Images George Rex

Thursday, 9 February 2023

Grosvenor Bridge / (Railway)

Initially by engineer Sir John Fowler, 1860, for the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway. The original 2-track bridge has been widened several times and now carries 10 tracks over the river Thames into Victoria Station.

Wednesday, 8 February 2023

Prospect Place / SW11

Architects: Gehry Partners, 2022. White-finished residential development alongside the re-purposed Battersea Power Station. London Borough of Wandsworth.

Tuesday, 7 February 2023

Principal Tower / II

Architects: Foster & Partners, 2019. Fifty storey residential tower on the borders of Shoreditch and the City of London.

Monday, 6 February 2023

7 / IX Fournier St

Front doors to numbers 7 and 9 Fournier Street. Porches with fluted Doric pilasters. Grade II listing says probably early C18, although refronted later. Spitalfields, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Sunday, 5 February 2023

Jay Kaes / Hanbury St

Frontage decorated by street artist Jay Kaes. Corner of Hanbury Street and Brick Lane. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Saturday, 4 February 2023

Geisha / Dan Kitchener

Artist: Dan Kitchener. Geisha street art in Brick Lane. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Friday, 3 February 2023

Principal Tower / EC2

Architects: Foster & Partners, 2019. Fifty storey residential tower on the borders of Shoreditch and the City of London.

Thursday, 2 February 2023

ATM / Brick Lane

Cash withdrawal machine on Brick Lane, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Wednesday, 1 February 2023

Hookah Lounge / E1

Shisha bar at 133 Brick Lane, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Tuesday, 31 January 2023

Latinos / Allen Gardens

Street art in Allen Gardens, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Monday, 30 January 2023

St Magnus House / 2023

Architects: R Seifert and Partners, 1978-81. Eleven-storey office building facing the Thames near London Bridge. Viewed from the Queen's Walk in Southwark.

Saturday, 28 January 2023

The Anchor / SE1

Grade II listed public house built mid-to-late C18. Drinking establishments are thought to have occupied this site for 800 years. Bankside, London Borough of Southwark.

Friday, 27 January 2023

Grants Quay Wharf / EC3R

Grants Quay Wharf seen across the river Thames from the Queen's Walk in the London Borough of Southwark.

Thursday, 26 January 2023

Greenwich / Yacht Club

Architects: Frankl and Luty, 2000. Two stories built on an existing Thames jetty 45m offshore. Glass, zinc and green oak cladding. Near Greenwich Millennium Village, Royal Borough of Greenwich, London.

Wednesday, 25 January 2023

Alamaro Lodge / Faraday Lodge

Erskine Tovatt Architects, master-planning; EPR Architects, production, c.2003. Greenwich Millennium Village, Royal Borough of Greenwich, London.

Tuesday, 24 January 2023

IFS Cloud / Cable Car

The cable car between Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks now in the livery of its new sponsor. North Greenwich, London.

Monday, 23 January 2023

Building D2 / Design District

Mole Architects, 2022. Studios and workshops with an iridescent green cladding. North Greenwich, London.

Sunday, 22 January 2023

Headless Nude / Damien Hirst

One of two female sculptures set in niches at the corners of the A3 building in the Design District of North Greenwich. David Kohn Architects, 2022. Royal Borough of Greenwich, London.

Saturday, 21 January 2023

Sir Henry Tate Circle / 2023

Architects: Herzog & de Meuron, 2016. RIBA London Award 2017 and RIBA National Award 2017. Spiral staircase named after the Tate's original benefactor. Tate Modern, London Borough of Southwark.

Friday, 20 January 2023

Aggregate / The Tanks

Rugged wall detail of what was Bankside power station's oil tanks, now part of the Tate Modern. Herzog and de Meuron's 2016 refurbishment left much of the raw concrete untouched, although this polished aggregate infill looks like an intervention. London Borough of Southwark.

Thursday, 19 January 2023

The Tanks / Wall

Wall detail of what was Bankside Power Station's oil tanks, now part of the Tate Modern. Herzog and de Meuron's 2016 refurbishment retained the stains, marks and discoloration of the raw concrete. London Borough of Southwark.

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

Spiral Stairs / Blavatnik Bldg

Architects: Herzog & de Meuron, 2016. View of the spiral staircase incorporated into the repurposing of the old power station switch house for the Tate Modern. London Borough of Southwark.

Tuesday, 17 January 2023

Brain Forest Quipu / Cecilia Vicuña

Installation by Cecilia Vicuña (b.1948, Chile) at the Turbine Hall, 27m high (one of two) woven organic materials. Tate Modern, London Borough of Southwark.

Monday, 16 January 2023

NT / Grasses

Ornamental grasses on one of the terraces of the National Theatre, South Bank, London Borough of Lambeth.

Saturday, 14 January 2023

Execution Dock / E1W

Thames vista from Execution Dock, with the towers of Canary Wharf in distance. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Thursday, 12 January 2023

HCM / Wapping

View of Hermitage Community Moorings, a cooperative mooring on the Thames at Wapping, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Saturday, 31 December 2022

Marine Police / Boatyard

Workshop for maintaining the Marine Police Unit vessels. There has been a river police force presence in Wapping since 1798, although this boatyard opened in 1973. I believe the white, relief panels are made of fibreglass. 98-102 Wapping High Street, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Friday, 30 December 2022

Thames / Towers

Left, north tower of Tower Bridge designed by Sir Horace Jones and George Stevenson, 1894, in a Gothic Revival style.
Right, the Shard designed by Renzo Piano, 2012.

Thursday, 29 December 2022

Tower Bridge / Night

Night photograph of the Pool of London seen from the Thames Path in Wapping.

Tuesday, 27 December 2022

Tower Bridge / Shard

Tower Bridge and the London Shard seen from the Tower hotel, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Friday, 9 December 2022

Aeronaut / Hyde Park

Aeronaut Starflyer in operation in Hyde Park on a cold December '22 day. London Borough of Westminster.

Friday, 2 December 2022

National Theatre / 2022

Architect: Sir Denys Lasdun in the Brutalist style. The National Theatre opened in 1976 and is Grade II* listed. At the South Bank by Waterloo Bridge, London Borough of Lambeth.