Images George Rex

Tuesday, 15 February 2022

Caledonian Park / Clock Tower

Architect: John Bunstone Bunning, 1855, in Italianate style using Portland stone, cast iron and slate for roof. Height 51.5m, Grade II* listed. This is all that remains of one of London's largest livestock markets. London Borough of Islington.

Monday, 14 February 2022

Shepherd House / York Way Estate

McMorran & Whitby architects, c.1968, for the City of London Corporation. The residential block's name refers to when the land previously held sheep pens for the Metropolitan Cattle Market. London Borough of Islington.

Sunday, 13 February 2022

Kinefold House / York Way Estate

McMorran & Whitby architects, c.1968, for the City of London Corporation. Residential building owned and run by the Corporation of London, within the London Borough of Islington.

Saturday, 12 February 2022

Maiden Lane Estate / IV

Architects: Gordon Benson and Alan Forsyth for Camden Council. Maiden Lane Estate phase 2 1978-83. London Borough of Camden.

Friday, 11 February 2022

'Temenos' / Liliane Lijn

Magic Circle sculpture made of painted steel poles, painted galvanised base ring and LEDs. By Liliane Lijn (b.1939, NYC). Winter installation at Granary Square, London Borough of Camden.

Thursday, 10 February 2022

'Shutter Telegraph' / Amalia Pica

Sculpture by Amalia Pica (b.1978 Argentina) based on a semaphore system invented by Lord George Murray in 1795. Part of the King’s Cross Project of art commissions. London Borough of Camden.

Wednesday, 9 February 2022

Kings Cross Lightwall / III

Attractive 90m pedestrian tunnel between the King's Cross/St Pancras underground station and an exit at One Pancras Square. Architects: Allies & Morrison, LED lightwall concept by Speirs & Major with design and implementation by The Light Lab. London Borough of Camden.

Tuesday, 8 February 2022

Peckham Library / 2022

Architects: Will Alsop & Jan Störmer, 1999. This copper-clad public building won the RIBA Stirling Prize, the UK's most prestigious architecture award, for the year 2000. London Borough of Southwark.

Sunday, 6 February 2022

Peckham Library / Detail

Architects: Will Alsop & Jan Störmer, 1999. RIBA Stirling Prize. Photo of 2022. London Borough of Southwark.

Saturday, 5 February 2022

Caryatids / Henry Poole

Sculptor: Henry Poole, 1897. Originally supporting the entablature over the entrance to Rotherhithe Old Town Hall. Relocated to Southwark Park in 2011. London Borough of Southwark.

Friday, 4 February 2022

Bandstand / Southwark Park

Reproduction bandstand based on an historic one on Clapham Common. Manufactured by bespoke ironwork specialist Dorothea Restorations. The park's original 1861 bandstand was melted-down during WW2. London Borough of Southwark.

Thursday, 3 February 2022

Cinnabar Wharf / 2022

Andrew Cowan Architects, three nautical-style buildings comprising the Cinnabar Wharf development of 2002.

Wednesday, 2 February 2022

Tower Bridge / Sunrise

Architects: Horace Jones and George D. Stevenson, engineer: John Wolfe Barry, opened 1894. Gothic revival style using concrete, steel and masonry. Grade I listed. Photographed in January 2022 from London Borough of Southwark.

Tuesday, 1 February 2022

Square Mile / Sunrise

View from One London Bridge towards the City of London financial district, at sunrise.

Monday, 31 January 2022

Barbican Centre / Sign

Sign at the Gilbert Bridge entrance to the Barbican Centre. Architects: Chamberlin, Powell & Bon, 1982. Grade II listed. Barbican Estate, City of London.

Saturday, 29 January 2022

Shakespeare Tower / 2022

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell, and Bon, 1976. Grade II listed tower of 44 storeys, along with the low-rise Defoe House and the Barbican Centre. Barbican Estate, City of London.

Thursday, 27 January 2022

Speed House / 2022

Architects: Chamberlin, Powell, and Bon, 1969. Speed House was the first residential block to be built on the Barbican Estate. Grade II listed. Viewed across Speed Gardens and the lake. City of London.

Tuesday, 25 January 2022

6 More London / Looking up

Architects: Foster + Partners. Upwards view from the entrance of 6 More London. London Borough of Southwark.

Monday, 24 January 2022

Square Mile / New Builds

January 2022 view of the City of London showing the cores of 8 Bishopsgate (WilkinsonEyre) and, with the yellow core box, 40 Leadenhall Street (MAKE Architects).

Sunday, 23 January 2022

Marina Heights / E14

Built 1998 for Bellway Homes. The sloping yellow roofs provide double-height sitting rooms to the penthouses. Limehouse Basin, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Saturday, 22 January 2022

Wardian / Jan '22

Glenn Howells Architects, 2020, for EcoWorld Ballymore. Two residential towers of 55 and 50 storeys above podium providing 766 apartments. Marsh Wall, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Friday, 21 January 2022

A4 / Design District

Building A4 designed by David Kohn Architects. Green metalwork and glass block façade, roof-mounted sign. One of a group of sixteen new buildings for the creative industries. North Greenwich, Royal Borough of Greenwich, London.

Thursday, 20 January 2022

A1 / Design District

Building A1 designed by Barozzi Veiga, with polished aluminium façade. One of sixteen new buildings in North Greenwich for the creative industries. Royal Borough of Greenwich, London.

Wednesday, 19 January 2022

Wood Wharf / Jan 2022

Residential towers include 1 Park Drive (Herzog & de Meuron), 10 Park Drive (Stanton Williams) and 10 George Street (GRID Architects). Seen from North Greenwich, London.

Tuesday, 18 January 2022

Tower Bridge / 2022

Architects: Horace Jones and George D. Stevenson, engineer: John Wolfe Barry, opened 1894. Gothic revival style using concrete, steel and masonry. Grade I listed. Viewed from London Borough of Southwark.

Monday, 17 January 2022

Leathermarket Gardens / Vista

Northwesterly view from Leathermarket Gardens, showing parts of Guinness Court (1900), Guy's Hospital (1974) and The Shard (2012). London Borough of Southwark.

Sunday, 16 January 2022

Cannon St Bridge / Piers

Original design by John Hawkshaw and John Wolfe-Barry, 1866, for the South Eastern Railway Company. The Doric columns now rather obscured by C20 strengthening, including large reinforced-concrete collars. Viewed from London Borough of Southwark.

Saturday, 15 January 2022

8 Bishopsgate / Work in Progress

Work in progress (Jan 2022) on 8 Bishopsgate, with 22 Bishopsgate to the left and 122 Leadenhall Street to the right. City of London, seen from Southwark.

Friday, 14 January 2022

City of London / Jan '22

Square Mile viewed from Southwark. Under construction is 8 Bishopsgate, scheduled completion end 2022.

Saturday, 8 January 2022

Ceramic Building / IV

Architects: SPPARC, 2021. 20-storey tower over a 3-storey podium between Newington Causeway and Tiverton Street. Intended to provide 140 hotel rooms, 48 apartments and ground-level retail. London Borough of Southwark.

Thursday, 6 January 2022

St Agnes Kennington Park / Detail

Architect: Ralph Covell, 1956, built by Halliday and Greenwood. Shown here is a detail of the southwest elevation. London Borough of Southwark.

Saturday, 1 January 2022

Longfield Hall / SE5

Architect: George Hubbard, 1889, in a classically-influenced style. Single storey plus semi-basement using stock and red brick with stone dressings. Buttressed, semi-circular front with part-conical roof. Grade II listed. London Borough of Lambeth.