Monday, January 31, 2005
Sunday, January 30, 2005
Saturday, January 29, 2005
Friday, January 28, 2005
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
The Fossil Tree
The Fossil Tree by John Mills
Millennium Milepost on the Greenwich Meridian
Greenwich Peninsula, Greenwich
London, September 2003
“One thousand ‘Millennium Mileposts’ made from cast iron were funded by the Royal Bank of Scotland to mark the creation of the National Cycle Network, and these are found along the NCN routes throughout the UK. There are four different types: ‘Fossil Tree’ (designed by John Mills), ‘The Cockerel’ (designed by Iain McColl), ‘Rowe Type’ (designed by Andrew Rowe), and ‘Tracks’ (designed by David Dudgeon). The four artists are from each country of the UK, though all posts can be found in all four countries. Most mileposts contain a disk featuring symbols and text in code. There are 60 different designs, spread across the country. They form part of the Millennium Time Trail, a treasure hunt puzzle created by Sustrans in 2001.” (National Cycle Network, Wikipedia)
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Quantum Cloud
“Quantum Cloud” by by Antony Gormley, 1999
Greenwich Peninsula, Greenwich
London, September 2003
“The Quantum Cloud is a contemporary sculpture, designed by Antony Gormley, located next to The O2 in London. The sculpture was commissioned for the site and was completed in 1999. At 30 metres (98 ft) high, it is Gormley's tallest sculpture to date (taller than the Angel of the North). It is constructed from a collection of tetrahedral units made from 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) long sections of steel. The steel sections were arranged using a computer model with a random walk algorithm starting from points on the surface of an enlarged figure based on Gormley's body that forms a residual outline at the centre of the sculpture. In designing Quantum Cloud, Antony Gormley was influenced by Basil Hiley, quantum physicist (and long-time colleague of David Bohm). The idea for Quantum Cloud came from Hiley's thoughts on pre-space as a mathematical structure underlying space-time and matter, and his comment that ‘algebra is the relationship of relationships.’ The comment was made during a conversation between Gormley, Hiley and writer David Peat at a 1999 London gathering of artists and scientists, organized by Peat. The sculpture's structural design was by Elliott Wood Partnership while the foundation design was by Beckett Rankine. Fabrication was by Tubeworkers (Structures) Ltd. Gormley's Quantum Cloud is part of The Line, a series of public sculptures that follow the Greenwich Meridian, through the London Boroughs of Greenwich, Tower Hamlets and Newham. On 5 August 2020, it, and Gary Hume’s Liberty Grip will be joined in Three Mills Green, Stratford by Thomas J. Price's Reaching Out showing a black woman looking down at her mobile phone.” (Quantum Cloud, Wikipedia)
Monday, January 24, 2005
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Saturday, January 22, 2005
Friday, January 21, 2005
Thursday, January 20, 2005
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Thames Barrier
Thames Barrier
Eastmoor Street
Greenwich Peninsula
London, September 2003
“The Thames Barrier is a retractable barrier system that is designed to prevent the floodplain of most of Greater London from being flooded by exceptionally high tides and storm surges moving up from the North Sea. It has been operational since 1982. When needed, it is closed (raised) during high tide; at low tide, it can be opened to restore the river's flow towards the sea. Built approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) due east of the Isle of Dogs, its northern bank is in Silvertown in the London Borough of Newham and its southern bank is in the New Charlton area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.” (Thames Barrier, Wikipedia)
Monday, January 17, 2005
Renaissance Walk
Greenwich Millennium Village
Renaissance Walk
Greenwich Peninsula, Greenwich
London, September 2003
“Greenwich Millennium Village (GMV) is a mixed-tenure modern development on an urban village model located on the Greenwich Peninsula in Greenwich, in south-east London, and part of the Millennium Communities Programme under English Partnerships (now renamed Homes and Communities Agency). The village is designed by architects Ralph Erskine and partners with EPR Architects Ltd as executive architect as part of the regeneration of the whole brownfield site of East Greenwich Gas Works. GMV is south of the former Millennium Dome, now renamed the O2.” (Greenwich Millennium Village, Wikipedia)
Sunday, January 16, 2005
Saturday, January 15, 2005
Friday, January 14, 2005
Thursday, January 13, 2005
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Victoria Memorial fountain
Detail of the fountain
Victoria Memorial by Thomas Brock, 1911
The Mall, City of Westminster
London, September 2003
Monday, January 10, 2005
Sunday, January 9, 2005
Saturday, January 8, 2005
Harrods
Harrods department store
Brompton Road
Knightsbridge, Kensington
London, September 2003
“Harrods Limited is a department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England. It is owned by the state of Qatar via its sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority. The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies including Harrods Estates, Harrods Aviation and Air Harrods, and formerly to Harrods Buenos Aires, sold by Harrods in 1922 and closed as of 2011. The store occupies a 5-acre (2 ha) site and has 330 departments covering 1.1 million sq ft (100,000 m2) of retail space. It is one of the largest and most famous department stores in Europe. The Harrods motto is Omnia Omnibus Ubique, which is Latin for ‘all things for all people, everywhere’.” (Harrods, Wikipedia)
Friday, January 7, 2005
Twelve Responses to Tragedy
Twelve Responses to Tragedy by Angela Conner, 1986
Yalta Memorial Garden
Cromwell Road, South Kensington
London, September 2003
“Twelve Responses to Tragedy, or the Yalta Memorial, is a memorial located in the Yalta Memorial Garden on Cromwell Road in South Kensington in west London. The memorial commemorates people displaced as a result of the Yalta Conference at the conclusion of the Second World War. Created by the British sculptor Angela Conner, the work consists of twelve bronze busts atop a stone base. The memorial was dedicated in 1986 to replace a previous memorial (also by Conner) from 1982 that had been repeatedly damaged by vandalism.” (Twelve Responses to Tragedy, Wikipedia)
Thursday, January 6, 2005
Wednesday, January 5, 2005
Central hall with dinosaur
Central hall with dinosaur
Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road, South Kensington
London, September 2003
Tuesday, January 4, 2005
Monday, January 3, 2005
Sunday, January 2, 2005
Cromwell Road entrance
The Cromwell Road entrance
Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road, South Kensington
London, September 2003