. Renovations completed 2017, Thomas Ford & Partners. Grade II listed. Wallington, London Borough of Sutton.
Saturday, 15 December 2018
South Bank Tower / West
Original architects: Richard Seifert & Partners, 1978, then known as King's Reach Tower. Renovation architects, incorporating 11 additional floors: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, 2015. Seen from the west on Stamford St., Lambeth, although the building is in the London Borough of Southwark.
Friday, 14 December 2018
Plinth / Upper Terrace
Stylized plinth, one of four in the Grand Vista area that were originally supporting tall pyramids. Designed by John Piper and Osbert Lancaster for the 1951 Festival of Britain. Battersea Park. London Borough of Wandsworth.
Thursday, 13 December 2018
Mirror Pool / Battersea Park
Descendants from the 1951 Festival of Britain at the Grand Vista, Battersea Park. London Borough of Wandsworth.
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Coal Drops Yard / II
Architects: Heatherwick Studio, 2018. Victorian warehouses and train viaduct conversion into upmarket retail. King's Cross, London Borough of Camden.
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
Lawfords Wharf / II
Architects: JTP, 2003. Residential development on a former builder's yard, next to the Regent's Canal. London Borough of Camden.
Monday, 10 December 2018
Bridge 28 / Regents Canal
Reflections on the Regent's Canal as it passes under the Royal College Street bridge (No. 28). London Borough of Camden.
Sunday, 9 December 2018
Star Wharf / Camden
Architects: Applin Design | Sprunt, c.2007. Canal-side apartments, up to 5 floors over basement car-park. On a former industrial site. London Borough of Camden.
Saturday, 8 December 2018
Coal Drops Yard / N1C
Architects: Heatherwick Studio, 2018. Victorian warehouses and train viaduct conversion into upmarket retail. King's Cross, London Borough of Camden.
Friday, 7 December 2018
THE FACE / Covers
Outdoor exhibition showing front covers of THE FACE, from the period 1980-2001. Lewis Cubitt Square, King's Cross, London Borough of Camden.
Thursday, 6 December 2018
One Pancras Sq / 2018
David Chipperfield Architects, 2013. RIBA Regional and National awards. King's Cross, London Borough of Camden.
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
N°5 / Red
2.5m high replica of the iconic perfume bottle, advertising Chanel's (temporary) red variant. King's Road, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
10 & 12 Hook Rd / Epsom
Grade II listing: "C18. Weatherboarded. Hipped old tile roof. Central brick stack. Two storeys, two ranges of sashes with glazing bars. Modern doors with flat hoods over." Epsom, Surrey, UK.
Monday, 3 December 2018
Kanazawa Castle / Restoration
Restoration of the the two turrets (Hishi and Tsuzuki Yagura) and a long storehouse (Gojukken Nagaya) between them, 2001. Rebuilt using traditional techniques, the roof tiles are made of lead with a trace of copper. Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa-ken, Japan.
Sunday, 2 December 2018
Hishi Yagura / Kanazawa Castle
Restoration of the Hishi-Yagura (菱櫓 (ひしやぐら) "diamond turret") watchtower, the original destroyed over 120 years ago. Constructed using traditional building techniques, 2001, it now looks as it did in the mid-C19. The roof tiles are made of lead with a trace of copper. Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa-ken, Japan.
Saturday, 1 December 2018
Hirosaka Govt Bldg / Kanazawa
Multi-departmental Government building from 1965. Eight floors above ground, total area 17,908 sq.m. Upgraded foundation-base and middle-layer isolation for seismic resistance, 2010. Hirosaka, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa-ken, Japan.
Friday, 30 November 2018
Nishi Chayagai / Kanazawa
The West Chaya District (西茶屋街, Nishi Chaya-gai) has buildings preserved from the Edo period. A chaya (茶屋, lit. teahouse) is an exclusive type of restaurant where guests are entertained by geisha who perform song and dance. [info source: japan-guide.com]. Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken, Japan.
Thursday, 29 November 2018
Saigawa / Kanazawa
Samurai House / Kanazawa
In the Nagamachi (長町) district, situated at the foot of the former Kanazawa Castle. Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken, Japan.
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art / Kanazawa
Architects: Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA, 2004. Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken, Japan.
Tuesday, 27 November 2018
Hisagoike Pond / Kenrokuen
View of the Hisago-ike Pond (瓢池) — including tea-house, lantern, stone bridge and Kaiseki Pagoda. Kenroku-en (兼六園) is regarded as one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan. Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken, Japan.
Kaiseki Pagoda / Kenrokuen
Stone pagoda, 4.1m high, on a small island in Hisago-ike Pond — the pond fed by a waterfall known as Midoritaki. This area is said to be where Kenroku-en was first started as a garden in early C17. Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken, Japan.
Monday, 26 November 2018
Kimono / Kenrokuen
Young women in traditional dress celebrating Autumn in Kenroku-en (兼六園 lit. "Garden of the Six Sublimities"), Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken, Japan.
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Sunday, 25 November 2018
NEXT 21 / Niigata
To the left, with the unusual pinnacle, is NEXT 21 tower, 128m, 21 floors, 1994, designed by Nikken Sekkei and Taisei Corporation. To right, Grand Maison Nishi-Tori Tower (apartments), 112m, 29 floors, 2009. In the Furumachi business district of Niigata, Niigata-ken, Japan.
Bandai Bridge / Niigata
Third-generation Bandai Bridge (萬代橋 Bandai-bashi), spanning the Shinano River in Niigata City. Ministry of Interior Reconstruction Bureau (Takeo Fukua, Yutaka Tanaka, Katsutake Naruse), 1929. Niigata, Niigata-ken, Japan.
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