Built in the 1960s and reclad in the 1980s, Ampthill Square Estate has three 21 storey tower blocks.
Author Archives: Sean Gallagher
London Temperance Hospital, NW1
Opened at the height of the temperance movement, London Temperance Hospital was founded in 1873. More details here.
Palm Springs Sep 21, 2011
Palm Springs wind turbines at sunset.
Houston Oct 23, 2012
Got to love how the Leica handles color.
20 Fenchurch Street, The City
London is busily transforming itself into a sci-fi city. Dubbed the “walkie talkie” because of its shape, which widens as the building rises, 20 Fenchurch Street will have a public viewing area and gardens on its upper floors. The 36 storey building will be completed in summer 2014.
Curbar Edge, Peak District National Park
Part of the Peak District National Park, Curbar Edge is an escarpment popular with walkers and rock climbers. I’ll return when it’s warmer.
Park Hill Estate, Sheffield
Sheffield’s Park Hill Estate was built between 1957 and 1961, and in 1998 was given Grade II* listed building status. Part of the brutalist estate has been renovated by Urban Splash under a shared ownership scheme.
Arial, Bank of England
Arial, the spirit of the air, is one of the statues standing on the top of the Bank of England overlooking Prince Street. More details here.
Houston Sep 23, 2012
When the temperature dips below 8, I think of hot, hot Houston. That’s Memorial Hermann and the interchange of the 10 and the 8. More photos on flickr.
Great Arthur House, EC1
Part of the Corporation’s Grade II-listed Golden Lane Estate, which was completed in the mid-1960s. “Great Arthur House is the first residential tower block in London to be built that was over 50 metres in height, and indeed the first one to breach the 100 foot height limit in the City of London,” according to …
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