Monday, December 31, 2007
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Friday, December 28, 2007
When man obeys
“When man obeys without being presumed good there is neither liberty nor a native land”
- Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767-1794)
By Ian Hamilton Finlay, 1983
Davies Street, Mayfair
London, September 2006
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Choir window
Choir window
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Seen from Mount Street Gardens
Mount Street, Mayfair
London, September 2006
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
The Leopard
The Leopard by Jonathan Kenworthy, 1984
Friday Street / Cannon Street
City of London
London, September 2006
Monday, December 24, 2007
30 Cannon Street
30 Cannon Street
City of London
London, September 2006
“30 Cannon Street is a modern office building on Cannon Street in the City of London, close to Mansion House underground station. It was designed by Whinney, Son & Austen Hall as an office building for Crédit Lyonnais and built between 1974 and 1977. It became a Grade II listed building in 2015. The location was formerly the site of the city church of St Mildred, Bread Street, designed by Christopher Wren after the medieval church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London; the Wren church was bombed and destroyed in the Second World War. The site was one of the last bomb sites in London to be redeveloped. The building has six storeys with a raised basement. Its height was limited due to its proximity to St Paul's Cathedral to the north-west, and the high water table prevented a sub-basement. Its shape was constrained by its triangular island site, east of Bread Street, west of the junction where Cannon Street crosses Queen Victoria Street. It originally had an entrance on each façade (the western one on Bread Street has been removed) and a large central circular banking hall (also now removed). Although built for Crédit Lyonnais, it was designed so it could occupied by three separate banks, one in each corner of the building, but the interior has been significantly altered.” (30 Cannon Street, Wikipedia)
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Friday, December 21, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Britannia
Britannia by Francis Derwent Wood, 1924
Britannic House
Moorgate
City of London
London, September 2006
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Double life
Evening Standard: “Double life of evil architect”
Finsbury Pavement
Islington
London, September 2006
Monday, December 17, 2007
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
Billingsgate Market
Billingsgate Market
Trafalgar Way
Canary Wharf
Tower Hamlets
London, September 2006
“Billingsgate Fish Market is located in Canary Wharf in London. It is the United Kingdom's largest inland fish market. It takes its name from Billingsgate, a ward in the south-east corner of the City of London, where the riverside market was originally established. In its original location in the 19th century, Billingsgate was the largest fish market in the world.” (Billingsgate Fish Market, Wikipedia)
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
West India Docks
View from the Blackwall basin toward West India Docks
Canary Wharf
Isle of Dogs, Tower Hamlets
London, September 2006
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Temple of Storms
“Temple of Storms”
Storm Water Pumping Station by John Outram, 1988
Isle of Dogs
Tower Hamlets
London, September 2006
Friday, December 7, 2007
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Horse and Rider
Horse and Rider by Elisabeth Frink, 1974
Dover Street, Mayfair
London, September 2006
“Horse and Rider (FCR 242) is a 1974 bronze equestrian sculpture by Elisabeth Frink. The work was commissioned for a site in Mayfair; another cast is in Winchester. It was described by Frink as ‘an ageless symbol of man and horse’. One of Frink's earliest sculptures from 1950 was also titled Horse and Rider, and she returned to this subject over decades. A series of Frink prints from the early 1970s held by the Tate Gallery depict a horse and rider. Frink lived in southern France in 1967 to 1970, near the Camargue. She was inspired to create more works portraying horses; an example of a similar horse sculpture from the early 1970s is at the Cass Sculpture Foundation. The work was commissioned in 1974 by Trafalgar House for its development at the southern end of Dover Street, London, near the junction with Piccadilly, opposite The Ritz. It was modelled in plaster at Frink's studio in Southwark then cast in bronze in 1975 at Meridian Bronze Foundry in Peckham. It measures 244 centimetres (96 in) high. Frink also cast a small version 34.3 centimetres (13.5 in), in an edition of nine in 1974.” (Horse and Rider, Wikipedia)
Friday, November 30, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Carmarthen Place
Wooden houses by Emma Doherty, Amanda Menage, Kate Cheyne
Carmarthen Place
Bermondsey, Southwark
London, September 2006
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
London Stone
London Stone
Cannon Street
City of London
London, September 2006
“London Stone is a historic landmark housed at 111 Cannon Street in the City of London. It is an irregular block of oolitic limestone measuring 53 × 43 × 30 cm (21 × 17 × 12"), the remnant of a once much larger object that had stood for many centuries on the south side of the street. The name ‘London Stone’ was first recorded around the year 1100. The date and original purpose of the Stone are unknown, although it is possibly of Roman origin. There has been interest and speculation about it since the medieval period, but modern claims that it was formerly an object of veneration, or has some occult significance, are unsubstantiated.” (London Stone, Wikipedia)
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
St Mary Woolnoth
St Mary Woolnoth
King William Street
City of London
London, September 2006
“St Mary Woolnoth is an Anglican church in the City of London, located on the corner of Lombard Street and King William Street near Bank junction. The present building is one of the Queen Anne Churches, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor. The parish church continues to be actively used for services, with Holy Communion every Tuesday. St Mary Woolnoth lies in the ward of Langbourn.” (St Mary Woolnoth, Wikipedia)
Monday, November 19, 2007
Chimera, Fire, and Sea
Chimera with Personifications of Fire and the Sea by Francis William Doyle-Jones, 1914
24–28 Lombard Street
City of London
London, September 2006
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Children of Men
“Children of Men” ad on a double-decker bus
Bishopsgate
City of London
London, September 2006
“Children of Men is a 2006 science fiction action-thriller film co-written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. The screenplay, based on P. D. James' 1992 novel The Children of Men, was credited to five writers, with Clive Owen making uncredited contributions. The film takes place in 2027, when two decades of human infertility have left society on the brink of collapse. Asylum seekers seek sanctuary in the United Kingdom, where they are subjected to detention and refoulement by the government. Owen plays civil servant Theo Faron, who must help refugee Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey) escape the chaos. Children of Men also stars Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Pam Ferris, and Charlie Hunnam.” (Children of Men, Wikipedia)
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Bishopsgate Hall
Bishopsgate Hall
Bishopsgate Institute
Bishopsgate
City of London
London, September 2006
“Bishopsgate Institute is a cultural institute in the Bishopsgate Without area of the City of London, located near Liverpool Street station and Spitalfields market. The institute was established in 1895. It offers a cultural events programme, courses for adults, historic library and archive collections and community programme.” (Bishopsgate Institute, Wikipedia)
Friday, November 16, 2007
Bishopsgate Institute
Bishopsgate Institute
Bishopsgate
City of London
London, September 2006
“The Grade II* listed building was the first of the three major buildings designed by architect Charles Harrison Townsend (1851–1928). The other two are the nearby Whitechapel Gallery and the Horniman Museum in south London. His work combined elements of the Arts and Crafts movement and Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style), along with the typically Victorian.” (Bishopsgate Institute, Wikipedia)
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Monday, November 12, 2007
Standing Man and Walking Man
Standing Man and Walking Man by Sean Henry, 1998-2000
Paddington Central
Paddington
London, September 2006