Built in the 1960s and reclad in the 1980s, Ampthill Square Estate has three 21 storey tower blocks.
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London Temperance Hospital, NW1
Opened at the height of the temperance movement, London Temperance Hospital was founded in 1873. More details here.
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.
140 London Wall, The City
Completed in 1976, 140 London Wall was once part of a string of Corporation of London developments designed in the modernist style. Designed by architects Philip Powell and Hildago Moya.
Minster Court, The City
Post-modern gothic is how people like to describe GMW Partnership‘s design of Minster Court, which was completed in 1991. I just like the way the light hits it.
Abandoned Shoes of London
An Occasional Series: The Abandoned Shoes of London. No. 2. Heygate Estate.
Heygate Estate, Southwark
An iconic housing estate near Elephant and Castle, neo-brutalist with high walkways connecting the tall concrete towers surrounded by communal greens and low-rise blocks, the estate was once home to 3,000. When I visited the Heygate and Aylesbury Estates in 2011, I was struck by the fetishization of the green space. The greens were meant to …
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