Sunday, 2 March 2014

St George Wharf Tower / south


Broadway Malyan architects, 2014. At 181m tall with 50 storeys, this is currently the UK's tallest all-residential tower. London Borough of Lambeth.

Marigold Hodgkinson / 'Waterlily'


Sculpture-installation by Marigold Hodgkinson in Bishops Square, near Old Spitalfields market. Full title: 'Waterlily / Nymphaea', c.2013. City of London.

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Saturday, 1 March 2014

Heron Tower / from Wentworth St


Tower designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, 2011, seen from the East End, in London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Brushfield Street / Bishops Square

Old market buildings along Brushfield Street designed by George Sherrin, 1886, with the rather bland Bishops Square development looming behind (Foster + Partners, 2005). The older buildings are Grade II listed.  Spitalfields, London Borough of Tower Hamlets and City of London.

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Friday, 28 February 2014

Christ Church Spitalfields / II

Designed in the English Baroque style by Nicholas Hawksmoor, 1729. Grade I listed. At Commercial Street and Fournier Street, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Kenny Hunter / 'I Goat'

'I Goat' (2010-11) by Kenny Hunter (b.1962). White goat standing on top of some brutalist packing cases in Bishops Square. Height 3.5m, figure made of cast aluminium. Winner of the inaugural Spitalfields Sculpture Prize. City of London.

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