Images George Rex

Wednesday, 29 June 2022

Adams Plaza Bridge / E14

Decorated by Camille Walala (b.1975 France), 2020, for the London Mural Festival. The design has now become part of the Canary Wharf permanent art collection. Tower Hamlets, London.

Tuesday, 28 June 2022

Designed by Wendy Ramshaw, c.2000. Detail of a 15m wide by 2m high screen of mild and stainless steel, acrylic, glass, paint, aluminium and gold leaf. At Columbus Courtyard, Canary Wharf, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Monday, 27 June 2022

One West India Quay / E14

Architects: HOK International, Michael Squire & Partners, 2004. Glass and aluminium clad hotel to 12th floor, floors 13-32 contain 158 apartments. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Sunday, 26 June 2022

'Centurione 1' / Igor Mitoraj

Bronze sculpture, 1987, by Igor Mitoraj (1944 - 2014). In Columbus Courtyard, Canary Wharf, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Saturday, 25 June 2022

Quay Club / E14

Architects: Jun Aoki & Associates and Adamson Associates (International) Ltd., 2019. Private members club at 12 Bank St., Canary Wharf, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Friday, 24 June 2022

'Sasso Cosmico' / Do Koenig-Vassilakis

Do Koenig-Vassilakis's 'Sasso Cosmico' (Cosmic Stone), 2007. At Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf.

Thursday, 23 June 2022

Newfoundland / Vertus

Horden Cherry Lee architects (HCLA), 2021. 58-storey tower with diamond-pattern steel exoskeleton. Comprising 636 apartments for rent on the Canary Wharf private estate. Tower Hamlets, London, UK.

Wednesday, 22 June 2022

'Fortuna' / Helaine Blumenfeld

'Fortuna' patinated bronze sculpture by Helaine Blumenfeld OBE (b.1942 USA), installed 2016 in Canary Wharf. Fortuna is the Roman goddess of luck. Tower Hamlets, London, UK.

Tuesday, 21 June 2022

Wardian / 20220620

Glenn Howells Architects for EcoWorld Ballymore, 2021. Two residential towers of 55 and 50 storeys above podium. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Monday, 20 June 2022

Serpentine Pavilion / x12

2022 — Theaster Gates from USA.
2021 — Counterspace Studio led by Sumayya Vally from South Africa.

2019 — Junya Ishigami from Japan.
2018 — Frida Escobedo from Mexico.
2017 — Francis Kéré from Burkina Faso.
2016 — Bjarke Ingels from Denmark.
2015 — José Selgas and Lucía Cano from Spain.
2014 — Smiljan Radić from Chile.
2013 — Sou Fujimoto from Japan.
2012 — Herzog & de Meuron from Switzerland and Ai Weiwei from China.
2011 — Peter Zumthor from Switzerland.

2010 — Jean Nouvel from France.

By the Serpentine Gallery, City of Westminster, London.

(CC BY-SA - credit: Images George Rex)

Sunday, 19 June 2022

Black Chapel / III

2022 Serpentine Pavilion designed by Theaster Gates (b.1973 Chicago USA). Made of timber, clad with dark roofing membrane. By the Serpentine Gallery, City of Westminster, London.

Saturday, 18 June 2022

Black Chapel / II

Interior of the Serpentine Pavilion 2022 designed by Theaster Gates (b.1973 Chicago USA). The 7 abstract expressionist "tar paintings" are also by the artist. By the Serpentine Gallery, City of Westminster, London.

Friday, 17 June 2022

Black Chapel / I

2022 Serpentine Pavilion designed by Theaster Gates (b.1973 Chicago USA). Made of timber, clad with dark roofing membrane. By the Serpentine Gallery, City of Westminster, London.

Thursday, 16 June 2022

Coal Drops / West

View including the renovated western coal drops and the Grade II listed "Triplet" (Gasholder Nos 10, 11 and 12), now residential. Kings Cross Central, London Borough of Camden.

Wednesday, 15 June 2022

Coal Drops / East

Eastern coal drops building, probably designed by Lewis Cubitt, 1851-2. Grade II listed. Stock brick with cast iron columns and beams. Now re-purposed for retail. Kings Cross Central, London Borough of Camden.

Tuesday, 14 June 2022

Bagley Walk / N1C

With a view of the north aspect of Lewis Cubitt's Fish & Coal Offices built 1851-1860s. Refurbished 2018 by David Morley Architects and now known as the Coal Office. King's Cross, London Borough of Camden.

Sunday, 12 June 2022

Coal Office / 2022

Architect: Lewis Cubitt, 1851-1860s, to accommodate clerks monitoring freight through the goods yards. Refurbishment by David Morley Architects, 2018, providing office space, retail units and a restaurant. London Borough of Camden.

Wednesday, 8 June 2022

New Street Food / Syracuse

Fading food-truck near Syracuse railway station. Corso Umberto I, Siracusa, Sicily, Italy.

Tuesday, 7 June 2022

Madonna delle Lacrime / Syracuse

Architects: Michel Andrault and Pierre Parat, 1966-1994, in an enigmatic design using reinforced concrete. Via del Santuario 33, 96100 Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.

Monday, 6 June 2022

Taormina / Isola Bella

Vista of Taormina beach with Isola Bella to right. Sicily, Italy.

Sunday, 5 June 2022

Pinocchio / Taormina

Outside a Pinocchio souvenir shop in Taormina, at Via Corso Umberto and Via S. Domenico de Guzman. Sicily, Italy.

Saturday, 4 June 2022

Greek Theatre / Taormina

Greek theatre from around C3 BC, capable of holding 10,000 spectators. On Mount Tauro,Taormina, Sicily, Italy.

Friday, 3 June 2022

Via Monsignor Ventimiglia / 117

Mixed-use modernist block at 117 Via Monsignor Ventimiglia, Catania, Sicily, Italy.

Thursday, 2 June 2022

Cyclops Isles / Ionian Sea

In myth, said to be the stones thrown by Polyphemus at Ulysses. Volcanic stacks just off Aci Trezza. Sicily, Italy.

Wednesday, 1 June 2022

Ciski's / Aci Castello

Store front in the seaside town of Aci Castello. Catania, Sicily, Italy.

Tuesday, 31 May 2022

Norman Castle / Aci Castello

Castle built on a magma outcrop in 1071-1081, by Norman conquerors Robert Guiscard and Ruggero D’Altavilla. Now a museum. Aci Castello, Catania, Sicily, Italy.

Monday, 30 May 2022

Via Maria Callas / Sign

Street sign next to the Catania opera house, Sicily, Italy.

Sunday, 29 May 2022

Via G Perrotta / Catania

Graffiti on Via Giuseppe Perrotta. The street is close to Catania's opera house. Catania, Sicily, Italy.

Saturday, 28 May 2022

Catania Odeon / II

Curving arcade within the smaller of the two ancient theatres in Catania constructed in the Roman era circa C2AD.

Friday, 27 May 2022

Odeon / Catania

Roman Odeon, believed to date from C2AD, located close to the larger theatre of the same era. Interior detail shows use of basalt ("lava-stone") blocks and brick. Catania, Sicily, Italy.

Thursday, 26 May 2022

Ancient Theatre / Catania

Ancient Roman theatre thought built in C2AD near the site of an earlier Greek one. Designed for about 7,000 spectators. Catania, Sicily, Italy.

Wednesday, 25 May 2022

Bellini Garden / Bandstand

Bandstand in the Villa Bellini Garden, made of cast iron in the "Moorish style", built in 1879. Catania, Sicily, Italy.