Category Archives: Architecture

The Foreign Office

Inside Whitehall’s Foreign Office, London. Continue reading

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TONY CONIGLIARO on the science of good taste

A brief look at the genius of London mixologist maestro Tony Conigliaro Continue reading

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A visual history of the London Skyline

1550 [Anton van den Wyngaerde] 1569 [Joris Hoefnagel] 1616 [Claes van Visscher] 1650 [Mattheus Merian] 1647-77 [Wenceslaus Hollar] 1700 [Frederick de Wit] 1774 [Samuel & Nathaniel Buck] 1806-7 [The Rhinebeck’ Panorama – artist unknown]   1865 1877 [Henry Dawson] 1900 … Continue reading

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30 St Mary Axe: the making of a London icon

A rare glimpse inside Norman Foster’s 30 St Mary Axe – a London icon in the making. Continue reading

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PADDOCK: Cabinet War Room 2

A rare and extensive glimpse inside the Paddock Cabinet War Room 2, Dollis Hill, London. Continue reading

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Secret Gardens and Hideaways of South London

North and South: the great divide of our ‘united kingdom’. Southerners just love to compartmentalize Northerners as uncouth hard nuts who drink too much, whereas Northerners love to pigeonhole Southerners as softies who don’t drink enough. This North & South … Continue reading

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Inside Mother London.

Inside Mother London, top ad agency. Continue reading

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St Pancras Renaissance Hotel: a gothic reprise

An overlook at the recent refurbishment of the neo-gothic St Pancras Renaissance Hotel. Continue reading

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Inside the ‘inside-out’ Lloyd’s Building

A look inside Richard Rogers iconic Lloyd’s of London Building. Continue reading

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