Before the last twenty years, there weren’t too many skyscrapers in London; in fact, you could count all of them on the metaphorical fingers of one hand. It was done in part to preserve the view of the dome of …
The skyscrapers of the City of London have changed the climate! Read More »
Battersea Power Plant is a decommissioned coal-fired power station that is classified as Grade II and located in Nine Elms, Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. The station is situated on the south bank of the river Thames in …
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The College of All Souls of the Faithful Departed was founded by Henry VI and Henry Chichele (Archbishop of Canterbury) in 1438. Unlike other Oxford colleges this one accepts only PhD Fellows and not undergraduate students. It is famous for …
A garden in the City of London created from the ruins of a medieval church and a little oasis of peace at any time of day. The first church that stood here was part of a Franciscan monastery and was …
The garden of Christ Church Greyfriars Rose Garden in London Read More »
Ernö Goldfinger was a Hungarian modernist and brutalist architect based in the United Kingdom. This was his London home which is located in Hampstead Green. Goldfinger is particularly well known for the Trellick Tower project, a building in west London …
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I have to admit I have read a lot about London and its architecture, it’s a passion I have developed in the past 10 years or so. Therefore, I was familiar with all the buildings and styles in this book, …
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Spencer House was one of the earliest London examples of the neoclassical style that would invade the country, and is one of the last remaining of the many private mansions that once adorned the center of London. The house …
The ArcelorMittal Orbit tower is a sculpture of 90, 5 meters high and a observation tower in Stratford’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, which is the Olympic park. A few meters away from the Olympic stadium, it is a permanent legacy …
ArcelorMittal Orbit in London, the sculpture with the slide Read More »
The M&S department store on Oxford Street is expected to be demolished, but national heritage and conservation leaders have called for the execution to be suspended before it is torn down. Heads of planning meet on Tuesday evening to decide …
The flagship M&S store in Oxford Street might be demolished Read More »
2021 is the 800th anniversary of the consecration of the Abbey of Chiaravalle, in 1221. It is also important as one of the first Gothic buildings in Italy. The centuries have passed and have left few traces of their passage: …
Chiaravalle, the first 800 years of the Medieval Abbey in Milan Read More »
