Yesterday we enjoyed the Unofficial Alternative Country Show picnic, with the sun finally coming out and shining on Brixton town – and Brockwell Park.
Brockwell Park picnic as summer finally arrives in Brixton Read More
Barratt 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.
Brixton Square revealed – a big ugly office block with flats starting at a quarter of a million Read More
To 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.
BT ArtBox Project celebrates the iconic British telephone box Read More
Shooting up in to the central London sky is the St George Wharf Tower, soon to be the tallest residential building in the UK.
St George Wharf Tower – the tallest residential building in the UK hits 50 floors Read More
Built 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 …
Shoddy workmanship at The Viaduct, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton Read More
I 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 looks post-apocalyptic in the dark, gloomy clouds of May Read More
On a thoroughly miserable wet and grey April afternoon, I grabbed a couple of photos of The Shard and its accompanying London Bridge Quarter development.
The Shard and London Bridge Quarter in the April gloom Read More
Soon to be the tallest residential building in the UK, St George Wharf Tower continues to thrust its cylindrical form up into the London skyline.
St George Wharf Tower as seen from Brixton, south London Read More
Plans 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.”
Centre Point redevelopment plans announced – luxury penthouse ahoy! Read More
With its south facing hands seemingly doomed to display eighteen minutes to one forever, the clock on top of the old Brady’s public house on Atlantic Road, Brixton continues to stand …
Brixton landmarks: the Brady’s clock tower, Atlantic Road. Brixton, London SW9 Read More
Leinster Gardens in Bayswater, London is a street with a twist, in so much that two of its houses don’t actually exist.
The fake houses at 23 and 24 Leinster Gardens, Bayswater, London W2 Read More
Sporting a distinctive lighthouse-like tower on its roof, this building has been a local landmark around Kings Cross for over a hundred years.
Work finally starts on the Kings Cross Lighthouse bulding Read More
There’s some wintry skies over London at the moment, with the nearly finished Shard already dominating the city skyline.
The Shard and stormy skies over London, as seen from Brixton Read More
I’ve enjoyed watching The Shard at London Bridge grow from a short concrete stump back in March 2010, and now it’s rapidly heading towards its completion deadline of May 2012.
The London Shard inches closer to completion Read More
This is one of my favourite parts of central London, and on a Sunday afternoon – when the endless roar of traffic subsides – it’s easy to imagine how it might have …
The timeless Georgian architecture of Bedford Square, Bloomsbury Read More
The striking Evelyn Grace Academy on Shakespeare Road in Brixton has just been announced as the winner of the coveted Stirling prize for 2011.
Evelyn Grace Academy in Brixton wins 2011 Stirling architectural prize Read More
I’ve been watching the slow but steady rise of The Shard with keen interest, first documenting the skyscraper when I caught glimpse of its central core rising over London Bridge …
The Shard comes under close scrutiny from Southwark Cathedral Read More
Now reduced to an impressively high pile of bricks is this old factory that stood on the corner of Acre Lane and Kings Avenue, Brixton, SW2.
Almighty pile of bricks on Acre Lane, Brixton, SW2 Read More
Located close to Tottenham Court Road – and almost next door to the fabulous Store Street Espresso – is the Building Centre. Established in 1931 and set up to be an …
The Building Centre and its astonishing Pipers Scale Model of central London Read More
Still empty, derelict and slowly rotting away is this remarkable building adjacent to Kings Cross railway station, known locally as the King’s Cross Lighthouse
Kings Cross Lighthouse continues to rot away Read More
I’ve been keeping my beady eye on the ride of what will be Europe’s tallest skyscraper, although my view from Brixton is rather limited: I can only see the top …
London Shard tower keeps climbing to the sky Read More
Designed to deflect the noise and fumes of a (thankfully) abandoned motorway project, the Barrier Block (Southwyck House) on Coldharbour Lane, Brixton sharply divides opinions of those who gaze upon its neo-Brutalist …
The singular beauty of Southwyck House, aka the Brixton Barrier Block Read More
Named after the hidden river that runs nearby (the River Walbrook has been covered since Victorian times) this shiny development on Cannon Street was built to tempt the well-stuffed wallets …
Shiny sci-fi Walbrook development in Cannon Street struggles for buyers Read More
It’s still looks a little bit wonky after its recent refurbishment, but this building currently up for sale at 322 Brixton Road, London SW9 once enjoyed a rather more glamorous past. It was …
The politician, the illusionist and the ‘wonderful talking machine,’ 322 Brixton Road Read More
I didn’t even know it was possible for the public to go up this huge brick tower until recently, but we took a trip to the top recently and I grabbed …
The view from Westminster Cathedral’s Campanile Tower Read More
Costing a cool £24m and the result of several years work, the roof renewal project at London’s bustling Victoria railway terminus is finally reaching completion.
London Victoria railway station – the refurbished roof sees the light Read More
Work continues apace on The Shard tower at London Bridge, which will be the tallest building in the European Union when completed next year.
The Shard, London Bridge, nears completion Read More
With the remains of Brighton’s magnificent West Pier now doomed to slowly rust away into the English Channel, the West Pier Trust have lent their support to what they believe …
The Brighton i360 tower: ‘successor’ to the West Pier Read More
Left empty and criminally deteriorating are these fine early Victorian mansions on Windsor Walk, right next to Denmark Hill railway station, London SE5.
Abandoned Victorian mansions, Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill SE5 Read More
With its peeling paint, neo-brutalist lines and Cold War looks, 336 Brixton Road sports all the charisma of a soon-to-be-condemned failed council project, but this stark concrete oddity from the late 1960s has a rather …
Brixton and the unexpected Coutts Bank connection Read More