Columbia Point / SE16

Architects: Colin Lucas, Philip Bottomley et al. at the LCC/GLC, c.1964. One of two high-rise point blocks erected on the Canada Estate, along with several groups of four-storey maisonette blocks. Surrey Quays, London Borough of Southwark.

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Niagara Court / Canada Estate

Architects: Colin Lucas, Philip Bottomley et al. at the LCC/GLC, c.1964. Maisonette cluster block, part of the Canada Estate built on the site of the disused Brandram's Works, commissioned by Bermondsey Metropolitan Borough Council in 1962. Now London Borough of Southwark. 

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Scotia Court / stairs

Architects: Colin Lucas, Philip Bottomley et al. at the LCC/GLC, c.1964. Upper-level access for one of the four-storey cluster blocks. Part of the Canada Estate, built on the site of the disused Brandram's Works, commissioned by Bermondsey Metropolitan Borough Council in 1962. Now London Borough of Southwark. 

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Gate / St James's Park

Architect: Sir Aston Webb, c.1901-11. Portland stone piers with ball-finials, iron ornamental gates "of Louis XV/Louis XVI derivation" [info. source: Grade II listing]. City of Westminster, London. 

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Sparkford House / SW11

Architects: Colin Lucas, Philip Bottomley et al. at the LCC/GLC, c.1963. Each of the point block's twenty-one floors accommodates four flats. In the foreground, one of six four-storey ‘cluster blocks’ of maisonettes, also part of the Somerset Estate. Battersea, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Philip Bottomley London public architect: The Canada, Somerset, and Westbury estates vimeo.com/274798040

Chelsea Waterfront / Oct 2018

Architect: Farrells, for Hutchison Property Group. Work-in-progress on a 37-storey residential tower, part of the redevelopment of the former Lots Road Power Station. Heading upstream is motor tug Redoubt.

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Imperial Wharf / Chelsea Harbour

• Left: Broadway Malyan Architects, c.2003.
• Right: Moxley Jenner & Partners, 1987.
Residential in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, although photographed across Thames in Wandsworth. 

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St Mary's / Battersea

Architect: Joseph Dixon, completed 1777. Georgian church with tetrastyle portico, quoined tower and octagonal spire. The only Grade I listed church in the London Borough of Wandsworth. 

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The Stag / II

Victorian public house c.1861. Currently on Wandsworth's Register of Assets of Community Value. Battersea, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Macey House / SW11

Architects: Seiferts, c.1972, using Lytag® structural lightweight concrete and precast cladding panels. Viewed along Orbell St., Battersea, London Borough of Wandsworth. 

Macey House / II

21 storeys, 100 dwellings. Surrey Lane Estate, Battersea, London Borough of Wandsworth.

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LSO / St Luke's

Architects: John James and Nicholas Hawksmoor, 1733. The tower and obelisk spire are by Hawksmoor. Now used as a concert hall by the London Symphony Orchestra. Grade I listed. London Borough of Islington.

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Crondall Court / 45-81

4-storey apartment block built c.1964 as part of the St John's Estate. Commissioned by Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough Council. 45-81 Buckland St., London Borough of Hackney.

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Mono Duo / N1

David Chipperfield Architects and Karakusevic Carson Architects, 2018. Two brick-clad residential towers, part of the Colville Estate regeneration project. Development known as Hoxton Press. Seen across Shoreditch Park, London Borough of Hackney.

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St John's / Hoxton

Architect: Francis Edwards, 1826. Showing the Greek Revival tower with Doric and Ionic tiers. Listed Grade II*. London Borough of Hackney. 

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The Bevenden / N1

Crest Nicholson residential development, c.2015, on the site of a former telecoms switch centre. Between Bevenden St and New North Rd., London Borough of Hackney.

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Crondall Court / N1

Residential tower of 11 storeys built c.1964 as part of the St John's Estate. The H-plan block, consisting of 44 dwellings, was commissioned by Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough Council [info. source: Historic England PastScape]. 1-44 Buckland St., London Borough of Hackney. 

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'Two Fifty One' / SE1

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

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Time Flies / W8

Architect: A.Y.Nutt, 1909. Clock turret, shelter and memorial fountain, the gift of a Mrs. Galpin. West side of The Broad Walk, nr. the Diana Playground, Kensington Gardens, RBKC, London.

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Gloucester Arms / SW7

Late-C19 public house. Grade II listing mentions the paired Corinthian pilasters. Gloucester Road, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.

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Orangery / Kensington Palace

Architect: Nicholas Hawksmoor or John Vanbrugh or, according to the the Grade I listing, Christopher Wren, 1705. Designed for Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch. Originally known as the Green House. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. 

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Kynance Mews / Arch

East archway to Kynance Mews, c.1860, Grade II listed. Stucco with vermiculated voussoirs. Gloucester Road, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. 

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St Peter's / Hove

Architect: Claude Kelly, 1915, in Lombard Romanesque Revival style. Showing campanile and open pediments. Grade II listed. Portland Road, Hove, Sussex, UK. 

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'Unfurl' / E O'Connell

Bronze sculpture of 2000 by Eilís O’Connell (b.1953 Derry NI) commissioned by the residents of Kensington Gate with support from the Henry Moore Foundation. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.

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New Providence Wharf / E14

Including the 44-storey, mixed-use Providence Tower, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), completed in 2016. Taken from North Greenwich although the development is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 

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Wood Wharf / 20180924

Residential development in progress on Wood Wharf, including...

 • The Grid Building designed by Grid Architects

 • One Park Drive designed by Herzog & de Meuron

Masterplan by Allies & Morrison. Completion c.2019. Canary Wharf, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Dollar Bay / East

Dollar Bay residential tower designed by SimpsonHaugh architects, 2017. Partly visible behind it is the work-in-progress on Make's The Madison residential tower. The curvilinear tower to left is Baltimore Tower, aka Arena Tower, by SOM 2017. Image taken across the Thames from North Greenwich. 

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Canary Wharf / 20180924

Canary Wharf financial district seen from North Greenwich. Showing new work on Wood Wharf residential and, behind, the cross-braced Newfoundland tower which is also residential. 

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Kensington Palace / x2

Kensington Palace / East

Kensington Palace / South

Jacobean mansion of 1605, extended 1689-1695 by Christopher Wren and 1718-1726 by William Kent. Grade I listed. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. 

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Pump House / W2

Portland-stone pump house, c.1861, in Italianate style. Originally housing a steam engine to operate the fountains, the square tower concealing a chimney. Called Pavilion of The Fountains in the Grade II listing. Italian Gardens, Kensington Gardens, City of Westminster, London. 

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London Mastaba / IV-VI

Artist: Christo (b.1935, Bulgaria). Comprising 7,506 coloured barrels, 20m high, 600 tonnes, floating on the Serpentine lake. Soon to be dismantled and recycled. City of Westminster, London, UK. 

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'The Arch' / H Moore

Travertine arch by Henry Moore (1898-1986), presented by the sculptor to the nation in 1980. The stones weigh 37 tonnes and the piece is 6m high. Restoration completed 2012. Kensington Gardens, City of Westminster, London.

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Buckhill Lodge / W2

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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