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Friday, 15 February 2019
Leathermarket Gdns / SE1
Northwesterly view from Leathermarket Gardens, showing parts of Guinness Court (1900), Guy's Hospital (1974) and The Shard (2012). London Borough of Southwark.
Thursday, 14 February 2019
Ship and Mermaid Row / SE1
Street in Bermondsey presumably named after the Ship and Mermaid public house which used to be at Snow's Fields. The street name is mentioned in Lockie's Topography of London, printed in 1810. London Borough of Southwark.
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Camden Lock Village / NW1
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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Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Bandstand / Victoria Park
A late C19 bandstand had to be demolished — I believe a 1940s one as well. According to Historic England this is a 1990s replacement on the same site. It hosts a summer season of music. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Burdett-Coutts Fountain / E9
Architect: H A Darbyshire, 1862, in a Victorian Gothic style "with Moorish touches", acccording to the Grade II* listing. In Victoria Park, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Monday, 11 February 2019
Pavilion Café / Victoria Park
Complementing the park's Victorian origins but built in the 1990s by Lengard Ltd. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Sunday, 10 February 2019
Pagoda Detail / Victoria Park
Reconstruction of the original 1842 pagoda featured at a Hyde Park exhibition of things Chinese. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Saturday, 9 February 2019
Pennethorne Bridge / Victoria Park
Architect: Sir James Pennethorne (1801–1871), although unrealized in his time. Finally completed during C21 improvements to the park. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Pagoda / Victoria Park
Restoration of a Chinese Pagoda, the original which was re-sited here in 1847 following an exhibition of Chinese artifacts in central London. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Friday, 8 February 2019
'Skyscraper' / Ernő Bartha
Hay sculpture on the West Lake of Victoria Park. By Ernő Bartha (b. 1958 Romania), commissioned by the Romanian Cultural Institute with the support of Tower Hamlets Council. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Thursday, 7 February 2019
Velletri House / E2
Architects: Skinner, Bailey and Lubetkin, 1964. Part of the Cranbrook Estate, designed by ex-Tecton architects. Viewed across the Regent's Canal. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Wednesday, 6 February 2019
France House / QMUL
Architects: Feilden Clegg Bradley, 2004. Clad in TECU® PATINA copper. France House forms part of the Westfield Student Village at Queen Mary University of London's Mile End campus. Showing the east elevation which faces the Regent's Canal and Mile End Park. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Tuesday, 5 February 2019
Suttons Wharf / E2
• The long building is One Housing, designed by Stock Woolstencroft LLP, 2008.
• Centre, 17-storey building known as Grand Regent Tower, designed by Burwell Deakins, 2014.
By the Regent's Canal, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
• Centre, 17-storey building known as Grand Regent Tower, designed by Burwell Deakins, 2014.
By the Regent's Canal, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Monday, 4 February 2019
Art Pavilion / Mile End
Gardner Stewart Architects, c.2000. Earth-sheltered building with glazed frontage towards lake. Mile End Park, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Sunday, 3 February 2019
Mile End Park / Terrace Garden
Part of a linear park over a mile in length in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Guardian Angels / Mile End
Architect: F.A. Walters, 1903, in revival of the Perpendicular Gothic. Grade II listed. The Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Church replaced an 1868 mission chapel on the site. Mile End Road, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Saturday, 2 February 2019
Friday, 1 February 2019
Manhattan Plaza / E14
Architects: Barton Willmore for Telford Homes, 2018. Residential redevelopment of a disused industrial site in Poplar. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Thursday, 31 January 2019
Blackwall Reach / E14
Joint architects: Metropolitan Workshop and Haworth Tompkins. The ongoing banishment of Brutalism and, I'd imagine, much of the social structure that existed here. The remaining Robin Hood Gardens block seen here will be demolished in due course. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
One Park Drive / 20190128
Unusual 3-sectioned tower by Herzog & de Meuron, completing in 2020. Wood Wharf residential development, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Wednesday, 30 January 2019
Wardian / London
Glenn Howells Architects for EcoWorld Ballymore. Work-in-progress on two residential towers of 55 and 50 storeys above podium. The wrap-around balconies provide for garden plants outside the 766 apartments. Marsh Wall, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Tuesday, 29 January 2019
Dollar Bay / IV
Architects: SimpsonHaugh, 2017. Residential tower at the east end of Canary Wharf's south dock. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
22 Bishopsgate / 20190128
Progress on Twentytwo as of 28/Jan/2019. PLP Architecture for Lipton Rogers Developments / AXA Real Estate. 62 floors above ground, 278.2m / 913ft, completion this year. Photographed from the south bank of the Thames in London Borough of Southwark.
Monday, 28 January 2019
'Flower Tree' / Zurab Tsereteli
Flower Tree - 2018 by Zurab Tsereteli (b.1934 Tbilisi, Georgia). 2.6m x 1.2m., blooms and leaves of vitreous enamel on copper. Currently on display at the Saatchi Gallery, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.
Sunday, 27 January 2019
St Jude's / SE24
Build architect: E C Robins, 1868. Last used for worship in 1975 and sold freehold in 1980. Now occupied by Mark Allen Group (publishers) [info. source: southwark.anglican.org]. London Borough of Lambeth.
Saturday, 26 January 2019
Brockwell Park / Modern
• Front: Lido designed by Harry Rowbotham and T L Smithson in the Moderne style for the LCC, 1937. Grade II listed.
• Back: Park View House and Herne Hill House, built 1968 by Lambeth Council.
London Borough of Lambeth.
• Back: Park View House and Herne Hill House, built 1968 by Lambeth Council.
London Borough of Lambeth.
Friday, 25 January 2019
Barbican 2019 / VI
Thursday, 24 January 2019
Barbican 2019 / V
Architects: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon. The Barbican Centre opened in 1982 and is the largest performing arts venue in Europe. Showing the west return at podium level. Grade II listed. Barbican Estate, City of London.
Wednesday, 23 January 2019
Barbican 2019 / IV
Architects: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, early 1970s. Lauderdale Place and Seddon Highwalk. Grade II listed. Barbican Estate, City of London.
Tuesday, 22 January 2019
Barbican 2019 / III
Architects: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, early 1970s. North podium vista, including (L to R) Ben Jonson House, Cromwell Tower, Frobisher Crescent, Shakespeare Tower. Grade II listed. Barbican Estate, City of London.
Monday, 21 January 2019
Barbican 2019 / II
Architects: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, early 1970s. West elevation of Bryer Court. Grade II listed. Barbican Estate, City of London.
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