Tuesday, 7 May 2019

Bloomfield Terrace / SW1

Grade II listed terrace of villas built c.1830. Brick with stucco dressings and slate roofs. Listed for special architectural or historic interest. City of Westminster, London.
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Monday, 6 May 2019

Tate St Ives / Sunset

Architects: Eldred Evans and David Shalev, 1993; extension by Jamie Fobert Architects, 2017. Image shows roof-lights that illuminate a new gallery sunk into the cliffs. RIBA National Award 2018. St Ives, Cornwall.
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Tate St Ives / Interior

Architects: Eldred Evans and David Shalev, 1993. View of Porthmeor Beach from the gallery. St Ives, Cornwall. 

Sunday, 5 May 2019

BH477 / Trewyn

Sculptor: Barbara Hepworth, 'Two Forms (Divided Circle)', 1969, bronze, 2.4m x 2.3m x 0.5m approx., displayed in the Grade II listed garden of Trewyn Studio. St Ives, Cornwall. 
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Same piece photographed in 1995, Bronica SQA, FP4.
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Saturday, 4 May 2019

BH430 / 'Spring'

Sculptor: Barbara Hepworth, 1966, bronze 0.8m x 0.5m x 0.5m approx., threaded with strings. From an original elm carving of the previous year. Displayed in the garden of Trewyn Studio. St Ives, Cornwall. 

Friday, 3 May 2019

Harbour Beach / St Ives

Seen from Smeaton's Pier. St Ives, Cornwall. 

Thursday, 2 May 2019

BH568 / 'River Form'

Sculptor: Barbara Hepworth, 1965, bronze cast 1973 by Morris Singer Founders London. Original carving in American walnut. Approx. 1.9m long, displayed in the garden of Trewyn Studio. St Ives, Cornwall.

Wednesday, 1 May 2019

Lighthouse / St Ives

So-called "new" lighthouse built in 1890 to replace the older light, following the extension of Smeaton's Pier. Made of cast-iron, height 9m [source worldwidelighthouses.com]. St Ives, Cornwall.

Tuesday, 30 April 2019

BH433 / Close-up

Sculptor: Barbara Hepworth, 1966, 'Four-Square (Walk Through)', bronze, 4.3m x 2.0m x 2.3m approx., displayed in the Grade II listed garden of Trewyn Studio. St Ives, Cornwall.

Monday, 29 April 2019

Upper Studio / Trewyn

Part of Barbara Hepworth's upper studio, used as a plaster workshop until her death in 1975. Trewyn Studio, St Ives, Cornwall. 
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Sunday, 28 April 2019

Bible Christian Chapel / St Ives

Methodist chapel, formerly of the Bible Christian denomination. Built 1858 according to date-stone, of granite and coursed rubble with slate roof. Tall, round-arched windows to front and side elevation. Grade II listed. St Peter's Street, St Ives, Cornwall.

Saturday, 27 April 2019

BH392 / PIAZZA

Sculptor: Barbara Hepworth, 1965, 'Single Form with two hollows', Roman stone, H. 22". One of two pieces by the artist purchased for the Barnaloft/Piazza apartments designed by H.C.Gilbert in the 1960s. Back Road East, Porthmeor, St Ives, Cornwall, UK. 
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Friday, 26 April 2019

The Glass House / SE1

Architect: Michael Davis, 1989, originally as sculptor's studio. The parapet conceals a glazed roof. Melior Place, London Borough of Southwark. 
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Thursday, 25 April 2019

Tower Finishers / SE1

Residential conversion of a Victorian industrial premises at the corner of Mill St and Wolseley St., Bermondsey. London Borough of Southwark. 

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Monday, 22 April 2019

171 / Tower Bridge Rd

Glas Architects, 2006. Six-storey residential block with grey and orange banding in corrugated aluminium. At Tower Bridge Road and Druid Street. London Borough of Southwark.
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Sunday, 21 April 2019

Harpy Houseboat / 1904

(Red-roofed floating structure). Originally a Customs & Excise office HMS Harpy, now decommissioned and a 172 sq.m., 4-bed vacation let at China Wharf. London Borough of Southwark. 
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Saturday, 20 April 2019

Ventilator / East Lane

Ventilation outlet on East Lane with panel signed Katie Hatchard, St Michael's R.C. School. Bermondsey, London Borough of Southwark.
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56 Gwynne Rd / SW11

Architects: Wimshurst Pelleriti, 2019. Residential-led 14-storey tower, replacing a 2-storey commercial building. Gwynne Road, Battersea, London Borough of Wandsworth. 
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Friday, 19 April 2019

Coverley Point / SE11

Thirteen storey residential block built 1967 by M. Howard Ltd for the GLC. Part of the Vauxhall Gardens Estate. Tyers Street, London Borough of Lambeth.
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Ventilator / 109

Brutalist ventilation outlet for 109 Lambeth Road. The 1960s building is now occupied by the Metropolitan Police. At Lambeth Road and Pratt Walk, London Borough of Lambeth. 
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Thursday, 18 April 2019

RFH / East

Architects of the LCC, 1951 and 1964. In the modern style of the Festival of Britain, with Scandinavian influenced interior. This east (Belvedere Road) elevation is on ten columns with a window strip at high level. The cladding is Portland stone. The first post-WW2 building to be Grade I listed. London Borough of Lambeth. 
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Wednesday, 17 April 2019

Aquatics Centre / 2019

Zaha Hadid Architects, 2012, for the London Olympics. RIBA London Award, 2014. QEII Olympic Park, London Borough of Newham.
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Tuesday, 16 April 2019

Wardian / Apr '19

Glenn Howells Architects for EcoWorld Ballymore. Work-in-progress on two residential towers of 55 and 50 storeys above podium. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Monday, 15 April 2019

Royal Inn / Victoria Park

Formerly the Royal Hotel, full name now the Royal Inn on the Park. Mid-C19 in the Italianate style. Locally listed by the London Borough of Hackney. 
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Sunday, 14 April 2019

Morpeth Lodge / E9

Architect: presumed to be James Pennethorne who designed Victoria Park, this being the lodge at St Mark's Gate. The park opened in 1845. Building is locally-listed, in a Tudor historicist style using red brick with blue-brick diapering and stone dressings. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Saturday, 13 April 2019

Lord Morpeth / Sylvia Pankhurst

Artist: Jerome Davenport (b.Australia c.1990). Mural depicting Sylvia Pankhurst, whose HQ of the East London Federation of the Suffragettes opened in 1914 — next door to the Lord Morpeth public house. The artwork and a community herb garden commemorate the site. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Friday, 12 April 2019

One Park Drive / Apr '19

Architects: Herzog & de Meuron, completing in 2020. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Sandall House / E3

One of three 20-storey towers which, along with some low-rise buildings, form the Ford Road residential development. Completed 1968 by Messrs. J. M. Hill. Daling Way, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 
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Thursday, 11 April 2019

Newport House / E3

Nine-storey block containing 52 dwellings. Commissioned by the London County Council in 1957, built by J. & M. Hill. Original authority was Stepney Metropolitan Borough Council, now London Borough of Tower Hamlets. [Info source: www.towerblock.eca.ed.ac.uk/]. 
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Wednesday, 10 April 2019

Cannizaro Park / Balustrade

Grade II* listed public park in Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton.
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Tuesday, 9 April 2019

Wells House / Drawing

Architects: Tecton, c.1951, ink on paper. Technical drawing of elevation of the balcony side of Wells House, Spa Green. Photographed at the V&A's "A Home for All - Six Experiments in Social Housing" exhibition. Drawing from the RIBA collections. V&A, RBKC, London. 

Monday, 8 April 2019

Buckhill Lodge / II

Built 1858 according to wall plaque, originally as a park lodge. White brick in a picturesque Tudor-influenced style, Grade II listed. Last refurbished 2012 and now a residential let. Near Westbourne Gate to the north of the Buckhill area of Kensington Gardens. City of Westminster, London.
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