My 30 favourite pictures from assignments and projects in 2012….

1/ The Walbrook Building by Foster and Partners More >>

London old and new. At left: St Stephen Walbrook Church built 1672-9 by architect Sir Christopher Wren. At right: Walbrook Office Building, built 2010. Architect: Foster and Partners. Engineer: Arup

2/ Oxford Street facade by Future Systems More >>

Contrasting old and new architecture in London. Detail of facades on Oxford Street, London. Left: Late 19th century facade now Radcliffe College Language School. Right: 187-195 Oxford Street faceted glass facade by architect’s Future Systems, built 2008

3/ M Shed by LAB Architecture Studio More >>

M Shed, Bristol at Dusk. Architect: LAB Architecture Studio

4/ Welsh Assembly by Richard Rogers More >>

Cedar wood ceiling inside the National Assembly for Wales Senedd (Senate) Building. Architect: Richard Rogers Partnership, 2006. Cardiff Bay, Wales.

5/ The Wave Car Park by Scott Brownrigg More >>

Detail of tensile fabric facade, The Wave Car park, Cardiff Bay, Wales. Architects: Scott Brownrigg

6/ Larch House by Millar + Howard Workshop More >>

Larch House at dusk, Horsley, Gloucestershire. Architect: Millar+Howard Workshop

7/ Gravesend Library by Clay Architecture More >>

Gravesend Library new entrance at dusk. Architect: Clay Architecture

8/ Biochemistry Building by Hawkins Brown More >>

Coloured glass fins of Oxford University Biochemistry Building in evening light

9/ Vanishing Shanghai More >>

Vanishing Shanghai II. The writing on the wall reads, “Overusage of Electricity Prohibited”. 2007

10/ Achaemenid Tombs at Naqsh-e Rustam, Iran More >>

Achaemenid Tombs at Naqsh-e Rustam

11/ Villa W, London by Krause Architects More >>

At the front door, the house opens up to provide clear views through to the garden and staircase

12/ Boiler Suit by Heatherwick Studio More >>

Detail of Boiler Suit, Guy’€™s Hospital, London designed by Heatherwick Studio

13/ Ian Davenport “Poured Lines: Southwark” More >>

Ian Davenport “Poured Lines: Southwark”, Liquid enamel on steel, 2006. Southwark Bridge, London

14/ Tower Bridge Road by Glas Architects More >>

Detail of apartments at 171 Tower Bridge Road, Southwark, London

15/ Romanian Vernacular Architecture More >>

Shadows on a wooden house from Naruja, Vrancea, Romania. Built C19

16/ King’s Cross Station by John McAslan More >>

2012 Steel lattice in front of the 1852 station booking hall.

17/ Graffiti mural on Megaro Hotel More >>

A graffiti mural on Megaro Hotel opposite St Pancras station, London, 2012.

18/ Aleppo Night Workshops, Syria More >>

Aleppo Streets at night, Syria

19/ Glimpses of Iran More >>

An Iranian girl looks out from the trunk of Sarv-e Abar-Kuh “cypress of Abar-Kuh”, also called the Zoroastrian Sarv, is a Cupressus sempervirens tree in Abarkuh, Yazd Iran. It is estimated to be over four thousand years old and may be the oldest living thing in Asia.

20/ The Beauty of Iranian Symmetry More >>

Interior of Octagonal Pavilion Tomb of the Sheikh Abdolsamad, Natanz, Iran.

21/ Mayfair Office by Data Nature Associates More >>

Glass reception desk and hidden meeting room in Portland stone

22/ Sweet Thames, run softly till I end my song More >>

Thames Waters X
100 miles downstream, dawn near Shiplake

23/ Paralympic Closing Ceremony, London 2012 More >>

Fireworks during conclusion of Paralympic closing ceremony 9th September

24/ Sports Hall by Original Field of Architecture More >>

Multi-Function Sports Hall at Magdalen College School, Oxford

25/ International Photography Awards: 1st place More >>

A silver birch tree grows through the floor on the terrace of Hotel Polissia.

26/ Contemporary Cotswold House More >>

Terrace overlooking rural Cotswold landscape

27/ Botanical Gardens by C.F. Moller More >>

View of the structure at dusk. C.F. Moller & Søren Jensen

28/ Aarhus Business School  More >>

Main circulation space at the heart of the building. Cubo Arkitekter & Søren Jensen

29/ The Freight Yard by 3XN & Søren Jensen More >>

The sky lights glowing at dusk

30/ Christmas Light Abstractions, London More >>

Selfridges, Oxford Street I

Selfridges, Oxford Street