This is the beautiful and ornate Leadenhall Market in the City of London financial district. It is one of the oldest markets in London dating back to the 14th century however the current roof structure, painted green, maroon and cream,…
“A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit.” ~ Ezra Pound
"The space within becomes the reality of the building." ~ Frank Lloyd Wright And when the space within is abandoned and unloved that becomes the reality of the whole building. This was, as you can just make out from the…
"There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners." ~ Antoni Gaudi Sadly having all our buildings this way would just not be practical especially in this country where…
“The car has become an article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad, and incomplete in the urban compound.” ~ Marshall McLuhanI found this car, along with a whole load of others, all parked inside what appeared to be…
"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them." ~ Federico Garcia Lorca This is the Shard. It is 95 storeys high and towers 309.6 metres up into the sky above. It…
"Without stones there is no arch." ~ Marco Polo [columns] [span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][/columns]
"Signs are always saying stuff in a silent way." ~ Jarod Kintz *Loading bay at the abandoned Shredded Wheat Factory, Welwyn Garden City
"It is easily overlooked that what is now called vintage was once brand new." ~ Tony Visconti
"To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is beating funeral marches." ~ Charles Baudelaire *Taken at St Giles Church in the lost village of Hampton Gay, Oxfordshire
“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” ~ Winston Churchill [columns] [span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][/columns]
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