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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. -
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... -
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 | 4 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. -
BT ArtBox Project celebrates the iconic British telephone box
Posted on Monday, Jul 2, 2012 | 1 CommentTo celebrate the 25th anniversary of the charity ChildLine, BT have commissioned artists and designers to turn their talents to the iconic red telephone box as part of the BT Artbox project. -
St George Wharf Tower – the tallest residential building in the UK hits 50 floors
Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 | 6 CommentsShooting up in to the central London sky is the St George Wharf Tower, soon to be the tallest residential building in the UK. -
Shoddy workmanship at The Viaduct, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton
Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 | 1 CommentBuilt on the site of the old Part Worn Tyres business on Coldharbour Lane (opposite Southwyck House, aka the Barrier Block), the semi-gated development grandly calling itself ‘The Viaduct’ had... -
The Shard looks post-apocalyptic in the dark, gloomy clouds of May
Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 | 2 CommentsI like the way that the top part of The Shard tower in London Bridge is currently sporting something of post-apocalyptic look, heightened by the dark, stormy clouds behind. -
The Shard and London Bridge Quarter in the April gloom
Posted on Thursday, May 3, 2012 | 1 CommentOn a thoroughly miserable wet and grey April afternoon, I grabbed a couple of photos of The Shard and its accompanying London Bridge Quarter development. -
St George Wharf Tower as seen from Brixton, south London
Posted on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 | No CommentsSoon to be the tallest residential building in the UK, St George Wharf Tower continues to thrust its cylindrical form up into the London skyline. -
Centre Point redevelopment plans announced – luxury penthouse ahoy!
Posted on Tuesday, Apr 24, 2012 | 5 CommentsPlans are afoot for London’s iconic Centre Point skyscraper, with developers proposing to ‘transform the office building and public realm into a new residential use tower with retail, restaurants and a major public space at its base.”