Rising over Bethnal Green Road and Sclater Street, the Avant-garde is a 25 storey residential development promising up to three bedrooms. A one bedroom, one bath is listed on the site for £395K. Three bedrooms with two baths will set you back £750K. Floors 20-24 contain the “Altitude Apartments”, which “have a luxuriously enhanced sense …
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A Wildflower for a Gray Day
Wildflower season in Texas may be a month away, but I needed one to remind me of the heat. More wildflowers on flickr.
Braithwaite House, Islington
Approved in 1963 by the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury and reclad in 2000, Braithwaite House is a 19 storey residential tower on Bunhill Row in Islington. The Kray twins, English gangsters, were arrested in their mother’s flat at Braithwaite House in May 1968.
The Fain, Livingston, Texas
While I was living in Texas, one of my favorite activities was jumping in my trusty Ford Focus and visiting the small towns strewn along the state highways. The Fain is in Cleveland Livingston, Texas on 59. More photos from Cleveland/Livingston on flickr.
Houston Apr 5, 2012
My daily dose of the Texas sun.
Palm Springs Sep 21, 2011
Palm Springs wind turbines at sunset.
Houston Oct 23, 2012
Got to love how the Leica handles color.
Institute of Education, Bloomsbury
Home to the Institute of Education, this building in Bloomsbury is an attempt to fit a brutalist design into a more traditional streetscape, according to skyscrapernews. The architect was Sir Denys Lasdun. It was completed in 1979.
49-50 Old Street, Islington
This unnamed building began life as the offices of the local council’s architecture corps, according to a business owner who leases space. Not a whole lot of information available. Anyone have insight?
Joshua Tree National Park Sep 21, 2011
Truly one of Southern California’s must-sees. Joshua Tree National Park is where the Colorado Desert gives way to the higher elevations of the Mojave Desert, which is dominated by the Joshua tree. More photos of Joshua Tree on flickr.
Sean Gallagher 