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![Currently showing at the Royal Academy is ‘Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined,’ a large scale exhibition created by seven contemporary architectural firms tasked with transforming the RA’s galleries – and also challenging […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sensing-spaces-royal-academy-201-115x115.jpg "Photo report – Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London")
Photo report – Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy, London
Posted on Monday, Feb 24, 2014 | No CommentsCurrently showing at the Royal Academy is ‘Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined,’ a large scale exhibition created by seven contemporary architectural firms tasked with transforming the RA’s galleries – and also challenging […] -
![I enjoyed a splendid trip to the seaside town of Margate in Kent recently, and spent the day wandering around the beachfront and old town before heading off to the […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/margate-kent-photos-011-115x115.jpg "Over fifty Margate photos, including beach views, Dreamland, Turner Gallery, Old Town and more")
Over fifty Margate photos, including beach views, Dreamland, Turner Gallery, Old Town and more
Posted on Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014 | 2 CommentsI enjoyed a splendid trip to the seaside town of Margate in Kent recently, and spent the day wandering around the beachfront and old town before heading off to the […] -
St. Lawrence Church, Lavernock, south Wales, Marconi and the birth of radio
Posted on Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 | 1 CommentSituated close to the south Wales coastline betwixt Penarth and Barry is the attractive limestone St. Lawrence Church at Lavernock – small church with an interesting link to radio history. -
![This spectacularly ugly 1960s concrete tower block has been a sizeable blot on the Colliers Wood skyline in south London for years on end, but a promised complete makeover looks set to […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/colliers-wood-tower-01-115x115.jpg "Work set to start on the hideous Colliers Wood Tower ‘by the end of the year’")
Work set to start on the hideous Colliers Wood Tower ‘by the end of the year’
Posted on Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 | No CommentsThis spectacularly ugly 1960s concrete tower block has been a sizeable blot on the Colliers Wood skyline in south London for years on end, but a promised complete makeover looks set to […] -
![Currently under construction but nearing completion is this striking new skyscraper at 22 Leadenhall Street. Designed by Richard Rogers and developed by British Land and Oxford Properties, the building features a […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cheesegrater-skyscraper-london-17-115x115.jpg "Photos: London’s Cheesegrater skyscraper topped out and due to open next year")
Photos: London’s Cheesegrater skyscraper topped out and due to open next year
Posted on Thursday, Jul 11, 2013 | 1 CommentCurrently under construction but nearing completion is this striking new skyscraper at 22 Leadenhall Street. Designed by Richard Rogers and developed by British Land and Oxford Properties, the building features a […] -
Aldgate Experiments and the bright red temporary wall seats, St Botolph Row, London EC3
Posted on Monday, Jul 8, 2013 | No CommentsBilled as a ‘dynamic programme of arts and design interventions into the urban landscape,’ Aldgate Experiments looks to bring ‘the streets of Aldgate to life.’ -
![Costing over £200 million, the Walkie Talkie tower at 20 Fenchurch Street has been designed by Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly and features an opinion-dividing top-heavy form. Set to open in just under […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/walkie-talkie-tower-16-115x115.jpg "Walkie Talkie tower at 20 Fenchurch Street, City of London nears completion as work starts on Europe’s highest roof garden")
Walkie Talkie tower at 20 Fenchurch Street, City of London nears completion as work starts on Europe’s highest roof garden
Posted on Thursday, Jul 4, 2013 | 3 CommentsCosting over £200 million, the Walkie Talkie tower at 20 Fenchurch Street has been designed by Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly and features an opinion-dividing top-heavy form. Set to open in just under […] -
Applying the final touch to the controversial Mann Island development on Liverpool’s waterfront
Posted on Wednesday, Jun 5, 2013 | 1 CommentWorkmen putting the finishes touches to the striking Mann Island development on Liverpool’s waterfront. -
Houses held up by metal girders, 149 Oxford Street, London
Posted on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 | No CommentsI came across this rather dramatic looking structure on 149-151 Oxford Street, central London, made up of a collection of long, angled metal girders holding up two adjacent buildings. -
Brighton in the spring sunshine: beach scenes, buskers, beach huts and bandstands
Posted on Friday, May 17, 2013 | No CommentsHere’s some photos taken around Brighton, on the south coast of England, including views of the street market, beach, West Pier, Brighton Wheel and local architecture. -
![After watching the skyscraper slowly rise in the London sky from my Brixton flat, I finally made it to the top of the Shard tower, and was rewarded with some […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/trip-up-the-shard-26-115x115.jpg "View from The Shard – a trip to the top of the tallest building in Europe")
View from The Shard – a trip to the top of the tallest building in Europe
Posted on Tuesday, Apr 16, 2013 | 5 CommentsAfter watching the skyscraper slowly rise in the London sky from my Brixton flat, I finally made it to the top of the Shard tower, and was rewarded with some […] -
![A mighty gust of wind from Hurricane Sandy on Monday night caused the collapse of this construction crane boom, perched at the top of a 74-story luxury skyscraper called One57 in Manhattan, […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/damaged-crane-new-york-storm-01-115x115.jpg "New York construction crane dangles perilously over Manhattan after Storm Sandy")
New York construction crane dangles perilously over Manhattan after Storm Sandy
Posted on Thursday, Nov 1, 2012 | No CommentsA mighty gust of wind from Hurricane Sandy on Monday night caused the collapse of this construction crane boom, perched at the top of a 74-story luxury skyscraper called One57 in Manhattan, […] -
Holiday Inn set to ‘harness the vibrancy of Brixton’ as huge hotel gets green light
Posted on Wednesday, Aug 1, 2012 | 7 CommentsSoon to be seen looming over the Prince of Wales pub in central Brixton is a new £4.5m Holiday Inn hotel, which has been enthusiastically endorsed by Lambeth Council. -
Brockwell Park picnic as summer finally arrives in Brixton
Posted on Monday, Jul 23, 2012 | No CommentsYesterday we enjoyed the Unofficial Alternative Country Show picnic, with the sun finally coming out and shining on Brixton town – and Brockwell Park. -
Brixton Square revealed – a big ugly office block with flats starting at a quarter of a million
Posted on Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 | 5 CommentsBarratt Homes have revealed details of their new ‘Brixton Square’ housing development on Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, with the artists’ impression summoning up what looks like a set of bland council offices.