Devonshire Buildings / East

East end of a Grade II* listed terrace of houses, c.1805-1819. It's recorded in British History Online that a house at this end was ordered to be taken down and replaced by this full-height rounded bow (Town Council Minutes, 25 June, 1819). Weymouth, Dorset.

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Swannery Bridge / Piers

Substructure of Swannery Bridge, seen from southwest bank of Radipole Lake. Bridge was opened in 1987, Weymouth, Dorset.

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'Two Fifty One' / 2023

Architects: Allies & Morrison, 2017. 41-storey residential tower comprising 335 apartments. Viewed from the Elephant & Castle. London Borough of Southwark. 

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Immanuel & St Andrew / Tower

Church of Immanuel and St Andrew. A Ross, 1854; B Ferrey, 1864-5 rebuilt and enlarged; N Melhuish, 1989 major alterations. The 6-storey tower survives from the Benjamin Ferrey building. Streatham High Road, London Borough of Lambeth.

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Streatham / URC

Architect: James Cubitt, 1900, in a Gothic Revival style. Grade II listed. Red brick with stone dressings. Streatham United Reform Church, Streatham High Road, London Borough of Lambeth.

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Random House / SW1

Entrance to the UK premises of Random House Publishing Group at 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, City of Westminster, London.

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Riverwalk / Millbank

Left of image is part of the 2016 residential development 'Riverwalk' designed by Stanton Williams. Behind is a grade II listed terrace, c.1843-45 at 46-57 Millbank, designed by Thomas or Lewis Cubitt. City of Westminster, London.

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Pool / Embassy Gardens

25m long 'sky pool' between the rooftops of the Legacy Buildings at Embassy Gardens. Acrylic, 10ft deep, water weight said to be 375 tonnes. HAL Architects 2021, Eckersley O'Callaghan engineers, Reynolds Polymers fabrication. Nine Elms, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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Elephant / Chokhi Dhani

Bronze elephant outside the Chokhi Dhani Indian restaurant. Riverlight Quay, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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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.

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Prospect Place / SW11

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

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Principal Tower / II

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

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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.

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Jay Kaes / Hanbury St

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

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Geisha / Dan Kitchener

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

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Principal Tower / EC2

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

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ATM / Brick Lane

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

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Hookah Lounge / E1

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

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Latinos / Allen Gardens

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

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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. 

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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. 

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Grants Quay Wharf / EC3R

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

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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.

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Alamaro Lodge / Faraday Lodge

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

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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.

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Building D2 / Design District

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

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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