The streets of workshops and hardware stores in Aleppo appear as a row of theatres after dark. Syria 2011
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National Space Centre, Rocket Tower, Leicester, UK. Architect: Nicholas Grimshaw, 2001
Semi-transparent ETFE pillows clad the tower
South facing ETFE has a metallic treatment to reduce solar gain
The Rocket Tower contains Blue Streak and PGM-17 Thor rockets visible through the building skin
The rear of the building opens at full height to allow changing of large exhibits
The centre has six main galleries of which the Rocket Tower is one
I used to work at Grimshaw at the end of the 1990’s and ETFE (A transparent durable plastic suitable for making buildings) was flavour of the month after the massive success of the Eden Project. The National Space Centre was built just after the Eden Project clad in the same ETFE pillows, but running longitudinally around the building in rings as opposed to the the hexagonal pillows of the Eden Project.
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“Marmite” a graffiti mural on Megaro Hotel opposite St Pancras station, London, 2012.
The building is opposite the entrance to Kings Cross & St Pancras Station on Euston Road
The Megaro project a graffiti mural painted on the classical facade of Megaro Hotel opposite St Pancras station, London, 2012. The mural was designed and painted by four members of street art collective, Agents of Change.
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Ropemaker Building Facade, London. Architect: Arup Associates. Built: 2012
Ropemaker Building Facade, London. Architect: Arup Associates. Built: 2012
Ropemaker Building Facade, London. Architect: Arup Associates. Built: 2012
Ropemaker Building facade located in the City of London is made up of saw tooth angled windows in glass designed to reduce solar gain. I visited the building on a windy day and the passage of clouds reflected on the facade was mesmerising. Architect: Arup Associates. Built: 2012
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Looking up the steel lattice funnel to the roof at King’s Cross Station Western Concourse
The semi circular roof light gives attractive shadows on the original ticket hall
The elegant fan shape of the steel lattice roof of the £547m upgrade of the railway terminus
2012 Steel lattice in front of the 1852 station booking hall.
The weight of the new roof is carried to the ground via the steel lattice acting as a single massive column because the original building could not hold the weight of the new roof.
King’s Cross Station Western Concourse is a spectacular addition to the otherwise undistinguished Kings Cross station in London, described amusingly by Hugh Pearman as “the ultimate lean-to”. The building is designed by architect John McAslan + Partners with engineering by Arup in 2012
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Shadows on a wooden house from Naruja, Vrancea, Romania. Built C19
Decorated beam and column of veranda of wooden vernacular house built by “Pasco of the Salaje” (county Salaj) in 1775, Berbesti, Maramures, Romania
Wooden shingle roof of wooden vernacular house built by “Pasco of the Salaje” (county Salaj) in 1775, Berbesti, Maramures, Romania
Carved Wooden vernacular shed door detail built by “Pasco of the Salaje” (county Salaj) in 1775, Berbesti, Maramures. Dimitrie, Romania
Door detail from thatched and painted vernacular house Dumitra, Alba. Built: C19
Door of Thatched wooden vernacular shed / stables from Surdesti, Maramures. Built: C17
Corner joint of Wooden church from Dragomiresti village, Romania
Wooden roof shingles on church from Dragomiresti village, Romania. Built: 1722
Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum (Muzeul Satului) in Bucharest, Romania gathers together a beautiful collection of endangered vernacular buildings from around Romania.
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Park Plaza Hotel coloured glass facade, Westminster Bridge, London
Park Plaza Hotel coloured glass facade, Westminster Bridge London
Westminster Park Plaza Hotel is another colourful addition to the urban fabric of London. Built 2010, Architect: BUJ architects.
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Detail of apartments at 171 Tower Bridge Road, Southwark, London
Detail of apartments at 171 Tower Bridge Road, Southwark, London.
Detail of apartments at 171 Tower Bridge Road, Southwark, London
Clad in brightly coloured horizontal bands of corrugated aluminium, the building is intended to emulate the red and white streaks of the surrounding traffic flows caught on a long-exposure camera shot. The building’s rounded corners reduce its visual bulk and also reflect the constant movement around its base. Built 2006. Architect: Glas Architects. Structural Engineers: Barton Engineers
Geometry & Silence 